buffers.ai — AI-Powered Inventory Optimization for Supply Chain Management
buffers.ai is a real-time inventory optimization platform that automates inventory and purchasing
decisions for retail and manufacturing enterprises, built from two modules. Replenishment manages
day-to-day store and channel inventory: restocking, assortment, new product introduction,
promotional push, omnichannel balancing, and KPI reporting. Demand & Supply is the forecasting
engine — it backtests five algorithms (TimeSFM, LightGBM, Prophet, Exponential Smoothing, and
Moving Average) over a rolling six-month window, selects the closest-fitting champion model per
SKU, and converts that forecast into a supply plan accounting for lead time, safety stock, minimum
order quantities, budget, and open commitments. buffers.ai is used by global retail and
manufacturing enterprises including H&M, Bath & Body Works, Victoria's Secret, P&G, and
Toshiba.
Case studies: Bath & Body Works (Delta Israel Brands Ltd.) automated ~70% of its replenishment
process within two months across two markets (Israel and Germany), with a path toward ~90%
automation. RAI, a grocery retailer managing 6,000–7,000 SKUs, reached ~95% replenishment
optimization, cut stockouts from 8–10% to ~4.5%, and saved store managers 2–3 hours per
day on order preparation.