Easy forecasting for multiple inventory locations

Hold inventory in more than one location? No problem. Brightpearl’s Inventory Planner will provide you with accurate forecasting across all your locations, including your own warehouse, 3PL, brick and mortar stores and Amazon FBA. Plus, it will optimize inventory levels across all your locations by recommending what products would benefit from being moved from one inventory location to another.

Access key inventory KPis for better decision-making

Brightpearl Inventory Planner unlocks deeper insight of the inventory impact on your cash flow, thanks to its sales forecasting and inventory planning capability. For instance, you’ll easily know how much revenue you’ll miss out if you delay your replenishment, or the costs associated with your slow-moving products if you don’t liquidate them immediately.

Handle large variant volumes with ease

When you have a large volume of product variants, it’s tricky to determine how much is needed to avoid overstock of some variants and stockouts of others. This is where Brightpearl’s Inventory Planner does all the hard work for you. It forecasts sales and provides purchasing recommendations even down to variant level, saving you hours on tedious, error-prone calculations.

Optimize your shelf space and container loading

Warehouse storage fees and shipping container costs weigh heavily on your total operational costs. With Brightpearl’s Inventory Planner, you can limit the number of units for each warehouse, and your buying recommendations will automatically adjust to your preferences. You can also easily scale your purchase order to fit a container by adding cubic metrics or weight, in order to make the most of capacity limits.

Forecast how much to buy for new products

Knowing how much to buy of a new product line can be challenging. With Brightpearl Inventory Planner, you can use similar product categories as a reference to predict sales forecasting and get replenishment recommendations for your new product. Plus, you can narrow it down to variant level such as size, color or pattern, so you’ll know in detail the right assortment and quantity to meet future demand.

Plan your purchasing budgets with Open-to-Buy

Our Open-to-Buy feature allows you to easily plan your purchasing budgets by product category, brand and vendor to meet your sales goals. Still new to OTB? Simply use last year’s sales or forecasted sales to plan budgets for the upcoming months. Need more advanced usage? No problem, OTB lets you analyze actual revenue LLY (Last Last Year), plan purchasing budgets based on expected margins and even forecast the number of units you need to order based on price and revenue goals.

The Retail ERP seamlessly connected to Inventory Forecasting from day one

Inventory management and demand planning shouldn’t be an afterthought in your retail ERP decision. Pick a platform without them and you’ll be bolting on a fix once stockouts and overstock start costing you real money. Brightpearl connects directly with Inventory Planner from day one, so forecasting is part of how you run your business from the start.

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Don’t buy a retail ERP that leaves forecasting disconnected

Inventory forecasting uses historical sales data, stockouts, seasonality, and demand trends to predict what stock you’ll need, and when. For a new or growing retail business, it isn’t a nice-to-have layered on top of your operations platform, it’s core infrastructure. Get it wrong from the start and you’ll be retrofitting a fix later, after the stockouts and the overstock have already cost you.

Most retail ERPs treat forecasting as someone else’s problem, leaving you to add on a separate tool, reconcile two sets of data, and hope they stay in sync. That gap is where the real damage happens: stock arrives late, orders back up, and your inventory data drifts out of date the moment your forecasting tool and your ERP stop talking to each other.

Brightpearl doesn’t leave you to figure that out alone. Inventory Planner connects seamlessly from day one, both part of Sage for Retail, so demand forecasting and execution run on the same data across every channel and location, from the decision to buy through to delivery.

Too much stock ties up cash. Too little means missed sales.

Get this wrong in your first year and it’s expensive to unlearn. Inventory Planner, seamlessly connects to Brightpearl as part of Sage for Retail, includes Sage Copilot, your AI-powered assistant for smarter inventory planning from the start. It helps you make better inventory replenishment and purchasing decisions by highlighting key insights, flagging potential stock issues early, and guiding the next steps directly within Inventory Planner, before a stockout or an overstock costs you money.

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Inventory Planning software built for better inventory decisions

Inventory Planner connects directly to Brightpearl and uses your sales and inventory data to guide what to buy and when.

Forecast demand based on real sales trends

Turn historical sales and seasonality into an accurate, ongoing demand forecast. No spreadsheets required.

Get clear purchasing recommendations

Know exactly what to reorder, how much, where, and when, with recommendations built from real demand signals.

Plan across multiple channels and locations

Manage forecasting and purchasing across every store, warehouse, and sales channel from one place.

Adjust quickly as demand changes

Spot shifts in demand early and adjust your buying plan before stock issues hit.

How Inventory Planner works with Brightpearl

Inventory Planner and Brightpearl connect directly, so there's no break between demand forecasting and execution. You’re working with accurate, up-to-date data across every channel at every step.

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Pull up-to date data from Brightpearl into Inventory Planner

Sales, stock levels, SKUs and order history sync automatically between the two platforms, so Inventory Planner is always forecasting from accurate, current data, not yesterday’s export.

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Demand forecasting

Forecast demand, set targets, and get clear buying recommendations

dInventory Planner turns your connected sales and inventory data into a demand forecast, sets replenishment targets, and tells you exactly what to buy, and when, to hit them.

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Push purchase orders straight into Brightpearl

Once you’ve approved what to buy, purchase order automation pushes them directly into Brightpearl, where we run your core operations. No version mismatches between what you planned and what you ordered.

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Keep everything moving with automation and reporting

From there, our no-code automation engine handles the routine work, including automated inventory replenishment, order orchestration, and fulfillment, while our reporting gives you a clear, real-time view of performance across your business.

