Island Pacific SmartPlanning vs ToolsGroup Merchandise Financial Planning

Island Pacific SmartPlanning is an integrated merchandise-planning system for global multichannel retailers. Its modules cover pre-season and in-season planning, assortment development, forecasting, allocation, size profiling and replenishment. Core Planning supports business-specific workflows or preconfigured FastPlan plans, including key-item forecasting. Assortment Planner handles cross-planning, store planning, grading and option planning, while Assortment Builder lets teams develop ranges with product information, attributes and visuals. Forecast Manager provides data-mining and machine-learning forecasting tools. Allocation Manager supports cross-channel allocation with multiple algorithms, and Size Profiler manages size mixes across products and channels. Replenishment Manager calculates stock needs from past trends and projected sales. Island Pacific says SmartPlanning uses one data source across channels and integrates with its modules and existing ERP systems. Controls include top-down and bottom-up planning, plan locking and customizable views. Pricing is on request.

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