Incorrectly filled-in delivery times or delivery times that are in reality longer than on paper can lead to more orders or unreliable predictions. Also, errors in the 'minimum order value', 'fixed order costs', and 'manual order period' can lead to extra orders or unreliable predictions (red/ orange dots).
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For more information about the supplier settings, see the article 'The supplier page'.
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When the service levels are set too high, this leads to high safety stock. This means that the order advice also goes up to meet that set service level. For more information about service levels, see the article 'Service levels'.

Deliveries, where there are too many or too few products, are booked, leading to stock differences between the warehouse and Optiply. Because of this, Optiply thinks that there's enough or too little in stock when in reality, this is not the case. This means that orders have to be adjusted downwards or upwards, which takes extra time. For more information about booking an order, see the article 'How to: Placing a purchase order'
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We always advise you to check the red and orange tags. These are products for which Optiply cannot estimate well enough what the right advice is for that product. When a product is difficult to predict because the demand is very variable or because Optiply sees a trend coming, Optiply will indicate this with red or orange tags. Another reason for receiving less reliable advice is if a product has been out of stock often. Even when a product is new and has been sold less than five times, Optiply will indicate this with a red tag.

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