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Forecasting that drives better planning, inventory and pricing

From data to action. Turn raw data and historical trends into automated decisions with advanced forecasting models.

Retailers today face a dynamic landscape where consumer behaviors shift rapidly, and external factors like economic fluctuations and supply chain disruptions add layers of complexity. Traditional forecasting methods, relying heavily on historical data, often fall short in providing the agility needed to respond to these changes.

This can lead to:

  • Overstocking or stockouts due to inaccurate demand predictions
  • Inefficient inventory placement across stores and DCs
  • Missed opportunities in pricing and promotions
  • Reduced customer satisfaction from product unavailability

Invent.ai’s forecasting solution offers precise, granular forecasts that boost efficiency, reduce stockouts and keep your customers satisfied.

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Invent.ai’s forecasting solution leverages advanced AI-decisioning to transform raw data into actionable insights

By incorporating multi-agentic AI, hedge-fund mathematics and probabilistic analyses, our platform uncovers patterns, predicts demand with precision and dynamically adapts strategies. Whether optimizing inventory, fine-tuning lifecycle pricing or enabling automatic planning decisions, our solutions transform raw data into actionable intelligence—helping you stay ahead with confidence in all stores and distribution centers. Our platform enables retailers to:

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Achieve granular forecasting accuracy

Make precise demand forecasts at the lowest levels necessary to enable better and more effective assortment decisions.

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Leverage advanced AI capabilities

Utilize explainable AI and adaptive algorithms to ensure transparent, reliable and data-driven assortment planning.​

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Gain regional demand insights

Acquire localized forecasting insights based on zip codes or store catchment areas to align assortments with regional preferences.​

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Implement fulfillment-driven planning

Deliver optimized inventory placement by integrating demand sensing with fulfillment-focused forecasting.​

​Why choose invent.ai’s forecasting solution?​

Achieving precise, granular forecasts has never been simpler. With invent.ai’s demand forecasting for inventory planning, retailers harness advanced AI and demand sensing to anticipate customer needs, optimize inventory placement and enhance fulfillment performance.

Whether at the regional or store level, our data-driven planning boosts efficiency, reduces stockouts and keeps customers satisfied.

Our demand forecasting:

  • Increases availability and fulfillment - Reduce lost sales by enhancing product availability and leveraging diverse fulfillment options.
  • Provides the best customer experience in store - Use optimal assortment to get the right product in the right place at the right time.
  • Puts comprehensive analysis to work - Leverage explainable AI to predict demand, speed up analysis and reveal cross-channel behavior.
  • Offers accurate and adaptive forecasting - Proactively adapt to changing demand patterns using internal and external data sources.
  • Reaps regional and return insights - Forecast at the zip code or store level to align assortments with local preferences.
  • Uses explainable AI - Gain deeper understanding of forecast drivers using advanced machine learning algorithms based on historical sales data.

 

Why choose invent.ai forecasting solution

The science behind it

To deliver exceptional shopping experiences, invent.ai uses intelligent analysis and AI to forecast customer behavior with precision—across all locations.

Our AI-powered forecasting solution predicts future demand, enabling accurate demand planning and optimal inventory placement. This enhances fulfillment performance and boosts customer satisfaction.

An intuitive dashboard lets you dive into forecast details, giving you clear visibility into what’s ahead—so you can plan with confidence.
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Deep insights, accurate forecasting

Forecasting relies on a vast network of internal and external data sources. Invent.ai leverages more than 300 key features to power SKU-Store-Day-level forecasting, tailored to your omnichannel pricing and inventory challenges. Key forecasting inputs include:

  • Inventory history & incoming stock
  • Markdowns & promotions
  • Store traffic & category sales trends
  • Repeat orders & initial pricing
  • Item / Store seasonality
  • Halo effect
  • Cannibalization effect & competitor pricing
  • Lost revenue due to out of stocks
  • Expiry date tracking (EQL)
  • Local weather conditions
  • Broken assortment impact
  • Sales & order history

Forecasting and pricing

Use forecast-driven pricing to anticipate demand, grow profit dollars and stay ahead of market shifts. Invent.ai’s AI-powered pricing solution combines demand sensing, forecast enrichment and elasticity analysis to guide more profitable, responsive pricing strategies across the full product lifecycle.

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Price elasticity modeling

Measure how demand responds to price changes—cleaned for seasonality, promotions and inventory—to identify optimal price points by SKU.

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Forecast-based pricing optimization

Evaluate millions of pricing paths to align with your strategy and maximize profit dollar and revenue.

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Dynamic strategy adjustment

Adapt to changing conditions—weather, trends, events—while accounting for inventory levels and product affinities.

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Attribute-level pricing insights

Tailor pricing by style, color, brand, designer, location and more for precision at every level.

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Real-time visibility

Move beyond static rules like weeks-of-cover. Our AI continuously refines timing and frequency of price changes based on current forecasts and elasticity data.

"We were impressed with expected ROI modeling and accelerated time to value. These two key factors along with leading science, a simplified approach to better business outcomes and continuous support and learning through the Hub Model, led Mattress Firm to select invent.ai as our partner."

Deborah Weidemeyer, VP Merchandising Lifecycle Management, Mattress Firm

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“Invent.ai demonstrated a new technology and science that can drive financial results. Their system was smart and flexible, allowing users to simulate results before execution. They were the only provider capable of delivering on our priorities in the desired timeframe.”

John Jarrett, VP of Merchant System Operations, Academy Sports + Outdoors

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“Invent.ai's margin-driven, profit-optimizing science, tailor-fit algorithms, and AI-powered probabilistic demand forecasting offered everything we’re looking for. Their solutions enable us to achieve the most profitable inventory levels using a sophisticated economic model that analyzes demand patterns, inventory costs, margins, and other parameters.”

Hakan Ugur, Chief Merchandising Officer, FLO

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“Invent.ai is not just a solution provider for us. They are a flexible forecasting and inventory planning partner. They achieved excellent results in a high-expectation environment like us and proved to be one of our best decisions.”

Ozgur Tort, CEO, Migros

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“With invent.ai, we have accelerated our demand forecasting and inventory optimization capabilities tremendously. Their tailor-fit, AI-powered planning solutions and expertise in the retail industry enabled us to improve availability and reduce lost sales.”

Batur Can, General Manager, Fiba Retail Group

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Turn your retail data into dollars with the power of invent.ai

Stop the guesswork and get the real data insights and AI-decisioning expertise you need to grow in retail across planning, inventory and pricing.