Get the right sizes to the right places.
A footwear style is only in stock when the right size and fit are. Pinto forecasts demand by size and width, plans orders around sourcing lead times, and positions inventory across warehouses and channels before the selling window opens.
- Plan styles, size runs and seasonal colorways.
- Forecast demand across sizes and widths.
- Position inventory around lead times and channel needs.
The hidden complexity behind every style
Popular sizes sell out while others pile up
A style can have plenty of pairs in total while the core sizes are gone. Customers leave, and the leftover sizes end up marked down.
Lead times leave little room to react
Factory orders go in months ahead, and a closure or delay can cost a season. By the time demand shifts, the next delivery is already fixed.
Core and seasonal styles need different plans
Core styles need steady replenishment. Seasonal colorways must sell through before the window closes. One plan for both overbuys one and underbuys the other.
Plan at the level customers actually buy
Pinto plans every style down to size and width, around the lead times your factories set.
Style and size-run assortment
Recommends styles, size runs and widths for each range, balancing core franchises with seasonal colorways.
Size- and width-level forecasting
Forecasts demand by size and fit, and corrects for weeks when a size was out of stock.
Core and seasonal planning
Plans steady replenishment for core styles and a clear sell-through path for seasonal colorways.
Allocation and positioning
Allocates inventory across warehouses, wholesale and DTC based on where each size is selling.
Lead-time-aware replenishment
Times orders around supplier lead times, production calendars and factory closures.
Size-level stockout risk
Flags sizes heading for a stockout or excess, while there’s still time to reorder or rebalance.
How Pinto handles it.
An illustrative decision Pinto prepares, and the question it brings to your team.
- What happened
- Size 10 is selling 40% faster than forecast. Sizes 7 and 12 are running well behind.
- What Pinto found
- Size 10 runs out in three weeks, and the next factory delivery is 95 days away. Sizes 7 and 12 have more than 20 weeks of cover.
- What Pinto recommends
- Move 180 pairs of size 10 from the wholesale reserve to DTC, and shift the next factory order toward sizes 10 and 10.5.
- Business impact
- Keeps the best-selling size in stock through the season, and avoids adding to slow sizes in the next buy.
Already running on OnePint.
Moved from spreadsheet forecasting to agent-led forecasting with automatic out-of-stock correction.
A multi-day buying cycle, now done in a single day.
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Pinto plans each footwear category on its own terms.
AthleticPerformance styles with demanding size and fit needs.
OutdoorWeather-driven demand and long factory lead times.
FashionTrend-led styles with short selling windows.
CasualEveryday core styles, replenished all year.
Footwear planning, answered.
How does Pinto forecast footwear demand by size and width?
Pinto forecasts each style at the size and width level, and corrects for weeks when a size was out of stock, so lost sales don’t make demand look lower than it was.
How does Pinto plan factory orders around long lead times?
Pinto works back from the forecast, supplier lead times and factory calendars to recommend what to order and by when, so stock arrives before the selling window opens.
Does Pinto work with our ERP, ecommerce and warehouse systems?
Yes. Pinto connects to systems such as NetSuite and Shopify, alongside your connected warehouse systems, and plans from the product, sales and inventory data they hold.
Pinto’s recommendations use the product, sales, inventory and channel data you connect.
Your existing systems, planned as one.
Pinto brings together the data in your ERP, commerce and warehouse systems, so forecasts and supply plans start from the same numbers.
Connects to systems such as NetSuite and Shopify, alongside your connected warehouse systems.
What footwear teams rely on most.
Four Pinto Experts work together on every style, size and width. Open any one to see how it handles the decisions in your business.
- 01Assortment PlanningChoose the product mix and variants to offer, then connect those choices to demand and supply plans.
- 02Demand ForecastingForecasts that explain themselves, and flag the ones they’re unsure of.
- 03Supply PlanningFrom the final forecast to purchase orders, transfers and allocations, within your budget and rules.
- 04Inventory Intelligence & ATPKnows what every channel can really sell, and fixes bad inventory data as it arrives.