Perishables Ordering Assistant: what this AI agent does and how to use it
Orders fresh produce, meat and dairy daily by shelf life, sales forecast and waste history. Who it's for, the questions it answers, the data it needs and how to switch it on.
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What it does
The Perishables Ordering Assistant agent is the specialist for this job: orders fresh produce, meat and dairy daily by shelf life, sales forecast and waste history.
Who it's for
Your team. It runs in the console for your staff and through the REST API. It is a team agent, so it is never exposed to shoppers.
Questions it answers
Ask it in any of our languages, for example:
- "Tomorrow's fresh order for Dubai Marina"
- "How much dairy should Al Barsha order today?"
- "Which fresh lines are we over-ordering?"
The live demo shows these as sample prompts in your language, on a fictional store's data.
How it works
- It understands the question in the language it was written in, even when your catalog is in another language.
- It looks things up with tools, never from memory:
- Read-only sql over your retail data (sandboxed per workspace)
- Waste_report
- It answers from your data, in your brand voice and currency, and shows which tools it used.
- Rules stay in code. Prices, eligibility and permissions come from your data and settings; the agent explains them and can't invent them. Why this matters.
The data it needs
Inventory, Order lines, Products, Waste & markdowns. As soon as these tables are loaded, the agent is ready to switch on. Files can use your own column names: they're mapped automatically. See Connect your data.
Works well with
- Safety Stock Optimiser: Suggests safety stock per SKU from demand variability and an assumed lead time and service level.
- Phantom Inventory Detector: Flags items showing stock in the system but not selling, so stores can recount them.
- Seasonal Build Planner: Plans pre-season stock builds by category from monthly sales patterns and current stock.
- New Store Opening Stock Plan: Builds an opening stock list for a new store from best sellers and category mix.
- Auto-replenishment Engine: Proposes replenishment orders from recent sales velocity and stock, for a buyer to approve.
Your team can use them side by side in the console, or call each one through the API.
Turn it on
- Load the data it needs.
- Install Perishables Ordering Assistant from the Agent catalog and add your own instructions (guide).
- Test it in the Playground, in every language you serve.
- Invite your team or call it from your own systems.
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Perishables Ordering AssistantOrders fresh produce, meat and dairy daily by shelf life, sales forecast and waste history.
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