Keep everyday essentials available when needed.
Food, treats and everyday supplies sell on repeat, while autoship, retail partners and marketplaces compete for the same stock. Pinto forecasts repeat and one-off demand by product and pack size, plans replenishment around supplier lead times and keeps channel commitments covered, so everyday essentials stay available.
- Plan formulas, flavors and pack-size ranges.
- Forecast repeat orders and seasonal demand.
- Protect shelf life and channel availability.
The planning challenges behind repeat demand
Repeat customers expect it on time
Autoship and loyal customers order the same products every month. A stockout doesn’t just lose one sale. It can lose the subscriber.
Pack sizes split demand
The same formula sells in several bag sizes, and demand moves between them. A gap in one size can send customers elsewhere.
Shelf life limits how far ahead you can buy
Food and treats carry expiry dates and retailer date rules. Buying deep to stay safe can turn into write-offs.
Plan recurring demand and channel needs together
Pinto plans everyday essentials and seasonal products together, with shelf life and every channel in view.
Product, formula and pack-size forecasting
Forecasts demand for every formula, flavor and pack size.
Repeat and one-off demand
Forecasts autoship and repeat orders alongside one-off purchases and promotions.
Supplier and procurement planning
Plans purchases around forecast demand, supplier lead times, minimums and production runs.
Channel inventory positioning
Keeps autoship covered first, then allocates the rest across DTC, retail partners and marketplaces.
Replenishment planning
Recommends reorders and transfers as demand shifts across warehouses and channels.
Expiry, excess and stockout risk
Flags lots nearing expiry and products heading for a stockout or excess, while there’s time to act.
How Pinto handles it.
An illustrative decision Pinto prepares, and the question it brings to your team.
- What happened
- Autoship orders for the 30 lb bag are up 18% over two months. The supplier has just pushed the next production run back three weeks.
- What Pinto found
- Current stock covers autoship for five weeks, but retail and marketplace orders for only two.
- What Pinto recommends
- Reserve the 30 lb stock for autoship first, slow marketplace sales of the 30 lb bag until the run lands, and raise the next order by 15% to match the new autoship level.
- Business impact
- No missed autoship deliveries during the delay, and the next order matches the higher demand.
Already running on OnePint.
Transformed inventory planning across an omnichannel pet business.
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Pinto plans each pet category on its own terms.
Pet foodHigh-volume staples sold on repeat and autoship.
TreatsPromotion-driven and seasonal, with shelf-life limits.
SupplementsSmaller, higher-value products with steady repeat demand.
GroomingLower-frequency products across many SKUs.
AccessoriesSeasonal and gift-driven, with more variety and less repeat.
Pet Care planning, answered.
How does Pinto forecast autoship and repeat demand?
Pinto forecasts repeat orders and one-off purchases for each product and pack size, then combines them, so autoship growth shows up in the plan before it shows up as a stockout.
How does Pinto turn the forecast into purchase orders?
Pinto turns each forecast into recommended purchase orders that account for supplier lead times, minimums, production runs and shelf life. You review and approve them before they’re placed.
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 pet care teams rely on most.
Four Pinto Experts work together on every essential and seasonal plan. Open any one to see how it handles the decisions in your business.
- 01Demand ForecastingForecasts that explain themselves, and flag the ones they’re unsure of.
- 02Supply PlanningFrom the final forecast to purchase orders, transfers and allocations, within your budget and rules.
- 03Inventory Intelligence & ATPKnows what every channel can really sell, and fixes bad inventory data as it arrives.
- 04Risk & AlertsSpots stockouts and excess before they happen, and tells you which ones matter.