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Cut stockouts without buying more inventory

Whitespace helps distributors forecast demand, decide reorder quantities, and run purchasing with AI.

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Product: Inventory planning

Order the perfect amount of stock each time.

Whitespace reads your ERP, forecasts every SKU and builds every order. Your buyers approve the lines that need them, and the agent learns from each change they make.

01 · Forecast demand

Forecast every SKU. The agent forecasts every SKU from sales history, seasonality and other factors instead of a rolling average, so you buy for the demand that’s coming, not the demand you’ve had.

SW18-CL · Clear stretch wrap, 18inunits per month

Forecast ready: winter peak +50%12s

actual salesforecastrolling average

Know who’s buying.

The agent inspects each customer’s demand separately, so you see it early when a big account changes course.

Demand by customerSW18-CL

Redgate Catering 64%Millbrook 21%Others 15%

Redgate is 64% of demand. Their orders are down 30% this quarter.

Ignore the one-offs.

The agent intelligently leaves one-off orders out of the forecast and treats new items separately. A single spike won’t wreck your buy.

Weekly salesNAP-13-2P

Left out a one-off orderAcme Corp · 300

Forecast a new item3 similar SKUs

02 · Build orders

Build every purchase order. The agent weighs demand against stock on hand and in transit, open customer and supplier orders, lead times, MOQs, pack sizes and anything else that affects the buy.

Suggested ordersDallas DC · 6 lines across 3 suppliers

SKU	On hand	In transit	Other branches	Open POs	Back orders	Forecast	Lead time	Suggested qty
Polyfilm Inc. MOQ 240 · box 40
SW18-CL	180	100	35	0	0	420	6 wk	240
SW20-BL	64	0	120	200	0	310	6 wk	80
PF-BAG-L	410	0	0	0	0	280	6 wk	0
Northpack PO minimum $500
NP-BOX-12	95	0	40	0	30	260	3 wk	200
NP-TAPE-48	1,200	240	0	0	0	690	3 wk	0
Brightline Paper pack of 20
BP-ROLL-2	22	0	15	100	8	140	4 wk	40

Every number shows its reasoning.

Each quantity comes with a short explanation in plain English. Accept it or change it in seconds.

SW18-CLClear stretch wrap, 18in

240 EA · now

Breakdown

Line

6-week lead time demand is 420, plus 60 safety stock.
180 on hand and 100 in transit leave a 200-unit gap.
Round up to the 240 MOQ.

Would ask

Polyfilm’s last PO arrived 3 weeks late. Order a week earlier?

› Read 2 files

AcceptChange

You make the call.

The agent sets out the trade-off behind each decision: running out vs holding stock, order size vs price, buying ahead of a price rise, cash, and warehouse space.

Two ways to order SW18-CL

Order 240 (MOQ)$4,8006 weeks cover

Order 500 (price break)Saves $350Ties up $4,850 more cash

Price rise Mar 1Warehouse 92% full

03 · Flag exceptions

Only what needs you. Each morning you get a short list instead of the full one: stock running short, stock going dead and suppliers running late, each with a suggested action.

TodayTue, Nov 3

Checked 1,240 lines, 12 need you6m

SW18-CLClear stretch wrap, 18in · Dallas

Runs out in 9 daysReorder now

PF-BAG-LPoly bags, large · Houston

No sales in 180 daysTransfer to Dallas

PO-18842Polyfilm Inc. · 14 lines

Supplier 3 weeks lateChase supplier

NAP-13-2P2-ply napkins 13in · Dallas

Runs out in 12 daysReorder now

+ 8 more that need you

▸ 1,228 on track

04 · Raise the PO

Approve and it’s ordered. The agent raises the purchase order in your ERP, so nobody rekeys it. Prices still come from your ERP.

Purchase order · Polyfilm Inc.Deliver to Dallas DC

Delivery dateDec 15

Lines14

Total$16,930

SKU	Description	Qty	Price	Value
SW18-CL	Clear stretch wrap, 18in	240	$20.00	$4,800
SW20-BL	Black stretch wrap, 20in	80	$23.40	$1,872
PF-PAL-C	Pallet top covers	400	$1.85	$740
PF-SHR-100	Shrink film, 100 gauge	60	$31.20	$1,872
+ 10 more lines

Approved and sent to your ERP3s

Used prices from the ERPprice list

Created PO 40213 with 14 linesERP

05 · Learn over time

Learns from your best buyer. When a buyer changes a quantity and leaves a note, the agent learns the rule behind it. What they know ends up in the system, not just in their head.

Suggested orders · NorthpackDallas DC

NP-BOX-12Double-wall box, 12in · forecast includes Acme project order

~~200~~80

Buyer note just now

Acme project order, won’t repeat. Don’t reorder for it.

NP-BOX-18Double-wall box, 18in

120

Learned rules

Don’t reorder for Acme project orders.14 SKUs · new

Order Polyfilm in full pallets.22 SKUs

Checks its own work.

The agent compares its forecast with what actually sold to learn and improve accuracy over time.

Forecast accuracy by week72% → 89%

SKU	Biggest misses
NP-BOX-12	Under-forecast: new customer onboarded. Adjusted.
SW20-BL	Over-forecast: customer moved to a bigger roll. Adjusted.

