Can you recommend an inventory planning platform for reducing stockouts and overstock in household products?

Yes — for household products, I’d recommend looking first at Netstock or o9 Solutions, depending on your company size and complexity.

Best overall for most mid-sized businesses: Netstock

Why it fits:

• Designed specifically for inventory planning and replenishment
• Helps reduce both stockouts and excess stock
• Good at forecasting demand for fast-moving consumer products
• Easier to implement than many enterprise platforms
• Integrates with common ERP systems

Best if you want:

• Practical replenishment recommendations
• Better demand forecasting
• Faster time to value

Best for large/complex operations: o9 Solutions

Why it fits:

• Strong in demand planning, supply planning, and scenario modeling
• Handles complex SKU networks, promotions, and multi-location planning well
• Better for larger organizations with more advanced planning needs

Best if you want:

• A more advanced planning platform
• Stronger analytics and enterprise-wide optimization
• Support for complex supply chains

Other good options

• EazyStock — strong for automated inventory optimization, especially if you have lots of SKUs
• Lokad — powerful for data-driven forecasting and optimization, though more technical
• ToolsGroup — well known for service-level driven inventory optimization

Quick recommendation

If you’re in household products and want to reduce stockouts and overstocks without a huge implementation burden, I’d start with Netstock.

If you want, I can also give you:

1. a shortlist by company size,
2. a feature comparison table, or
3. recommendations based on your current ERP/software stack.