Lead times & MOQ

Three numbers from the supplier–variant link drive the forecast’s reorder math: lead timeLead timeThe number of days between placing a PO and the stock arriving in your warehouse. Logistified can either use a value you set per supplier-variant pair, or learn the actual lead time from the receive dates of past POs. Read more → , MOQMinimum Order QuantityThe smallest quantity a supplier is willing to ship in a single PO line. Logistified rounds reorder suggestions up to the MOQ (or the next multiple of the pack size) so suggestions are immediately actionable. Read more → , and pack sizePack sizeThe packaging increment your supplier ships in — for example, 12 to a case. Logistified rounds order quantities up to the nearest multiple of pack size. Read more → . This page is the reference for what they mean, where they live, and how to set them.

On this page

• What they are
• Where they’re stored
• How the forecast uses them
• Defaults for new links
• Setting them
• MOQ applies to: each variant or the whole product
• Release lead time (a separate, supplier-level field)
• See also

What they are

• Lead time — how many days the supplier needs from order to delivery.
• MOQ — minimum order quantity. The smallest order this supplier accepts.
• Pack size — the packaging increment (12 to a case, 24 to a carton). Orders are rounded up to the nearest multiple.

Where they’re stored

On the supplier–variant linkSupplier–variant linkThe relationship between one supplier and one variant — the supplier's SKU, product name, product URL, variant notes, barcode, cost, MOQ, max order qty, pack size, and lead time. A variant can have many links; one is marked primary. Read more → — one set of values per (supplier, variant) pair. Different suppliers for the same variant can have different lead times and MOQs.

How the forecast uses them

By default the forecast uses the primary supplier’s numbers — change the primary on the variant to feed different values into reorder math.

There is one important exception: when you filter the forecast view by a specific supplier, the reorder math switches to that supplier’s lead time, MOQ, and pack size instead of the primary’s. This is what lets you compare “what would my reorder look like if I sourced this from supplier B?” without flipping the primary.

These three numbers flow into specific reorder columns:

• Lead time → Reorder Point, Reorder Date.
• MOQ → Actual Reorder Quantity (rounded up to MOQ when raw demand is lower).
• Pack size → Actual Reorder Quantity (rounded up to the nearest multiple).

Defaults for new links

Each supplier carries its own Ordering Defaults — the numbers every new link to that supplier starts from. Set them in the Create supplier or Edit supplier dialog, under the Ordering Defaults heading:

Field	What it seeds
Default MOQ	The MOQ on every new supplier–variant link.
Default Pack Size	The pack size on every new link.
Default Lead Time (days)	The lead time on every new link.
Default Product MOQ	The minimum for a product that doesn’t have one of its own. Only shown when this supplier’s minimums apply per product (see below) — its helper text reads “Proposed for products without a product MOQ.”

Leave a field empty and it reads Not set; Logistified then falls back to its own built-in numbers (below).

Every way of creating a link reads these defaults: Add variants on the supplier detail page, vendor and collection connections including the nightly refresh, the supplier–variant spreadsheet import, the Add Items to Supplier dialog on a purchase or return order, and the forecast’s Add to supplier action. A value that arrives with the link — a MOQ column in your file, a number you typed in a dialog — always wins over the default.

The Stocky import’s Review suppliers step has its own per-supplier MOQ, Pack size and Lead time (days) fields. Whatever you set there is saved as that supplier’s Ordering Defaults, so the numbers you reviewed at import time keep applying to links you add later.

When a default is empty

Field	Falls back to
MOQ	0 — except on a spreadsheet import, where it’s 1
Pack size	1
Lead time	40 days — except on a spreadsheet import, where it’s 7 days

When a variant has no real supplier (only the Default supplierDefault supplierA built-in supplier entry that represents "no supplier assigned." Logistified attaches it to every variant by default; you replace it when you set a real primary supplier. Read more → ), that supplier’s own fallbacks apply instead. Best to assign a real supplier early.

Changing a default later

Changing a default to a new number on a supplier that already has items asks Apply the new defaults to all items? — it names each field and its old → new value, then offers:

• Apply to all N items — overwrite that field on every item already linked to this supplier. A changed Default Product MOQ is applied to every one of the supplier’s products instead.
• Only future items — leave existing items alone; the new number only seeds links added from now on.

Lines on purchase orders you’ve already created keep their values either way. Clearing a default back to empty never prompts — there’s no value to apply.

Setting them

Suppliers → Supplier detail → Variants tab → click into a row → edit inline. For bulk updates, see Importing suppliers — the round-trip spreadsheet carries a MOQ column for the per-variant number and a Product MOQ column for the whole-product minimum.

Note

When you change a lead time, the forecast picks it up on the next refresh — usually within a minute. Reorder suggestions update accordingly.

MOQ applies to: each variant or the whole product

Some suppliers quote one minimum per style across every size or color, not one minimum per variant — a six-size shoe with a 50-unit minimum means 50 units total, split however you like across sizes, not 50 of each size. Logistified can apply MOQ either way, per supplier.

Set it on the supplier itself: Suppliers → Create/Edit supplier → Ordering Defaults → Minimum order quantities apply:

• Per variant (the default) — the MOQ on every supplier–variant link is its own minimum, as described above.
• Per product — one minimum per product. The forecast recommends a single total for the product and splits it across the sizes that sell; a purchase order checks the product’s combined ordered quantity against that one minimum instead of checking each line separately. Variant MOQs are kept but don’t apply.
• Both — the product minimum on top of the per-variant minimums: every size still meets its own MOQ, and the product’s combined quantity meets the product minimum.

A line under the picker spells out which number binds where under the option you’ve chosen, and picking Per product or Both also reveals the Default Product MOQ field described in Defaults for new links.

Switching from per-variant to per-product

When you switch a supplier from Per variant to Per product, the per-variant minimums stop applying — only the product minimum counts from then on. A size whose suggested quantity was only lifted by its variant minimum can therefore show a lower quantity than before. Choose Both if you want the product minimum on top of the existing per-variant minimums.

Switching an existing supplier to Per product doesn’t lose any MOQs you’ve already entered: for each product, the highest MOQ among its variants becomes the product’s minimum. You don’t need to re-enter or re-import anything. Switching back the other way is announced too — the dialog tells you how many variants carry a stored variant MOQ that becomes active again.

Note

See Forecast → Reorder suggestions for how the forecast shows and splits a product minimum, and Purchase Orders → Line items & costs for how it’s checked on a PO.

Release lead time (a separate, supplier-level field)

Release lead time is a different number from the lead time above: it’s how long stock takes to travel from the supplier to a warehouse once released, and it lives once per supplier — not per supplier–variant link. It’s used only when a forecast view has Include supplier-held stock set to “After release lead time”; see Supplier-held stock for what that setting does.

Set it on the supplier itself: Suppliers → Create/Edit supplier → Supplier-Held Stock → Release lead time (days). Leave it blank to fall back through the item’s own transit and lead-time settings, then the supplier’s default lead time. Because it isn’t an ordering default, changing it never triggers the “apply to all items” prompt.

See also

• Supplier–variant mapping — primary supplier selection.
• Forecast → Reorder suggestions — where the numbers land.
• Forecast → Supplier-held stock — what release lead time feeds into.
• Purchase Orders → Line items & costs — how product-level MOQ is checked on a PO.
• Importing suppliers — bulk updates.

Last updated: 14 September 2026