📦 Target Sell-Through Buffer Now Phases Across the Lifecycle

Available behind a feature flag.

Reach out to your CSM to have it turned on. Once it's on, receipt recommendations will change shape for any choice that has a Target Sell-Through set. The total you buy stays the same. Only the timing of the buffer units changes.

What's new

Target Sell-Through adds buffer units on top of your sales plan. Until now, all of those units landed on the first receipt date, which inflated the opening buy. They are now spread across every receipt date Toolio generates for the choice, in proportion to what each date already buys, so the buffer builds through the lifecycle instead of arriving all at once.

What you can do

Buy the opening you planned:
Your first receipt now reflects the sales plan and your Safety Stock, Order Cycle, and Lead Time settings, without the whole season's buffer on top.
Keep your overrides as they are:
Receipt weeks you have overridden or locked are left out of the spread. They keep the quantity you set, and they don't count when the proportions are worked out.
Revisit anywhere you used Target Sell-Through to front-load:
If you set a Target Sell-Through mainly to pull units into the initial buy, it no longer does that. Use a receipt override for a deliberate front-load, or Safety Stock for rolling coverage.

Why it helps

Improves average inventory turn, since the buffer is no longer sitting in stock from week one.
Lowers overstock exposure when the opening weeks of selling come in under plan.
Same total receipts and the same Calculated ST%. Only the phasing moves.
Overridden and locked receipt weeks stay where you put them.

Applies to choices with a Target Sell-Through set in Assortment Plan and Line Planning.