US retailer RC Visions taps Inventory Planner by Sage retail technology to boost demand forecasting
Remote control vehicle retailer RC Visions has chosen Inventory Planner by Sage to help cut stockouts, save time and boost revenue.
It can now benefit from forecasting along with buying recommendations that reveal exactly which inventory to order and when to order it. Inventory Planner factors in promotions, market trends and seasonality.
Based out of Huntington Beach, California, RC Visions sells a collection of remote controlled vehicles – including RC cars, RC airplanes, RC boats, Gliders and RC Trucks – as well as other hobbyist supplies.
After starting with a bricks and mortar store, the retailer has recently expanded into e-commerce with a Shopify powered store. This triggered the need for an intelligent, reliable way to forecast demand for some 12,000 SKUs across multiple locations.
After running into multiple issues with entry level forecasting tool Stocky, which resulted in the business spending hours each week fixing mistakes, RC Visions switched to Inventory Planner, which offers a native integration to Shopify.
Tony Montagno, RC Visions founder, says: "There is no reason to look elsewhere when looking for an inventory planning and forecasting solution. Inventory Planner has changed the life of our business."
Inventory Planner will enable RC Visions to create and send purchase orders directly from its buying recommendations, which can be automated to save even more time.
With more than 200 reporting metrics to choose from, the app also provides insights and access to an open to buy functionality which simplifies and streamlines supply planning.
“Inventory Planner is the go to solution for brands like RC Vision that need a reliable, intelligent inventory planning tool that includes expert led onboarding and ongoing support to optimise results,” says Justin Press, SVP Customer Success at Inventory Planner.
“We’re delighted to welcome the business onboard as it enters this exciting phase of e-commerce expansion, as well as time savings and the elimination of stockouts and overstock, our software will be the key to unlocking better profits and bigger time savings.”
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