Inventory Planner
Inventory Planner by Sage is a demand forecasting and replenishment platform built for ecommerce retailers and wholesalers that need to plan purchasing across multiple sales channels and stock locations. The software generates automated reorder recommendations, forecasts customer demand using historical sales data, and helps merchants manage inventory spread across Amazon FBA, owned warehouses, and third-party logistics providers.
The tool fits into the planning and purchasing side of an Amazon seller's workflow, sitting alongside Seller Central rather than replacing it. Its focus is demand forecasting, reorder planning, open-to-buy budgeting, and multi-location stock visibility, with less emphasis on day-to-day listing, PPC, or reimbursement tasks. Sellers running meaningful volume across Amazon plus other channels such as Shopify or BigCommerce tend to benefit most, while smaller single-channel sellers may find the feature set broader than they need.
Pricing
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Key Features
- Demand Forecasting: Predicts customer demand using historical sales data, seasonality, promotions, and recent sales trends.
- Automated Replenishment: Generates reorder recommendations for each stock location based on forecasted demand and current inventory levels.
- Multi-Location Planning: Provides purchasing recommendations for Amazon FBA, owned warehouses, and 3PL locations in one view.
- Purchase Order Management: Creates purchase orders inside the platform and syncs them back to connected sales channels.
- Open-to-Buy Planning: Lets merchants plan buying budgets by month or retail week against revenue and margin targets.
- Overstock Reporting: Flags slow-moving items with overstock cost, last sold date, and unit count to guide liquidation decisions.
- Warehouse Transfer Suggestions: Recommends transferring stock between locations when it is more efficient than placing a new order.
- Multi-Channel Integrations: Connects with Amazon Seller Central, Shopify, BigCommerce, and other ecommerce and ERP platforms.
- Bundle and Assembly Support: Accounts for bundles, kits, and assemblies when calculating demand and replenishment needs.
- Inventory Segmentation: Classifies products by sales performance and turnover to help prioritize planning and purchasing efforts.
Strengths
- Covers demand forecasting, replenishment, and open-to-buy planning in a single platform.
- Provides purchasing recommendations across Amazon FBA, owned warehouses, and third-party logistics locations.
- Integrates with Amazon Seller Central alongside other ecommerce platforms such as Shopify and BigCommerce.
- Handles bundles, kits, and assemblies when calculating demand and replenishment needs.
- Backed by Sage, an established business and accounting software vendor.
- Offers a streamlined Essentials tier aimed at smaller Shopify merchants.
Considerations
- Standard pricing starts around $244.99 per month, which may be high for small or early-stage Amazon sellers.
- Full pricing tiers are not publicly listed and typically require contacting sales for a quote.
- The tool focuses on planning and purchasing rather than day-to-day Amazon operations such as listing optimization, PPC, or reimbursements.
- Some functionality and integration depth may depend on plan tier and connected sales channel.