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What connecting Brightpearl and Inventory Planner means for your business

Stock levels stay closer to demand

Turn historical sales and seasonality into an accurate, ongoing demand forecast. No spreadsheets required.

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Fewer missed sales when products run out

Accurate, connected forecasting means fewer stockouts on your best sellers, and fewer sales walking out the door.

Less cash tied up in excess inventory

Buy closer to real demand instead of gut feel, and free up the cash that’s currently sitting on your shelves.

More confidence in every buying decision

Routine workflows run on our no-code automation engine, reducing manual work and giving your team more control.

You can also track performance across key metrics like sell-through, stockouts, and return on inventory, so you know where to adjust.

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The ultimate combo

Running a retail business on gut feel works for a while. Then it doesn’t. Inventory Planner handles the forecasting, telling you what to buy, how much, and when. Brightpearl runs everything behind the scenes, turning that plan into purchase orders, inventory movements, and fulfilled deliveries. Together, you’re in control from decision through to delivery, with a close grip on profit from the start rather than bolted on later.

Choose a retail ERP without forecasting, and you’ll feel the gap fast: stock arrives late, orders back up, and inventory data drifts out of date the moment your buying decisions stop matching what’s actually happening on the ground. Brightpearl closes that gap by design, connecting seamlessly with Inventory Planner’s forecasting from the moment you set up, both part of Sage for Retail, rather than leaving you to find and integrate a separate tool later.

Part of Sage for Retail

We’re part of Sage for Retail, alongside Inventory Planner and other tools built for modern retail businesses. As your business grows, you can add capabilities like warehouse management and analytics, all designed to work together, joining a community of 3,000+ retailers, with expert support to help you get the most out of your setup.

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"Brightpearl gives us a complete view of the business, and Inventory Planner takes the guesswork out of what we need to buy how we allocate inventory across our channels. Together, they’ve completely changed how we operate"

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Frequently asked questions

What is inventory forecasting software? Close: Inventory forecasting software uses historical sales data, stockouts, seasonality, and demand trends to predict future stock needs, helping retailers know what to buy, how much, and when. Inventory Planner is built specifically for this, and connects directly into Brightpearl’s operations platform.
Do new retail businesses actually need inventory forecasting software? Close: Yes. New and growing retailers are the most exposed to stockouts and overstock, since there’s no sales history to fall back on and every buying mistake hits a smaller cash cushion. Starting with inventory forecasting in place from day one, rather than adding it after a bad season, is significantly cheaper than retrofitting it later.
How does inventory forecasting work? Close: Inventory forecasting works by analyzing past sales velocity, seasonality, stockouts, and trends to calculate a demand forecast, then translating that forecast into reorder points, safety stock levels, and buying recommendations. In Inventory Planner, this runs continuously against live sales and stock data rather than a static spreadsheet.
How do Inventory Planner and Brightpearl work together? Close: Inventory Planner and Brightpearl connect directly so there’s no break between planning and execution. Inventory Planner forecasts demand and generates purchase orders, which push straight into Brightpearl, a retail ERP, where core operations stay in sync automatically.
What is a retail ERP? Close: A retail ERP (enterprise resource planning system) is software that centralizes a retailer’s core operations, including inventory, orders, purchasing, and fulfillment, into one platform, acting as a single source of truth across every sales channel and location. Brightpearl is a retail ERP purpose-built for multichannel and wholesale retailers.
How can I reduce stockouts and overstock at the same time? Close: Reducing both stockouts and overstock requires accurate, connected demand forecasting rather than fixed reorder rules. Inventory Planner calculates reorder points and safety stock per SKU based on real sales velocity and seasonality, then keeps that plan synced with Brightpearl’s live inventory data so buying decisions reflect what’s actually happening on the ground.
What is Sage for Retail? Close: Sage for Retail is a connected suite of retail tools, including Brightpearl and Inventory Planner, built for modern retail businesses. It serves 3,000+ retailers and can be extended with additional capabilities like warehouse management and analytics as a business grows.
How does Sage Copilot help with inventory planning? Close: Sage Copilot is an AI-powered assistant built into Inventory Planner that surfaces priority insights, like low-stock or out-of-stock risk and replenishment profit impact, so planners can act on the highest-value decisions first, rather than manually reviewing every SKU.

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The Retail ERP seamlessly connected to Inventory Forecasting from day one

Award-winning in 2026

Don’t buy a retail ERP that leaves forecasting disconnected

Too much stock ties up cash. Too little means missed sales.

Inventory Planning software built for better inventory decisions

Forecast demand based on real sales trends

Get clear purchasing recommendations

Plan across multiple channels and locations

Adjust quickly as demand changes

How Inventory Planner works with Brightpearl

Pull up-to date data from Brightpearl into Inventory Planner

Forecast demand, set targets, and get clear buying recommendations

Push purchase orders straight into Brightpearl

Keep everything moving with automation and reporting

What connecting Brightpearl and Inventory Planner means for your business

Stock levels stay closer to demand

Fewer missed sales when products run out

Less cash tied up in excess inventory

More confidence in every buying decision

The ultimate combo

Part of Sage for Retail

Trusted by merchants in every industry

Frequently asked questions

What is inventory forecasting software?

Do new retail businesses actually need inventory forecasting software?

How does inventory forecasting work?

How do Inventory Planner and Brightpearl work together?

What is a retail ERP?

How can I reduce stockouts and overstock at the same time?

What is Sage for Retail?

How does Sage Copilot help with inventory planning?

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