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.
Our own prompt for copying this setup. Swap in your details. Not quoted from the source.
Using this sales history, project monthly sales for the next 12 months per product. With a production time of [X] weeks and shipping of [Y] weeks, tell me the date I need to reorder each one.
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.