Duy Vu
May 15, 2025
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10 mins read
Managing inventory in ecommerce is way more than just knowing what’s in stock. You’re juggling shipments, supplier delays, overstocking, stockouts, and disconnected systems — often across spreadsheets, apps, and emails.
When imports get delayed and inventory data goes stale, you lose money, lose time, and worse — lose customer trust. It’s not a tech problem. It’s a visibility problem.
Many businesses still manage import status through spreadsheets, emails, and phone calls. There’s no centralized system to know what’s coming in, from where, and when.
What the warehouse has and what your system says often don’t match. This leads to overselling products you don’t have or holding dead stock that never gets sold.
Your Shopify store doesn’t talk to your 3PL. Your accounting tool doesn’t know what’s in the warehouse. This creates hours of manual work to reconcile the data — with tons of room for error.
Inventory runs low but no one gets notified. A shipment gets stuck but no one knows. Teams work reactively, chasing issues instead of preventing them.
If your ops team is stuck using clunky tools or Google Sheets to manage thousands of SKUs, that’s a UX failure — not a scaling solution.
Instead of stitching together workarounds, you can use Retool to build one powerful dashboard that connects it all.
Tools we connect:
Track incoming shipments with live updates from suppliers. Show ETA, port status, expected delays, and mark shipments as received in one click.
Display current stock by warehouse, supplier, or SKU. Flag low inventory and see movement trends over time.
Automatically pull and compare inventory data across platforms (e.g., Shopify vs. ERP). Flag mismatches instantly.
Smart alerts based on reorder points. Suggest purchase orders based on historical sales volume.
At Retoolers, we don’t just build dashboards — we build real tools your team actually uses.
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Inventory chaos is one of the most expensive, hidden problems in ecommerce. You don’t need to switch platforms — you just need visibility.
A custom dashboard built on Retool can be your single source of truth for imports, stock, and fulfillment.
Need a better way to manage ecommerce inventory and imports?
👉 Book a free strategy call — we’ll show you what your dashboard could look like.
As part of our process, you’ll receive a FREE business analysis to assess your needs, followed by a FREE wireframe to visualize the solution. After that, we’ll provide you with the most accurate pricing and the best solution tailored to your business. Stay tuned—we’ll be in touch shortly!
