SPOT answers procurement questions from eight NetSuite reports. Ask about one item in plain English, or open a worklist for a fleet-wide ranked view. Every answer shows its evidence and a confidence rating, so you can trust it or check it — and the numbers are computed from the reports, never invented.
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Ask about one item
Item status — a full snapshot: availability, demand, inbound, and risk (the default when you pick an item).
Will we run out? / shortage — 30/60/90-day demand vs. available plus dated inbound, with a shortage quantity.
Where is it used? — the kits and assemblies that consume a component.
How many / where is it — on-hand, available, bins and locations.
What’s coming in? / is the PO late? — open POs, ETAs, and past-due lines.
Recent receipts · vendor · price · usage — what arrived, the preferred vendor, last-paid unit price, and stock velocity (DIOH).
Why did inventory change? — a movement trail of receipts and adjustments for the item, newest first.
Which work orders need it? — the specific open WOs driving demand (build date, run qty, component need).
Worklists — and what to do with each
Switch to Worklists in the top bar for fleet-wide lists instead of one item at a time. Each answers a different decision:
Daily Expedite — your morning huddle list: items projected short or with a past-due PO, ranked by risk. Work it top-down — expedite the open PO, raise a buy where there’s no inbound, or chase the vendor on a late line.
Shortage 30d — where demand will outrun supply this month. For each: pull in inbound, raise a PO, or flag it. This is your early-warning list.
Buy List — items below reorder point with nothing on order: your replenishment queue. Confirm the preferred vendor and last price, then raise POs.
Slow Movers — capital sitting still (over a year of stock). Review for overstock and expiry risk, and decide what to stop reordering — the working-capital conversation.
Supplier Risk — how much of the catalog and value rides on each vendor. Spot concentration on critical items and start dual-sourcing conversations. (It shows concentration, not approved alternates.)
Click any item row to open its full answer.
Filter & sort a worklist
Like Excel: click a header to sort (again to reverse). Under each column, filter — pick a value from a dropdown (Category, Criticality…), type >, <, or = for numbers (e.g. >1000 shortage), or type text to match a description. Filters stack, so you can narrow to “Collection Device, Critical, shortage > 1000,” sort by shortage, and act on just that slice.
Copy & export
Every answer and worklist has Copy — paste it straight into an email as a formatted table. Worklists also Export to Excel with item numbers kept intact. Copy and Export reflect whatever you’ve filtered and sorted.
How to read an answer
Four layers: 1 the direct answer · 2 the evidence table · 3 a recommended action · 4 a confidence rating (High / Medium / Low) with any data gaps. Numbers come straight from the reports; the wording is polished by Claude when available.
How fresh is the data?
SPOT is a snapshot, refreshed on a set cadence — not a live feed. The banner up top shows its age: green = current, amber = refresh soon, red = stale, check before relying on it.
What SPOT can’t answer yet
It tells you rather than guesses: inter-site transfers (so a run-out check can’t see stock in transit), who created or owns a PO, supplier quality / approved-supplier (ASL) status, and substitute items. It recommends actions but never executes them, and never calls a vendor or substitution “approved.”