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Allocation

The right units in the right stores, from the first shipment.

Allocation decides how much of each item goes to each store and channel, based on real demand, store profiles and your rules.

The problem

“One store sells out in a week while another marks the same item down.”

What Allocation does

  • Demand-based quantitiesAllocations driven by sales velocity and demand signals.
  • Store clusteringGroup stores that sell alike and allocate to the group.
  • Omnichannel logicStores, e-commerce and fulfillment nodes in one decision.
  • Your business rulesMinimums, presentation, pack sizes and constraints, configured by you.
  • ScenariosCompare allocation options before you release.
  • Live visibilitySee inventory and sales as they move, and adjust.
The dial for allocation

As much AI as you want. Or none.

Your team does the work.Allocators set the rules and run allocations.
AI recommends. People approve.AI recommends store quantities, and an allocator approves them.
AI acts inside your limits.Allocations within your rules release, and exceptions go to an allocator.

Set on the ONE Platform, reversible at any time, with every change logged.

In production
$300M
Luxury retailer

Runs allocation on Digital Wave.

Start small

Where most teams begin

Start with initial allocation for one division, then add replenishment and other divisions.

Add the rest when it earns its place.

Runs on ONE

What Allocation inherits from the platform.

  • Shared product and location data
  • Workflow and approvals
  • Audit trail
  • Integrations
  • The AI dial
Not ready to change systems?

See which stores got the wrong units last season.

A free WaveAgent diagnostic runs on the data you already have. Send five standard exports, or as much data as you can share. Nothing to install. You get a ranked list of findings, each sized in dollars.

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Talk to us about Allocation.

Tell us how you run it today. We’ll show you the application, where most teams start, and how the dial works for your process.