How Inventory Planner works with Extensiv Order Manager

Import inventory and order data from Extensiv Order Manager

First, Inventory Planner pulls all product information, sales orders, and purchase orders from your Skubana account.

Set up your forecasting strategy in Inventory Planner

Inventory Planner predicts demand based on your historical sales and various market fluctuations for optimal accuracy.

Plan smarter inventory purchasing using forecast insight

Know exactly when to reorder items to avoid out-of-stock by analyzing supply lead time and your desired purchasing frequency.

Analyze inventory performance with real-time data

Run reports by SKU, product, brand, vendor, warehouse, bundle, assembly or other custom category to gain full visibility on your inventory performance.

Create purchase orders in just a few clicks

Create purchase orders directly from your Replenishment Report.

Push purchase orders to Extensiv Order Manager

Inventory Planner syncs the prepared purchase order to your Skubana account.

Keep Inventory Planner updated with Extensiv Order Manager data

Receiving information on the purchase order in Skubana automatically syncs to Inventory Planner.

Key inventory planning features for Extensiv Order Manager users

Faster and smarter Cash Flow

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Get reliable demand forecasting from Extensiv data

Inventory Planner cleverly predicts demand based on your historical sales and offers different forecasting methods for both seasonal and flat-trending products.

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Streamline replenishment with forecast-based recommendations

Inventory Planner tells you exactly when to reorder items to avoid out-of-stock by analyzing supply lead time and purchasing frequency.

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Create custom inventory reports

Stay up to speed with your inventory performance, including best sellers, key KPIs, periodic performance aging analysis and more.

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Reduce overstock and improve cash flow

Based on forecasted demand, Inventory Planner identifies all your overstocked items and tells you associated overstocked costs, so you can quickly act on items that need to be liquidated first to release cash.

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Simplify inventory replenishment across multiple locations

Holding stock in multiple locations? Forecast demand for each warehouse to maximize your inventory investment, or transfer stock to balance items from one location to another.

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Get expert help and dedicated support

Our experts will ensure you get the most out of Inventory Planner, including optimizing your forecasting and replenishment configurations, training your team and providing ongoing support.

Get started with the Extensiv Order Manager integration

Put your Extensiv Order Manager integration to work

Connect your Skubana account
  • First, create an account in Inventory Planner.
  • Choose your platform as Skubana and click the “Connect” button.
  • You’ll be redirected to Skubana’s Directory page listing for Inventory Planner. Click “Install”, then “Accept and Install” to accept permissions.
  • Select your Inventory Planner account to connect with Skubana. Your sales history, product information and purchase orders sync automatically.
  • The first sync calculates replenishment suggestions for all your products – so it may take a short while.

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Check out the replenishment report
  • Here comes your first replenishment report, which shows you what and how many products need to be purchased to smartly restock your inventory.
  • Each product displays forecasted profit and other key metrics, so you’ll know which key items to reorder to avoid losing revenue.

Screenshot of Inventory Planner replenishment report

Create purchase orders
  • Use Inventory Planner’s data-led replenishment suggestions to either create new purchase orders, or make warehouse transfers to other locations.
  • Select all required items in the replenishment report and use bulk actions to make a purchase order per supplier.
  • When you’re ready to order, email directly to your vendor from Inventory Planner.
  • The purchase order can be pushed to Skubana as soon as it’s created.

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Sync your data automatically
  • Inventory Planner stays updated by pulling new product information, customer orders and purchase orders with each day’s sync with your Skubana account.

Screenshot of Inventory Planner syncing product and order data with Extensiv Order Manager