OrionCastOrionCast uses sales history and stock levels to forecast demand and suggest what to order, how much and when.
Your questions, answered
OrionCast is built for inventory-intensive companies. Operations, supply chain, revenue, and merchandising teams can run it without any technical background.
No. You can connect Shopify or upload your data, then work with forecasts and purchasing suggestions in the dashboard.
Accuracy depends on your sales history, seasonality and changes in demand. Forecasts are estimates to support planning, and should be reviewed alongside your knowledge of the business.
Processing time depends on the amount of data and the number of products. You can follow progress in the dashboard and review each forecast when it is ready.
Yes, that is one of the core features. OrionCast calculates not only how much you are likely to sell, but also when you need to place a new order. We account for your lead times and desired safety stock to provide concrete purchasing recommendations that reduce the risk of stockouts.
Yes. OrionCast gives you control over important planning inputs such as lead times, safety stock, current stock, and related inventory settings, so recommendations can reflect how your business actually operates.
Reorder recommendations are based on forecasted demand together with the inventory rules you set, such as lead time, safety stock, current stock, and capacity constraints. The goal is to suggest when and how much to order before you risk running out.
That depends on how much historical data you have and how stable your demand patterns are. In general, longer and cleaner history supports a longer forecast horizon, while shorter or noisier history is better for near-term planning.
Connect your Shopify store through our app to import products, sales history and stock levels. OrionCast uses that data to create forecasts and purchasing suggestions. No coding is needed.
We primarily sync three types of data:
- Product information: SKU details, titles, variants, and prices.
- Order history: Historical daily sales to understand trends and seasonality.
- Inventory levels: Current stock on hand so we can calculate when it is time to reorder.
You do not need Shopify. You can upload CSV or Excel files with data from another store, point-of-sale system or ERP.
After the initial import, enabled integrations react to product and order updates from Shopify. You can also trigger a full reimport directly in the dashboard when needed.
Yes. OrionCast creates a forecast for each Shopify product using its order history and total inventory. Variant-level sales are currently aggregated into the product forecast.
For manual uploads, we primarily support CSV and Excel (.xlsx). We also provide templates in the tool to make sure your data is mapped correctly, such as date formats and SKU columns.
OrionCast processes your sales history to create forecasts. When processing is complete, you can review the results and use your inventory settings to plan replenishment.
Yes. Shopify is one fast way to get started, but OrionCast can also work with data from other systems through manual uploads. That makes it a good fit if you use another ERP, POS, or e-commerce platform.
The exact structure can vary by use case, but a manual upload typically needs a few core fields:
- Date: when the sale, stock snapshot, or transaction happened.
- SKU or product identifier: so OrionCast can match data to the right item.
- Quantity or sales value: the metric used for forecasting.
Depending on your setup, extra columns such as variant, warehouse, or current stock can also be useful. We provide templates to make formatting easier.
Yes. Having a few dozen historical data points is ideal. As a rule of thumb, you can forecast roughly one third of the length of your history—for example, nine months of sales lets you predict the next three.
Your historical sales data is encrypted in transit and at rest, stored in secure EU data centres, and handled in full compliance with GDPR.
Access is limited to authorized users. Within your workspace, only the teammates you invite or grant access to can view relevant data, and internal access is restricted to what is required for support, operations, and security.
You can upload spreadsheets (Excel) or CSV files directly in the app. If you need another file format, reach out through the contact page and we'll evaluate it together.
Yes, OrionCast is built for collaboration. You can invite team members to your account so buyers, inventory managers, and leadership can work from the same numbers.
Setup time depends on where your data is stored and how much preparation it needs. You can connect Shopify or start with a CSV or Excel file. We can walk through your setup during a demo.
Yes. OrionCast is built so you can work with forecasts and recommendations inside the platform and export the outputs when you need to share, review, or use them in other workflows.