Decion Demand Planning vs Inventory Planner

Decion Demand Planning is the web-based demand-planning component of ToolsGroup’s supply chain decision intelligence platform. It monitors operations, evaluates risk, recommends corrective actions, and helps steer decisions toward business targets. Forecasting combines probabilistic methods, machine learning, and real-time demand sensing to represent uncertainty in inventory, service, and supply decisions. Planners can use collaborative planning, demand sensing, demand shaping, scenario planning, multi-location and multi-echelon optimization, safety-stock optimization, service-level targets, and replenishment recommendations. Inventory-aware demand shaping applies pricing and promotions to influence demand. Automation handles repetitive planning workflows so teams can concentrate on exceptions. Connectors and APIs link SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, and other ERP and WMS systems. Decion is delivered as SaaS through cloud providers and hyperscalers, with web access, encryption, backups, audit logs, federated SSO, MFA, and stated ISO, SOC, FedRAMP, and GDPR coverage. Pricing is on request.

Inventory Planner helps retailers, ecommerce brands, wholesalers, and discrete manufacturers forecast demand and decide what inventory to purchase. Its configurable models cover seasonal, non-seasonal, retail, and wholesale products, with automatic adjustments to sales patterns. For new products, forecasts can use sales data from similar items. Purchasing features include supplier management, minimum order quantities, and open-to-buy budgeting. The service recommends purchases and warehouse transfers across multiple locations, with a customizable forecast horizon and no stated SKU limit. Native integrations include Shopify, BigCommerce, Amazon, eBay, Brightpearl, Cin7, QuickBooks, and other sales, management, fulfillment, and accounting systems. Beta Stock Orders and Reports APIs provide real-time account data, but cannot accept product or variant data. It runs on the web and through an API. Pricing is on request; guided implementation and training are required.