Agentic analytics · for merchandise planning

Catch the stockout before the shelf empties. Demand spike, or a late PO?

When fill rate slips on a category, Bicycle ranks whether it's a demand spike, a forecast miss, or a delayed PO, on the exact SKUs and locations.

A dashboard shows fill rate dropped. A chatbot answers what you type. Bicycle has the cause and the fix before the shelf empties.

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app.bicycle.ai fill rate · morning briefYour KPIs
Morning brief · what changed
Fill rate · Home & Kitchen · West DCs-6.2pts

Ranked #1 by impact. Est. exposure $42k. It found you, before you opened a dashboard.

Rank#1 · by revenue exposure
Also movingSell-through · seasonal -2.1%
Surfaced8:02am · ranked for you
Know Understand Act
You own fill rate, not the answer

You own fill rate, yet the "why did it slip?" answer waits in someone else's queue.

Same number, two operating models. One sends you to a ticket and a dashboard. The other brings the answer, the why, and the next step to you.

Without Bicycle With Bicycle
too late
You find fill rate slipped late, on a dashboard
By the time the fill-rate drop stands out, the shelf is already half empty.
real time
Fill-rate slips reach you ranked by impact
You see the category that slipped the moment it moves, not when you open the dashboard.
ticket
"Why did fill rate slip?" means filing a ticket and waiting
Three days later you get a chart back, not a decision the buy can use.
with the alert
The ranked cause, demand spike or late PO, arrives with the alert
Cause, evidence, and ruled-out drivers on a governed fill-rate definition. No ticket, no waiting.
still slow
Knowing isn't fixing, and the shelf keeps emptying
Even with the answer, lining up the replenishment fix is a separate scramble.
act fast
The fix routed to replenishment comes with it, so you act before the shelf empties
A scoped recommendation to expedite the PO, not just a chart to interpret.
The capabilities

One governed system, six capabilities behind every answer.

Six capabilities, set up once and run continuously. Business teams move faster, the data team keeps governance, everyone trusts the number. Pick one to go deeper.

Rapid activation on your stack

You wait for the analytics project to finish. You want a working operating view tied to the KPIs you own, not a blank dashboard canvas.

What Bicycle does

1

Skip the blank canvas. Relevant KPIs, starter alerts, and prompts are populated for your role.

2

Speak your language. The system arrives configured for your business, not the database schema.

3

Use it from day one. The starter agent is reviewable and live in days, not a six-month rollout.

In practice

Open your planning home on day one. Fill rate, sell-through, stockouts, and markdown rate are already monitored, ranked by impact.

Capabilities work together in one continuous loop. Detect → Explain → Act → Learn.

The playbookKnow · Understand · Act

Your part of the loop is three moves: know what changed, understand why, act on it.

Knowwhat changed
Understandwhy it moved
Acton it, inside guardrails
Pillar 01Know

Know what changed before the review, down to where it moved.

Bicycle watches the KPIs you own, fill rate, sell-through, markdown rate, across category, location, and DC, and flags the move first, exactly where it happens, before the buy review.
How Bicycle watches Every KPI you own, watched across segments; the move that matters surfaces ranked by impact.01 / 03
WATCHING EVERY KPI × SEGMENT · CAUGHT AT THE SEGMENT BEFORE THE AVERAGE MOVESBlended average −0.3% · within range · hides the segmentAndroidWebIn-storeEUAPACWest DCsFill rateSell-throughMarkdown rateAOV−6.2ptssurfacedranked by impact#1Fill rate · Home & Kitchen−6.2pts$42k at riskranked first#2Refunds · apparel+1.8% · watching$12k#3AOV · west region−0.9% · in range$6kYou see the move ranked by impact, on your segments, before the average reflects it.
The alert inbox, ranked by impact
Dashboards on every KPI you own
Pillar 02Understand

Understand why fill rate slipped before you ask.

The first-pass cause arrives ranked, with the evidence behind it: a demand spike, a forecast miss, a late PO or a feed gap, so you see why fill rate slipped without filing a ticket and waiting.
How Bicycle finds the cause It narrows to the affected segment, tests the drivers, and ranks the cause with the evidence behind it.01 / 03
ONE MOVE → MANY DRIVERS TESTED → ONE RANKED CAUSEFill rate−6.2ptsHome & Kitchendetected 09:58 · 24h windowDemand spike · West DCs76%Late PO · delivery delay31%Supplier price changeruled outSeasonal patternruled outCatalog feed gapruled outAllocation rulesruled outPRIMARY CAUSE · 88% CONFIDENCEDemand spike vs forecastWest DCs · Home & KitchenPO calDemand logSKU feed4 drivers ruled outRecommended next step: expedite the late POThe first-pass cause arrives ranked, with the evidence behind it and the wrong drivers ruled out.
The ranked cause with evidence
One shared data story for the review
Pillar 03Act

Act on it, scoped and routed to the team that owns the fix.

Take the scoped next step, adjust allocation or recommend the fix to replenishment and ops, previewed and approved. Everyone can ask; the data team controls what gets trusted, and every action stays bounded, reversible, and logged.
How Bicycle acts on it It recommends the next step scoped to the cause, previews it, and runs it inside your guardrails.01 / 03
FROM CAUSE TO THE NEXT STEP · THROUGH THE GUARDRAIL · LOGGEDCause: demand spike vs forecastRECOMMENDED ACTIONExpedite the POscoped to West DCsTHE GUARDRAILPreview what it will doScope: West DCsOwner: ReplenishmentRollback readyevery attempt loggedSlack alertAUTOJira ticketAUTOAdjust allocationAPPROVALReset forecastAPPROVALRun what you are cleared to; the rest carries approval, rollback, and a full audit trail · previewed · bounded · reversible · logged.
The recommended next step, scoped
Preview the action before it runs
A day in the lifeFirst pass by Bicycle · the call is yours
Your morning brief

Your morning brief starts with the first pass done.

