AI agents that forecast sales, suggest reorders and place supplier orders.
4 use cases so far.
A Claude Code command reads past sales, projects the next 12 months, and gives a reorder date per brand that allows for production time and holidays like Chinese New Year.
A family tea business with two stores and an online shop runs an agent the owner messages on Telegram. It places supplier orders, prints Shopify orders, tracks shipments, works out payroll, and checks timesheets every evening.
The same café chain uses ChatGPT to explain unusually slow or busy weeks (students leaving, local events) and to size up new locations, and is testing ordering from suppliers through ChatGPT Agent.
In an experiment in Stockholm, a Gemini agent handles hiring, permits, supplier accounts and ordering while people make the coffee. It over-ordered bread and other items, a useful warning for anyone trying this.