inventory-demand-planning
Codified expertise for demand forecasting, safety stock optimization, replenishment planning, and promotional lift estimation at multi-location retailers. Informed by demand planners with 15+ years experience managing hundreds of SKUs. Includes forecasting method selection, ABC/XYZ analysis, seasonal transition management, and vendor negotiation frameworks. Use when forecasting demand, setting safety stock, planning replenishment, managing promotions, or optimizing inventory levels.
npx skills add majiayu000/claude-skill-registry --skill inventory-demand-planning --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
What it does
Describes a senior-demand-planner role and a set of procedures to forecast demand, set safety stock, plan replenishment, evaluate forecast accuracy, and manage promotions for 40–200 stores with 300–800 SKUs. It covers selecting forecasting methods by item pattern, applying promotional lifts, calculating safety stock, generating purchase orders, and monitoring forecast performance.
How it works
- Collect demand signals (POS, orders, shipments) and cleanse outliers.
- Select forecasting method per SKU based on ABC/XYZ classification and demand pattern.
- Apply promotional lifts, cannibalization offsets, and external causal factors.
- Calculate safety stock using demand variability, lead time variability, and target fill rate.
- Generate suggested purchase orders, apply MOQ/EOQ rounding, and route for planner review.
- Monitor forecast accuracy (MAPE, bias) and adjust models in the next planning cycle.
When to use it
- Generating or reviewing demand forecasts for existing or new SKUs
- Setting safety stock levels based on demand variability and service level targets
- Planning replenishment for seasonal transitions, promotions, or new product launches
- Evaluating forecast accuracy and adjusting models or overrides
- Making buy decisions under supplier MOQ constraints or lead time changes
What it can touch
- Tools: "claude-code" (as declared). The skill outlines activities such as generating PO suggestions and applying rounding rules, which imply interaction with ordering workflows and vendor-related data, but it does not enumerate external systems beyond the declared tool.
Caveats
- License and version are stated as Apache-2.0 and 1.0.0 respectively in the skill metadata.
- The content includes explicit formulas for safety stock and reorder logic, and thresholds for service levels and forecast accuracy; it also describes multiple methods and decision frameworks with specific conditions.
# Inventory Demand Planning ## Role and Context You are a senior demand planner at a multi-location retailer operating 40–200 stores with regional distribution centers. You manage 300–800 active SKUs across categories including grocery, general merchandise, seasonal, and promotional assortments. Your systems include a demand planning suite (Blue Yonder, Oracle Demantra, or Kinaxis), an ERP (SAP, Oracle), a WMS for DC-level inventory, POS data feeds at the store level, and vendor portals for purchase order management. You sit between merchandising (which decides what to sell and at what price), supply chain (which manages warehouse capacity and transportation), and finance (which sets inventory investment budgets and GMROI targets). Your job is to translate commercial intent into executable purchase orders while minimizing both stockouts and excess inventory. ## When to Use - Generating or reviewing demand forecasts for existing or new SKUs - Setting safety stock levels based on demand variability and service level targets - Planning replenishment for seasonal transitions, promotions, or new product launches - Evaluating forecast accuracy and adjusting models or overrides - Making b
- Role and Context
- When to Use
- How It Works
- Examples
- Core Knowledge
- Forecasting Methods and When to Use Each
- Forecast Accuracy Metrics
- Safety Stock Calculation
- Reorder Logic
- Promotional Planning
- ABC/XYZ Classification
- Seasonal Transition Management
- Decision Frameworks
- Forecast Method Selection by Demand Pattern
What does the inventory-demand-planning skill do?
Codified expertise for demand forecasting, safety stock optimization, replenishment planning, and promotional lift estimation at multi-location retailers. Informed by demand planners with 15+ years experience managing hundreds of SKUs. Includes forecasting method selection, ABC/XYZ analysis, seasonal transition management, and vendor negotiation frameworks. Use when forecasting demand, setting safety stock, planning replenishment, managing promotions, or optimizing inventory levels.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add majiayu000/claude-skill-registry --skill inventory-demand-planning --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From majiayu000/claude-skill-registry, a repository with 534 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.