USE CASE — PRODUCT INSIGHTS

Everything your catalog is trying to tell you.

Send a product's sales, purchase, and cost history. Get back a ranked list of what needs attention.

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PRODUCT ANALYSIS · SKU-123 3 INSIGHTS
↑ 23%
SALES TREND
42.5%
MARGIN
A
ABC CLASS
critical Margin compression: -15% over 30 days
warning High seasonality: December peak 3.2x average
info Customer concentration: top 3 = 68% revenue
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Complete product intelligence.

From a single SKU to the whole portfolio, in one API call.

10+ analyses per call

Sales, margin, cost, purchasing, and seasonality in one response.

All metrics included

Ranked by impact

Every finding carries a severity, a confidence, and a recommended action.

Prioritized by severity

Portfolio-wide

ABC classification and cross-product patterns across the whole catalog.

Up to 1,000 products per batch
POST /v2/product-insights

One call, the whole picture.

Send what you have. Missing datasets just narrow the analysis.

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curl -X POST https://forecastapi.com/v2/product-insights \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "identifier": "SKU-123",
    "data": {
      "sales": [{"date": "2024-01-01", "value": 120, "price": 24.90}],
      "purchases": [{"date": "2024-01-04", "value": 500}],
      "cost_history": [{"date": "2024-01-01", "value": 14.20}]
    }
  }'

# Response
{
  "result": {
    "insights": [
      {
        "type": "margin_compression",
        "severity": "critical",
        "confidence": "high",
        "title": "Margin down 15% over 30 days",
        "description": "Unit cost rose faster than selling price.",
        "recommendation": {
          "action": "supplier_negotiation",
          "description": "Negotiate with suppliers or seek alternatives",
          "priority": "high"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {"timing": {"total": 214.7}}
}

Insights for every SKU.

Each returns as a typed entry in the insights array.

Sales volume analysis

Growth trends, anomalies, and demand shifts

sales_volume_insight

Margin & profitability

Compression, trends, and pricing headroom

margin_insight

Purchase patterns

Supplier behaviour and reorder timing

purchase_pattern_insight

Seasonality detection

Peak periods and cyclical trends

seasonality_insight

Lead time analysis

Supplier reliability and safety stock

lead_time_reliability

Order variability

Order size spread and demand volatility

order_size_variability

Portfolio-wide batch insights.

Analyze up to 1,000 products together for patterns no single SKU shows.

ABC classification

Pareto analysis showing which 15% of items carry 70% of revenue.

Customer concentration

Revenue risk when too few customers carry too much of it.

Price elasticity

Which products tolerate a price move and which do not.

Category performance

Growth leaders and decliners across the catalog.

Built for every catalog.

From e-commerce to manufacturing, wherever products carry margin.

E-commerce & retail

Product mix, pricing, and inventory allocation across channels.

SKU rationalization
Dynamic pricing
Cross-sell opportunities

Manufacturing

Production planning, waste reduction, and component inventory.

Production scheduling
Component optimization
Supplier performance

Distribution & wholesale

Warehouse allocation, slow movers, and turnover rates.

ABC classification
Dead stock identification
Concentration risk

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Scale your analysis as you grow.

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1,001 – 50,000 $0.0033/call
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WHAT'S INCLUDED
15+ product insight types
ABC classification & batch analysis
Severity & confidence scoring
API & webhooks
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