Inventory ordering for an automotive dealer group

An ordering spreadsheet nobody could maintain was rebuilt as a tested application that matches the original method and does more.

Multi-brand dealer group
Client
Vehicle inventory ordering
Process
Matched the original method exactly
Result

What we built it with: Python · Power Apps · Dataverse

Where it started

A large multi-brand automotive dealer group decided what vehicles to order using a spreadsheet that the business trusted but nobody could maintain or extend.

The constraint

The replacement had to give the same answers as the method the business already relied on, and we had to be able to prove it.

What we built

The ordering method, rebuilt

The spreadsheet's logic was rebuilt as tested software.

An ordering app

Managers see an order recommendation with the sales history behind it.

Room to grow

The app does more than the spreadsheet could, and supports multiple stores.

Who handles the exceptions

The recommendation is a starting point. The person placing the order makes the final call.

What changed

The new application's results matched the original method exactly.

The group now has an ordering tool that can be maintained and extended, and that no longer depends on one spreadsheet.

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