---
title: "Blog — SimplifyBase"
description: "Notes on inventory, automation and building focused software, from the team at SimplifyBase."
url: "https://simplifybase.com/blog/"
---

Blog

# Notes on inventory, automation and building focused software

What we are learning while building the products — mostly about the gap between what forecasting software promises and what actually happens in a warehouse.

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-   [inventory 3](https://simplifybase.com/blog/tag/inventory/)
-   [forecasting 2](https://simplifybase.com/blog/tag/forecasting/)
-   [woocommerce 2](https://simplifybase.com/blog/tag/woocommerce/)
-   [cash-flow 1](https://simplifybase.com/blog/tag/cash-flow/)
-   [data 1](https://simplifybase.com/blog/tag/data/)
-   [product 1](https://simplifybase.com/blog/tag/product/)
-   [simplifybase 1](https://simplifybase.com/blog/tag/simplifybase/)

-   28 Jul 2026

    ## [A reorder point is not a minimum stock level](https://simplifybase.com/blog/reorder-points-are-not-minimum-stock/)

    Treating a fixed minimum as a reorder point is the commonest inventory mistake we see. Only one of the two accounts for supplier lead time.

    -   [inventory](https://simplifybase.com/blog/tag/inventory/)
    -   [forecasting](https://simplifybase.com/blog/tag/forecasting/)
    -   [woocommerce](https://simplifybase.com/blog/tag/woocommerce/)

-   14 Jul 2026

    ## [Stockouts poison your forecast](https://simplifybase.com/blog/stockouts-poison-your-forecast/)

    A product unavailable for three weeks shows zero demand. Naive forecasts read that as low demand and order less — which causes the next stockout.

    -   [inventory](https://simplifybase.com/blog/tag/inventory/)
    -   [forecasting](https://simplifybase.com/blog/tag/forecasting/)
    -   [data](https://simplifybase.com/blog/tag/data/)

-   30 Jun 2026

    ## [Why five products instead of one platform](https://simplifybase.com/blog/why-five-products-not-one-platform/)

    Every tool that starts focused eventually gets asked to become a platform. Here is why we are not going to, and what that costs us.

    -   [simplifybase](https://simplifybase.com/blog/tag/simplifybase/)
    -   [product](https://simplifybase.com/blog/tag/product/)

-   12 Jun 2026

    ## [Dead stock is the silent one](https://simplifybase.com/blog/dead-stock-is-the-silent-one/)

    Stockouts get noticed because someone complains. Dead stock just sits there earning nothing, and nothing in your reporting is designed to surface it.

    -   [inventory](https://simplifybase.com/blog/tag/inventory/)
    -   [cash-flow](https://simplifybase.com/blog/tag/cash-flow/)
    -   [woocommerce](https://simplifybase.com/blog/tag/woocommerce/)

## Built from the same thinking

SimplifyStock turns the ideas in these posts into a reorder list you can act on in a minute a day.

[See SimplifyGuide](https://simplifybase.com/product/simplifyguide/)[All products](https://simplifybase.com/product/)