What is Inventory Planning? A Retail Expert Breaks Down What Every Store Owner Needs to Know

What is Inventory Planning? A Retail Expert Breaks Down What Every Store Owner Needs to Know

ManagementONE logo with purple and black text
A woman smiling and talking to a cashier at a retail store checkout counter, with other shoppers in the background.

Stop winging it. Take the guesswork out of ordering.

Figuring out the next inventory order is hard. We can make it easier.

4 Ways We Help Independent Retailers

Purple line graph with data points overlaid on bar chart.

Data Insights

You feel that your inventory turns aren’t optimized. Know exactly where the opportunities are to take your company to the next level.

Outline of two people with a speech bubble containing three dots above them, representing conversation or communication.

Soundboard

It’s lonely at the top and its hard to make hard decisions yourself. A soundboard can help you gut check your decisions and stay motivated.

Outline of two hands holding a smartphone or digital device.

Offload It

You’re wearing too many hats and don’t always feel qualified. Offload technical inventory analysis and focus on where you’re confident.

A minimalistic purple line drawing of a human head in profile with a lightbulb inside representing an idea or innovation.

Knowledge

It’s not always clear why your business can’t move forward. Learn the retail concepts you need to drive better, more confident decisions.

Let’s ask you some questions to figure out what’s best for you.

We’ve helped thousands of independent retailers in every vertical imaginable manage billions in goods.

“We saw drastic results. We were over-inventoried and it made us a better store. It's the best investment we ever made. It pays for itself."

Iowa State logo featuring a red and yellow stylized hawk with the text 'IOWA STATE' above it.

Rita Phillips
Iowa State University Book Store
Ames, IA
Books, Gifts

“I wish we would have had Management One when we started our business. We made some expensive mistakes that they would have helped us avoid.”

Fleur De Lys Modern Mercantile logo in black and white circular design.

Josephine Pfeiffer
Fleur De Lys
Costa Mesa, CA
Gifts, Apparel

"M1 offers a roadmap for growth and scalability, offering key insight into what's working and what's not for our retail store."

The word 'heyday' written in elegant lowercase letters in dark blue font on a white circular background.

Mallory Dabney
heyday
Bozeman, MT
Apparel, Gifts, Home Goods

Management One has been amazing! Their information drives improvement in sales, margin and inventory turns. Now we can clearly see what’s working and what isn’t, and easily figure out what to do about it.

Logo featuring a blue diamond-shaped Superman emblem with a stylized T inside, above the word "TOMMY'S" in light blue cursive font.

Mark Wells
Tommy’s Slalom Shop
Colorado, Florida, Michigan
Boating

No more winging it. No more flying blind.

What we offer:

Black and white sketch of a person checking a list on a clipboard with a pen, in a storage room filled with shelves and boxes.

Inventory Insights &
Forecasting Software

  • Supercharge your “gut feel”

  • Sophisticated & actionable reporting and easy to consume insights

A purple cross with black background.
Black and white drawing of two men in business suits in conversation, with a chart showing upward trend in the background and a laptop on a desk.

Professional expertise

  • You’re not on your own

  • An expert can be involved as much or as little as you need

Our software and expertise is flexible to fit your needs.

Join over 10,000 retailers who receive our weekly email newsletter. We’ll share expert insights, thoughts, trends, product updates and other tidbits we think you'll find interesting.