Fill rate slipped on Home & Kitchen at the West DCs overnight. Bicycle has already checked where it moved, ranked the likely causes, attached the evidence, and kept the definition governed. You review the move, check the evidence, recommend the fix to replenishment, and reuse it on the next slip.

Fill rate · Home & Kitchen · West DCsFill rate below baseline at the West DCs, with the evidence already assembled for your review.
8:02 AM-6.2ptsmorning brief
Your morning brief8:02 AM↓ -6.2ptsbrief ready
Today · what moved on your KPIs
HighFill rate slippedHome & Kitchen · West DCs-6.2ptsvs 94.1% baselineTop segmentHome & Kitchen · West DCs$58Kat riskYour KPIfill rate8:02 AM
MedRefund rate upApparel · returns+1.8ppvs baselineTop segmentApparel · US$24Kat riskOpsowning team7:40 AM
MedAverage order value downWest region-0.9%vs baselineTop segmentWest · all devices$17Kat riskMerchandisingowning team7:12 AM
LowAdd to cart rate downPaid traffic-0.6ppvs baselineTop segmentPaid · US$9Kat riskGrowthowning team6:58 AM
+ 4 KPIs · 1 high · sorted by revenue at risk
SnoozeOpen the move
Fill rate · ranked causefirst pass by Bicycle↓ -6.2pts
Triaged to one segment · Home & Kitchen · West DCs
-6.2pts fill rate
baseline 94.1% · West DCs · high volume
1 of 6 segments affected · 5 within expected range
Likely driversranked · confidence
Demand spike → outran the forecastprimary76%
Late PO / delivery delaysecondary24%
Pricing & discount changesruled out
Recommended actionsscoped
Recommend fix to replenishmentscoped
Alert #replenishment-fill on Slackscoped
Adjust allocation, expedite the POpreview
scoped · previewed · reversible · logged
+ Detected 8:02 · first pass 8:03 · top segment Home & Kitchen · West DCs
Adjust modelSee the evidence
Check the evidence · Home & Kitchen · West DCs8:02 AM↓ -6.2ptsreview
Impact overview
-6.2pts
fill rate · vs baseline 94.1%
$1.8Mcategory revenue
2,140SKUs affected
Top affected segments
1
Home & Kitchen · West DCs
-6.2pts
2
Home & Kitchen · Central DCs
-3.1pts
3
Home & Kitchen · bundles
-1.8pts
Evidence attached
Fill trendfilled to demanded
Demand vs forecastunits
DC performanceWest vs Central
PO activitydelivery calendar
Ruled out · not drivers
Supplier price changeno overlap with window
Seasonal patternwithin range
Catalog feedfeed gap within range
New vs returningboth affected
Definition governed · Source read-only · sources fresh
+ Reviewed by you · 8:11 AM
Send backTake the action
Act on it · fill rate8:02 AM↓ -6.2ptsact
Recommended actionscoped
Expedite the late PO and adjust allocation for Home & Kitchen at the West DCs, the gap behind the fill-rate slip.
Home & Kitchen · West DCs
The guardrailbefore anything runs
Preview the change firstrequired
Scope to the affected segmentWest DCs only
Owner approves the changeReplenishment
Rollback stays one click awayreversible
Where it goesrecommended
Alert #replenishment-fillauto
Recommend to replenishment ownerapproval
Expedite the late POapproval
scoped · previewed · reversible · logged
+ Scoped to Home & Kitchen West DCs · reversible · logged
Adjust scopeRecommend & assign
Reused next drop · operating memoryToday 6:54 AM↓ -5.3ptsauto-applied
Similar situation detected: Fill rate slipped · Home & Kitchen · West DCs
Bicycle applied your accepted cause path.
Detected pattern
Demand spike
Applied path
Home & Kitchen
Likely driver
Demand vs forecast
Recommended action
Expedite the PO
Caught 68 min earlier · 6:54 AM vs 8:02 AM on the first run
No re-investigation · path auto-applied, your review optional
+ Memory: fill-rate slip · run 2
ReviewView saved path
More roles on Bicycle · same loopYour team's KPI · your screens

Different teams own different metrics. Bicycle keeps the investigation governed.

You own fill rate. Move to the retail teams around category margin, the recurring investigation, pipeline trust, and revenue performance, all on the same loop.

Vibe Analytics

See it on your numbers.

Start with one recurring metric you own: why fill rate or sell-through moved. Bicycle watches the governed KPI, ranks likely causes across demand, forecast, PO timing, and feed health, and hands you a reviewable first pass, before the buy review.

What to bring
A recurring metric you own: fill rate, sell-through, or markdown rate.
An approved read-only path to the relevant sources: the warehouse, event streams, app & web, payments, or ad networks.
The metric definition, default dimensions, and the owner who approves the next step.
What we do
Configure the investigation path around your KPI, dimensions, and evidence rules.
Monitor device, OS, channel, region, and segment movement.
Prepare a first-pass cause analysis with evidence, ruled-out paths, and governed definitions.

No credit card required · analyst-reviewed · governed from day one