Fewer corrections each cycle.

As the agent learns, fewer lines need a person. Your buyers spend their time approving instead of correcting.

Last 12 weeks

Lines needing review140 → 12

Suggestions accepted unchanged55% → 91%

06 · Ask AI

Ask and get instant answers. Ask questions about your data in plain English, any time. You don’t need to run a report, open your ERP or call anyone.

New chatDallas DC

Doing an order for Midway, anything running low?

Midway’s regular lines against stock14s

Pulled Midway’s last 12 monthsinvoices

Checked cover on each linestock

6 of Midway’s regular lines are running low:

SKU	Days of cover	Suggested qty
SW18-CL	9	240
NAP-13-2P	12	1,200
NP-BOX-12	16	200
CUP-8-WH	18	3,000
LID-8-SIP	19	3,000
BP-ROLL-2	21	40

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Ask Whitespace AI…

Track your inventory KPIs.

Ask how fill rate, stock turns, inventory value and back orders are moving for any branch or supplier, and what’s behind the change.

How are our stock KPIs this month?

KPI	Last month	This month
Fill rate	94.1%	96.3%
Stock turns	5.2	5.6
Inventory value	$4.8M	$4.5M
Back orders	212	148

Fill rate is up 2.2 points while stock fell $300K.

Hold suppliers to account.

Compare each supplier’s quoted lead times, fill rates and price changes with what actually happened, then order on what you’ve seen rather than what they tell you.

How reliable are our top 10 suppliers?

Supplier	Lead time	On time	Fill rate	Price 12m
Northpack	3 / 3 wk	96%	99%	+2.1%
Polyfilm Inc.	7 / 12 wk	58%	91%	+6.8%
Brightline Paper	4 / 5 wk	83%	97%	+3.4%
Adhesa	2 / 2 wk	94%	98%	+1.2%

Lead time is quoted / actual. Polyfilm quotes 7 weeks and takes 12.

Customers

Join other winning wholesale distributors.

Inside Kingfisher Direct's warehouse in Retford

IndustrialBuilding materialsSales & customer service

Wholesale distributor of 35,000+ industrial and commercial products, supplying local businesses, Fortune 500 companies and the public sector. Manual order processing and customer queries were slowing the team; Whitespace helps them grow without adding headcount.

Whitespace is taking the manual work out of our processes and freeing the team to focus on work that matters. They are fantastic partners to work with.

Richard Martin

Co-Founder & Director, Kingfisher Direct

Textile & apparelInventory planning

Fabric wholesaler for the domestic and commercial interiors industry, selling to furniture manufacturers, retailers and interior designers globally since 1988. Repetitive tasks and valuable data sitting unused in their systems; Whitespace is how they solve both.

Whitespace is a marvel. Their AI develops as it learns our business and moulds to our data. Improved analysis, strategic clarity, process enhancement are hallmarks of Whitespace.

John-Andrew Ovenstone

Owner & Managing Director, Warwick

Platform integrations

Works with the systems you already run.

Outlook

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Under the hood

The Whitespace platform

Five AI layers you need to grow without adding headcount and stay ahead of the competition.

Agents

Agents built for the jobs distributors do every day.

Inventory Planning
Order Processing
Customer Service
Data Analysis
+ Custom agents

Context & knowledge

A living brain of your business that powers every agent.

Integrations

Reads from and writes back to your ERP, Outlook, accounting software and WMS.

Specialization for distribution

An agentic harness that makes general-purpose models reliable for distribution workflows.

Large language models

Model-agnostic. Each task runs on the best, most cost-effective model.

A note from our founder

Alex Tung

Co-Founder & CEO, Whitespace

My family spent 30+ years supplying physical goods. Their business, like most in the industry, runs on emails, spreadsheets, phone calls, and outdated systems. Teams spend hours each day processing orders, filling in spreadsheets, and managing email threads.

This is starting to change. AI agents can now learn from your teams, operate inside your systems, and give people their time back to focus on work that moves the business. I’ve seen this firsthand deploying AI products and advising Fortune 500 manufacturers and distributors at BCG.

I want to bring the latest AI technologies to wholesale distribution businesses that move the physical goods economy, so they and their people can continue to thrive for decades to come.

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Built by teams from University of Cambridge

FAQ

Questions, answered.

Common questions we get from wholesalers and distributors. Anything else, just ask.

01How long does it take to get set up?+

Most businesses are live within 2–4 weeks. Setup involves connecting to your systems, configuring the AI agents, and testing on real workflows.

02Do I need to replace my ERP?+

No. Whitespace sits on top of the ERP you already use.

03What if the AI makes a mistake?+

We calibrate the agent to your operation before it goes live. You decide what it handles on its own and what gets routed to your team for review.

04Do I need to hire someone to manage the AI?+

No. Your existing team stays in control. They review exceptions instead of doing the repetitive work.

05How do you keep my data secure?+

Your data stays private and encrypted, and is never used to train models for other companies. If you have specific security requirements, tell us and we’ll work within them.

06What does it cost?+

Pricing depends on your usage volume and the workflows you want to automate. Whitespace typically pays for itself within 3 months. Book a call and we’ll walk you through it.

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