Inventory management without the manual stock chasing
Inventory teams spend their day fixing stock discrepancies, chasing warehouse updates, and rebuilding replenishment plans by hand. Piston runs stock visibility, warehouse movements, and replenishment in one real-time system.
Free up cash trapped in dead stock
Piston surfaces dormant stock and inventory risk early, while there is still cash to recover.
Identify slow-moving and excess inventory automatically
Spot stock imbalances across warehouses and demand
Free up cash trapped in overstock and unused inventory
Real-time stock visibility across your operations
Piston tracks stock, movements, and reservations live, as your ERP. Warehouse, procurement, and production all work from the same numbers.
Track stock levels, movements, and reservations in real time
Catch shortages and stock gaps before they reach operations
Keep warehouse, procurement, and production on the same stock view
Coordinate inventory across every site
Piston manages inventory across every location as one system. Warehouses, production sites, and storage zones, one live view.
Track inventory by warehouse, site, or bin location in real time
Coordinate transfers, replenishment, and allocation across locations
Keep stock accurate everywhere, down to the bin
Numbers when inventory runs on Piston
-20
%
Lower holding cost
Less capital frozen in excess stock
+25
%
Faster stock turnover
Inventory moves faster through the warehouse
99
%
Real-time stock accuracy
System matches what's on the shelf
Key inventory system features
Real-time stock visibility
Access a live, accurate view of stock levels across every location and warehouse, eliminating the need for manual stock checks and reducing costly inventory blind spots.
Warehouse movement tracking
Record every stock movement, receipts, transfers, adjustments, and picks with a complete audit trail that gives teams accurate, real-time inventory positions at all times.
Stock transfer coordination
Manage internal transfers between sites, warehouses, and storage locations with full traceability ensuring stock moves are documented, authorized, and reflected in real-time inventory positions.
Multi-site inventory management
Manage stock across multiple warehouses, production sites, and retail locations from a single operational view, with consolidated availability and transfer capabilities built in.
Replenishment planning
Trigger replenishment orders automatically based on reorder points, safety stock rules, and consumption patterns, keeping stock levels optimized without manual intervention from inventory teams.
Dormant stock visibility
Identify slow-moving and obsolete stock automatically, giving procurement and operations teams the insight needed to reduce carrying costs and make room for active inventory.
Barcode & QR workflows
Scan stock movements, receipts, and transfers using barcodes and QR codes, reducing manual entry errors and accelerating warehouse operations across every inventory touchpoint.
Inventory demand forecasting
Anticipate future stock requirements using historical consumption data, seasonal trends, and production schedules, supporting proactive purchasing and preventing both shortages and excess stock buildup.
Built for companies that produce goods.
Where physical operations meet real constraints.
Manufacturing
Run production, inventory, procurement, and finance in one operational workspace. Piston keeps shop-floor reality and back-office data in sync, with AI agents handling the repetitive coordination work.
Distribution
Manage orders, stock, suppliers, and customer relationships in one operational workspace. Piston keeps your sales pipeline and supply chain in sync, with AI agents handling the routine coordination work.
Food and beverages
Coordinate production runs, batch traceability, supplier quality, and regulatory compliance in one operational workspace. Piston keeps your production floor and back-office data synchronized, with AI agents handling the routine coordination work.
FAQ
Does Piston automate replenishment decisions without human validation?
No. Piston assists sales and operations teams by centralizing order visibility, automating routing decisions, detecting fulfillment exceptions, and coordinating invoicing workflows, but operational decisions remain fully controlled by teams. Sales managers, operations teams, and customer service still validate order priorities, manage fulfillment exceptions, approve high-value orders, and handle customer commercial conditions. The objective is not to automate order management blindly. The objective is to reduce the manual coordination overhead created by fragmented order entry, disconnected fulfillment systems, and repetitive invoicing administration.
How much manual inventory coordination can teams reduce?
Many industrial sales and operations teams still re-enter orders manually, coordinate fulfillment through emails and spreadsheets, and generate invoices separately from operational events. Piston reduces this overhead by connecting order capture, fulfillment routing, inventory allocation, and invoicing inside one operational workflow synchronized in real time. Orders, stock reservations, fulfillment status, and billing remain aligned automatically instead of requiring manual coordination across sales, warehouse, logistics, and finance teams. Teams spend less time processing orders administratively and more time managing customer priorities and operational exceptions.
What makes Piston different from a traditional inventory ERP workflow?
Traditional ERP order management workflows are often rigid, fragmented, and slow to reflect real operational activity. Orders are entered manually. Fulfillment routing depends on spreadsheets. Invoicing happens separately from delivery confirmation. Customer service lacks visibility into operational status. Piston connects order management directly to inventory, warehouse, production, logistics, and finance operations inside one shared workspace. Sales teams, operations, and customer service maintain real-time visibility across order status, fulfillment progress, and payment activity without relying on disconnected systems and manual status updates.
Can Piston manage complex inventory operations across multiple sites?
Yes. Piston is designed for industrial B2B environments where orders depend on customer-specific pricing, volume conditions, production dependencies, multi-site fulfillment, and commercial approval workflows. The platform supports make-to-order operations, blanket orders, customer price books, EDI integrations, 3PL coordination, and order-to-cash tracking across complex industrial sales environments. Operational teams can adapt order workflows according to customer requirements and operational constraints instead of forcing order activity into rigid ERP processes.
Why do industrial companies modernize inventory workflows?
As industrial B2B operations grow more complex, order coordination becomes increasingly difficult to manage manually. Sales and operations teams often rely on spreadsheets, manual ERP entry, email-based fulfillment coordination, and disconnected invoicing workflows to process customer orders. This creates entry errors, fulfillment delays, billing mistakes, and poor visibility across sales, operations, and finance teams. Industrial companies modernize order management to centralize order operations, automate fulfillment routing, improve order-to-cash performance, and give teams real-time visibility across the full order lifecycle without increasing coordination overhead.
