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Description

Forthcast is an innovative application designed for Shopify merchants, utilizing AI to enhance demand forecasting and inventory management. By examining the sales history of your store, it predicts SKU-level demand for up to twelve months in advance, ensuring you can make informed purchasing decisions that help avoid both stockouts and excess inventory. Key functionalities include detailed demand forecasts that incorporate seasonal and trend analyses; intelligent reorder notifications alongside calculations for reorder points; automatic generation of purchase orders; tracking of lost sales to assess revenue losses due to stockouts; detection of demand anomalies; support for bundles and kits without duplicating stock; customizable safety stock settings; management of multi-location inventory; and reporting on forecast accuracy. Forthcast connects seamlessly in real-time with Shopify and also integrates with platforms such as Amazon, QuickBooks, Xero, and Notion. It is specifically designed to assist growing retailers with extensive and active product catalogs that have surpassed the capabilities of traditional spreadsheet-based planning systems, providing a more efficient and accurate way to manage their inventory needs. Additionally, this tool empowers merchants to optimize their stock levels effectively, ultimately leading to enhanced profitability and customer satisfaction.

Description

Pensa identifies and alerts on stock shortages while also forecasting potential low inventory levels. The platform gathers actionable data in real-time, ensuring it is collected more quickly, often, and with greater precision, all at a reduced expense. It enables comparisons of a leading brand's shelf performance against its rivals regarding stockouts, shelf share, and other factors that could affect revenue. Gaining insights into how consumers or third-party pickers substitute your products during stockout scenarios is essential for fostering your incremental growth. By providing a comprehensive view of actual consumer choices among your brand and competitors, Pensa’s ongoing shelf signal offers invaluable insights at scale. Errors in POS and perpetual inventory data that feed into your demand forecasting models can create significant challenges further down the line. By integrating Pensa’s real-time shelf signal with historical indicators such as POS data, businesses can reveal the true demand levels, facilitating the correction of inventory discrepancies and enhancing the reliability of demand forecasts. This approach ultimately leads to more informed decision-making and improved operational efficiency.

API Access

Has API No 

API Access

Has API No 

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Integrations

Amazon Yes 
Notion Yes 
QuickBooks Online Yes 
Shopify Yes 
Xero Yes 

Integrations

Amazon No 
Notion No 
QuickBooks Online No 
Shopify No 
Xero No 

Pricing Details

$19.99/month
Free Trial Yes 
Free Version No 

Pricing Details

No price information available.
Free Trial No 
Free Version No 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows No 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows No 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Customer Support

Business Hours No 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support Yes 

Customer Support

Business Hours No 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support Yes 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars No 
Live Training (Online) Yes 
In Person No 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars Yes 
Live Training (Online) Yes 
In Person No 

Vendor Details

Company Name

Forthcast

Founded

2025

Country

Netherlands

Website

www.forthcast.io

Vendor Details

Company Name

Pensa Systems

Founded

2016

Country

United States

Website

pensasystems.com

Product Features

Inventory Management

Alerts/Notifications No 
Barcoding / RFID No 
Forecasting No 
Inventory Optimization No 
Kitting No 
Manufacturing Inventory Management No 
Mobile Access No 
Multi-Channel Management No 
Product Identification No 
Reorder Management No 
Reporting/Analytics No 
Retail Inventory Management No 
Supplier Management No 
Warehouse Management No 

Product Features

CPG

Customer Management No 
Electronic Data Interchange No 
Financial Accounting No 
Forecast / Demand Planning No 
Inventory Management No 
Lot Tracking No 
Pricing Management No 
Shopper Marketing No 
Trade Promotion No 

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