How it works

Vintaflow models your supply chain as a network: every producer, importer, distributor, and retailer you trade with, and every warehouse they ship from. Connections are requested and approved by both sides. Each lane between two warehouses carries its own lead time and container capacity, and make-to-order products carry their own production lead time.

A shared product catalog, keyed on UPC or EAN, links the same item across trading partners. Every warehouse keeps its own product mapping, stock, and planning parameters, and transfer orders move stock between your own warehouses with both sides of the plan adjusted.

One plan across every tier

Because the network is modeled once, demand travels through it. ML demand forecasting carries sell-through upstream by lane lead time, and AI-enabled replenishment plans orders that respect each tier's constraints. Production, imports, and warehouse operations work from the same timeline.

What it changes

A producer plans a bottling run from consolidated demand across several importers and distributors.
An importer adjusts next quarter's container orders after seeing updated distributor forecasts and stock.
A distributor plans transfers between its own warehouses from the same shared plan.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is multi-echelon planning?: Multi-echelon planning plans inventory across several tiers of a supply chain at once, such as producer, importer, distributor, and retailer, instead of optimizing each warehouse on its own. Demand and lead times at one tier shape the plan at the next.
Can partners that are not on Vintaflow be part of the plan?: Yes. You can set up and manage a partner's data on their behalf before they join, and partners outside the platform can be represented in the network so their demand is still counted.
How does Vintaflow handle lead times between warehouses?: Lead time and container capacity are set for each pair of connected warehouses, so every lane in the network has its own transit time and shipping limits.