You can assign a predecessor/successor product to any item in your webshop. Optiply will use the predecessor’s history to provide more accurate purchasing advice for the successor.
Connect a predecessor to a product
Go to the product to which you would like to add the predecessor.
Click Link predecessor in the top right of the product's detail page.
Select the product you would like to mark as the predecessor
Determine if you would like to keep the predecessor in stock. If not, then mark the predecessor as "phased out". From now on, Optiply will not keep the predecessor in stock.
Determine if you want to merge the stock of the predecessor with the successor. This will subtract the amount on the stock position of the old stock to the order up to value of the new one.
Click Save
In the next forecast, the predecessor's data will be used to forecast the successor's expected demand.