Flowlity Lite

Get started with demand forecasting and supply planning using manual CSV uploads.

Flowlity Lite is a self-serve, lightweight version of Flowlity designed to lower the barrier to entry for companies that want AI-powered demand forecasting and supply planning — without requiring a full ERP integration. Instead of connecting automatically to your systems, Flowlity Lite lets you upload your data manually via CSV or XLS files and generate forecasts and a supply plan with a single click. It is ideal for companies starting their supply chain optimisation journey, running a proof of concept, or operating without automated data pipelines.

Lite vs. Enterprise

	Starter (Lite)	Enterprise
Data & Integration	Manual CSV/XLS import	Customised ERP/WMS integration & APIs
Calculation & Updates	Simpler AI models — on-demand recalculation	Probabilistic forecasting + external data sensing — daily automatic replanning
Demand Planning (promotions, NPI)	✓	✓ Advanced
Inventory Optimisation	Option — Standard	✓ Advanced (dynamic targets, inventory simulations)
Supply Planning & Orders	Option — Basic (MOQ, lot sizes)	✓ Multi-constraint optimiser — automatic daily orders
Real-time S&OP / tactical simulations	—	✓
Collaboration (supplier/customer portals)	—	✓
Pricing & Promotion Management	—	✓
Capacity Planning	—	✓
Automations	—	✓
AI Agents	✓	✓
Advanced Analytics & BI	—	✓
Configuration & Horizon	Standard setup — 12 months	Advanced configuration — multi-horizons
Support & Onboarding	Self-service	Customer Success & SLA

Getting started

1. Receive your login credentials from your Flowlity account manager.

2. Log in and navigate to Settings → Import Data.

3. Upload your demand history file (and optionally stock, purchase orders, and supplier data).

4. Map your columns to Flowlity's expected fields.

5. Click Generate Forecast — within minutes, your products appear in the Demand module with AI-generated forecasts.

Uploading your data

Flowlity Lite accepts CSV and XLS files. Download the standard templates below to make sure your files are correctly formatted before uploading.

Download the data templates here: Flowlity Lite — Data Templates

The following data types are supported:

Required

• Demand history — Past sales or consumption data. Each row should contain a date, a product identifier, and a quantity.

Optional — needed for Planning

• Current stock levels — Your current inventory positions per product and site.

• Purchase orders — Open purchase orders, with quantities and expected delivery dates.

• Product–Supplier links — Supplier-product mappings including lead times, minimum order quantities (MOQ), and lot sizes.

Optional — Demand enrichment

• Promotions — Promotional periods and expected uplift, to improve forecast accuracy.

• External forecasts — Your own forecast data to blend with Flowlity's AI forecast.

Column mapping

After uploading a file, Flowlity presents a mapping interface where you match your file's columns to the expected fields. For example:

• Your SKU column → Product ID

• Your Sales Qty column → Quantity

• Your Ship Date column → Date

• Your Warehouse column → Tag category (optional)

Flowlity suggests mappings automatically based on column names.

Dates must follow a consistent format throughout your file. Flowlity supports common formats (YYYY-MM-DD, DD/MM/YYYY, MM/DD/YYYY). The locale is configured at site level — contact your Flowlity project manager if you encounter date parsing issues.

Generating forecasts and planning

Once your demand data is uploaded and mapped:

1. Click Generate Forecast — Flowlity runs its forecasting models. This typically takes a few minutes depending on the number of products.

2. Once complete, your products appear in the Demand module with AI-generated forecasts.

3. If you have uploaded stock, purchase orders, and supplier data, click Generate Planning to run the replenishment optimisation.

4. Your supply plan is available in the Planning and Supply Orders modules.

The app displays a status indicator (In progress / Ready) so you always know when a calculation is running.

You can re-run the forecast or planning at any time — for example after uploading new demand data, adding forecast events, or adjusting the inventory strategy for a product.

To set up Flowlity Lite for your company, contact your Flowlity account manager. Once your site is created, you can get started immediately with a CSV export from your ERP or spreadsheets.

Learn more

• Demand — Where your demand history and forecasts are visualised.

• Planning — Where the supply plan and inventory strategy are managed.

• Supply Orders — Where purchase orders are reviewed and validated.

• Inventory strategies — How to configure stock targets per product.

• Supplier constraints and order management — Lead times, MOQ, and lot sizes.