How a planning cycle runs
A cycle is the path from your first note to a buying list with dates. It is the same spine for a Visual Stock Review; calendars and count maps use the later stages only.
The first note
You write what you sell, where it sits, and a rough SKU count. We reply with a date, a fee range, and the records to gather — latest count, selling history, open orders, vendor lead times if you have them.
Records on the desk
Paper ledgers, export files, or a photographed stock book all arrive. Giorgi checks whether the dates on the count and the sales line up. If they do not, we say so before anyone walks an aisle.
The aisle walk
Nestan walks with whoever holds the keys. She marks bays that the book forgot: the cage behind the dock, the mezzanine with last year’s tins, the corner the picker skips because the pallet jack cannot turn.
The pictures
Lela draws days of cover, the floor, and the short lists. Thick ink for stock-out risk. A pale wash for bays that have not moved. The sheets are printed so they can be pinned beside a pick list.
The sitting
Buyer, keeper, and one of us at a table. The ninety-day list is argued line by line. What leaves the room is agreed orders, not a pile of unread charts.
After, if you want it
A replenishment calendar, a dead-stock pass, an open-to-buy, or a cycle-count map can follow. None of them is automatic. Each is a separate piece of work with its own fee.
If you already know you need the flagship sitting, request a Visual Stock Review. If you only need a map for the people who count, skip to the cycle-count work. The desk will not sell you the whole spine when a single stage will do.