The Go-to Inventory Planning Solution for Retail, DTC, E-Commerce and Wholesale Businesses

Effectively plan your purchasing, in unpredictable times

Get always up-to-date demand forecasting and future-proofed purchasing recommendations from the top-rated inventory planning solution.

It’s the tried-and-tested tool that enables merchants, from startups to billion-dollar brands, to stop overstocks and out-of-stocks for good and always have the perfect inventory to meet demand.

Buy what your customers want – and always get it on time

Forecast accurately, buy confidently

Accurate demand forecasting that factors in seasonality, new sales patterns, promotions, unusual spikes or drops and translates the data into reliable buying recommendations for all products (including seasonal, non-seasonal, retail and wholesale).

Shorter purchasing cycle, healthier cash flow

Shorten your purchasing cycle while still keeping stockout risk low (and releasing much-needed cash by adjusting ideal ‘stock cover days’ to match your purchasing frequency with each item’s supply patterns.

Act quickly on your cash-drainers

See overstocked items alongside key info (including the cost of each overstocked item), so you can quickly see which items to liquidate first to release cash.

Easy bundle and assembly forecasting

Automate bundle and assembly inventory planning to save time to avoid over and under-buying. Inventory Planner accurately forecasts demand by bundle or assembly and breaks buying recommendations down by components.

Actionable inventory insights

Master your inventory performance with 200+ meaningful metrics. Integrate with Google Analytics to t assess a product’s page views with its sales performance and decide if it should be merchandised differently to drive more sales.

Buy new styles with confidence

No more guesswork! ‘Borrow’ sales data from similar products to accurately predict future demand for new products. Get buying recommendations for every variant (including size, color, material).

Optimize your buying budgets

Our market-disrupting Open-to-Buy (OTB) feature lets you plan your buying budgets by month or retail weeks, based on key metrics like previous revenue, expected margins and even the units you need based on retail price.

Forecast for multiple inventory locations

Cleverly forecast demand for all locations including warehouses, brick and mortar stores, Amazon FBA, and 3PLs. Get intelligent buying recommendations and warehouse transfer suggestions, too.

Time-saving PO management

Save hours every week by placing purchase orders directly from your buying recommendations. Pre-set supplier information so it can be automatically applied.

"Using Inventory Planner, we were able to cut out ‘days of outstanding inventory’ in half – which freed up around $1.5M."

Kevin Dalaeli, President and COO at Kos

"Inventory Planner has given me the power to make data-driven decisions… Now, we always have the right items in the right location in order to maximize sales."

Tiffany Wight, Warehouse Manager at Knifewear

"It’s an incredibly robust tool. We’ve seen lead times go from 45 days to 120 days just like that – so the challenge for us now is using Inventory Planner data to stay on top of things as they quickly change."

John Ibbetson, VP Sales and Business Development at trueCABLE

"We wanted a tool that would stop us getting into trouble with a lack of stock – but that could also help us proactively avoid overstock. It was clear from the reviews and research that Inventory Planner was that tool."

Dylan Vasquez, Operations Manager at Atomic Defense

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Faq

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Who is Inventory Planner for?

Inventory Planner is the market-leading inventory planning software that is designed to help retailers, e-commerce brands, wholesalers and manufacturing merchants to make data-driven, profit-boosting inventory purchasing decisions based on reliable customer demand predictions, with different supply patterns factored in.

We support 2,600+ worldwide brands from startups to billion-dollar companies in every industry imaginable – from apparel and fashion to FMCG.

If your business holds inventory in your own warehouses, brick and mortar stores, or if you use Amazon FBA or 3PLs, and you want to reduce your excess inventory or safety stock ratio while keeping stockout risk low, Inventory Planner is for you.

2. Do I still need Inventory Planner if I already have an Inventory Management System (IMS)?

Short answer: yes! Longer answer: Inventory Management Systems are useful for tracking goods, but they don’t help you forecast demand and plan your inventory purchasing, especially when market trends are rapidly changing and consumer demand is unpredictable. Inventory Planner does.

In a nutshell, if you’re using an IMS, but still experiencing out of stock or excess stock issues, you should try Inventory Planner.

To learn more about the difference between an IMS and Inventory Planner, and pick the right system for your business, take a look at this guide.

3. Should I book a demo or start a 14-day free trial?

A virtual demo with one of our pros is the best and fastest way to see exactly how Inventory Planner will work specifically for your businesses, without needing to connect and configure your data yourself.

However, we understand you might prefer to dive straight in and explore for yourself (especially if you’re a demand forecasting or inventory planning specialist) so we also offer a 14-day free trial.

4. How is Inventory Planner different from other providers?

We’re proud to stand out from the crowd in a number of ways, including…

We’re true leaders in our field: Unlike generic inventory softwares, Inventory Planner is a market-leading specialized solution. We started back in 2012 (when inventory planning wasn’t even a ‘thing’!) and we’ve spent more than a decade fine-tuning our forecasting and inventory planning models so they get results, even in turbulent times.
Our forecasting is transparent and customizable: We believe you can only make informed decisions when you fully understand your data. With Inventory Planner, you’ll know exactly how your forecasting has been calculated (and you can tweak it to suit your needs), so you can take our forecasts and purchasing recommendations and use them to help you meet your goals.
We’re always evolving, just like the retail market: As part of Sage Group, we’re able to invest heavily and regularly in our innovation, so we’re always a step ahead of our competition when it comes to offering reliable forecasting and intelligent purchasing recommendations, even as markets shift.

5. Is it easy for me to implement and configure Inventory Planner on my own?

There are two options:

Implement and learn the system on your own
Inventory Planner is built to be intuitive, so you can self-implement the system and configure your forecasting strategies if you have experience with forecasting softwares and the bandwidth available.
Faster onboarding, led by us (RECOMMENDED)
If you’re looking for optimal time-to-value, we recommend our guided onboarding, led by us. This is the faster and hassle-free way to get set up for success. Our forecasting pros will get you and your team up and running on Inventory Planner quickly (on average within 30 days), including system integrations, data migration, bespoke forecasting strategy configurations, tests and intuitive training. It’s the best way to ensure you get the most from Inventory Planner.

6. What's the SKU limit with Inventory Planner?

Inventory Planner is a scalable solution built to work for businesses of any size, from startups to billion-dollar companies – so there is no SKU limit.

Plus, with our Data Warehouse Connectors, data from any source can be seamlessly synced with Inventory Planner (which means no siloed data or delayed syncs for businesses with large data sets across various platforms).

It starts with your data

Your inventory and sales data is the foundation on which our accurate forecasting and inventory planning is built on. That’s why we’ve made it easy to seamlessly and securely add it to Inventory Planner.

No matter where you store your data (whether it's your online stores, inventory and order management systems, warehouse management systems, or ERP, EDI, accounting tools and spreadsheets); we’ll get you connected so that you get forecasting and inventory buying recommendations that are accurate, reliable and always up-to-date.

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