Source Each Order From the Best Location and Avoid Unnecessary Splits
KIBO evaluates distance, shipping cost, location capacity, and inventory velocity to assign every order to the optimal fulfillment node across B2C and B2B sales channels.
Last-Mile Costs, Store Pick Costs, and Overstocks Squeeze Fulfillment Margins.
Outdated priority lists, uncoordinated fulfillment, and unnecessary split shipments raise carrier costs and erode net margins.
The Cost of Getting it Wrong.
Static Lists Cannot Protect Fulfillment Margins.
Unnecessary Split Shipments
Orders break into multiple shipments from different facilities, which multiplies shipping fees and packaging waste.
Store Floor Overload
Stores receive more pick requests than their labor can handle, which causes fulfillment bottlenecks and cancelled orders.
Unbalanced Inventory Markdowns
Slow-moving inventory stays trapped in secondary regional hubs while fast-selling locations run out of stock.
Rigid Static Logic
Legacy routing rules don't adapt in real time when stock validation fails or fulfillment nodes face temporary disruptions.
Order Sourcing Capabilities.
From the incoming order to the location that ships it.
An enterprise merchant configures a strategy that tries local retail stores holding excess inventory first, then fails over to regional distribution centers only when store capacity thresholds are reached.
Multi-Variable Sourcing Strategies & Scenarios
Strategies built from routes, scenarios, filters, and after actions pick the best location for each order.
- Hierarchical strategy engine built from Routes, Scenarios, Filters, and After Actions
- Evaluates item attributes, customer location, shipping SLAs, and location capabilities in real time
- Selects the optimal fulfillment node
Geographic Distance & Proximity Sourcing Optimization
Orders go to the location closest to the buyer.
- Dynamic distance calculation evaluates exact geographic proximity between fulfillment nodes and delivery destinations
- Reduces shipping carrier transit costs
- Shortens delivery windows
- Lowers carbon footprints across all orders
When a buyer places an order, KIBO calculates transit distances across five regional fulfillment hubs and assigns the shipment to the node that guarantees one-day ground delivery at standard shipping rates.
An apparel retailer routes online orders to store locations carrying high excess stock of specific sizes, which clears floor space while preserving full gross margin.
Inventory Velocity & Excess-Stock Clearance Sourcing
Orders go first to locations with surplus stock, so slow-moving inventory moves.
- Sourcing filters sort candidate fulfillment locations by excess inventory levels or slow turnover rates
- Pick requests go to facilities holding surplus stock
- Accelerates inventory velocity and avoids end-of-season markdowns
Daily Assignment Thresholds & Workload Balancing
Limits on daily or hourly orders keep any one location from being overloaded.
- Configurable order assignment caps limit the maximum number of orders or items a location can receive per day or hour
- Protects retail store labor
- Prevents fulfillment backlogs
- Maintains SLA compliance across the network
A merchant sets a cap of 50 daily pick requests for small retail stores. Once it is reached, KIBO routes subsequent orders to high-capacity distribution centers.
A commercial buyer reviews their cart. KIBO's pre-purchase API verifies that all 20 requested line items can be sourced from a single local warehouse, and a guaranteed delivery date appears before checkout.
Pre-Purchase Sourcing Checks & Real-Time Promising
Sourcing logic runs at the cart, so shoppers see a viable location and delivery date before they order.
- Invokes sourcing logic during cart evaluation and checkout through suggestion APIs
- Confirms location viability
- Calculates precise Estimated Delivery Dates (EDD)
- Validates pickup or delivery options in milliseconds before order placement
Automated Failover, Transfer Routes & Package Consolidation
When stock validation fails, items are rerouted, and missing items can be moved to one location for a single shipment.
- Automated failover strategies handle stock validation rejections
- Unassigned items are re-routed instantly
- Transfer routes move missing items to a single location for consolidated shipping
- Consolidation eliminates multi-package waste
When a store associate flags an item as damaged during picking, KIBO fails over and re-routes the missing line item to a secondary store without canceling the order.
An operations manager retrieves the Suggestion Log for an order sourced from a distant DC, replays it in the Routing Debugger with mock inventory, and confirms why local nodes were bypassed.
Sourcing Decision Audit & Counterfactual Simulation
Every sourcing decision leaves a record you can read and replay.
- Decision-level transparency into every sourcing assignment
- Suggestion Logs retrieve the complete logical trail for any order
- The Routing Debugger replays sourcing decisions against real or mock inventory
- Counterfactual scenarios run without impacting live stock
AI Sourcing Copilot with KIBO AI
A KIBO AI assistant builds strategies, explains routing, and charts results, with a person in the loop.
- A conversational assistant that manages the sourcing lifecycle in plain language
- Configure mode builds and edits routing strategies
- Explain mode narrates routing logs and split behavior
- Analyze mode charts fulfillment outcomes
- Human-in-the-loop oversight
A fulfillment manager asks KIBO AI why an order split across two warehouses, reviews the natural language explanation, charts fulfillment frequency, and drafts a new Direct Ship strategy for review before activation.
These controls work together.
Define multi-variable strategy rules, balance location workloads, and clear slow-moving inventory, all under rules your business defines.
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