Planster + Zoho Analytics
Zoho Analytics reports on the business. Planster writes the plan.
Native connector · syncs nightly · read-only
If your operational data is exposed through Zoho Analytics workspace views, Planster reads those views every night — items, warehouses, inventory, purchase orders and sales orders — and turns them into a demand forecast and a reorder plan for every SKU, with the purchase orders drafted for your team to approve.
Planster is built for $50–500M consumable CPG brands, manufacturers and co-manufacturers — food, beverage, supplements, beauty and household goods.
What Zoho Analytics is best at
- Zoho Analytics can apply a forecast to a chart, and picks the forecasting model automatically from the characteristics of the data. Source (2026-10-01)
- Forecasts can take influencing factors into account, using vector autoregression. Source (2026-10-01)
Where Zoho Analytics’s planning stops
Zoho Analytics is a reporting and BI tool. Its forecast is an analysis applied to a report.
- A forecast is applied to a chart or pivot table — line, bar, scatter, area and combo charts. Source (2026-10-01)
- A forecast needs a date dimension and at least seven data points. Source (2026-10-01)
What Planster adds
- A forecasting model chosen for each SKU — Prophet, ETS, SARIMA or linear regression — and re-picked when that SKU’s pattern changes.
- Safety stock sized from each SKU’s demand variability and your service-level target, with reorder points and order-by dates that account for lead times and MOQs.
- Separate forecasts for retail, wholesale, DTC and Amazon, combined into one plan.
- Scenario planning that shows the purchase orders and cash a promotion or launch commits before anyone approves it.
- Retail deals planned as demand, with the date you have to order by to make the launch.
- A ranked list every morning of what needs a decision, with the purchase orders already drafted.
Running Zoho Analytics and Planster together
| Zoho Analytics | Planster |
|---|---|
| Exposes your operational data as workspace views | Reads those views every night |
| Reports and dashboards for the business | Forecast, reorder plan and drafted purchase orders for every SKU |
| Stays your reporting layer | Reads only — nothing is written back to Zoho Analytics |
A typical week
- Your systems update the data behind your Zoho Analytics views.
- Planster exports the views overnight.
- The morning list ranks what needs a decision.
- Your planner approves the drafted purchase orders in Planster.
What Planster reads from Zoho Analytics
- Items and products
- Warehouses
- Inventory
- Purchase orders
- Sales orders
- From the workspace views you choose; synced nightly; read-only
Zoho Analytics and Planster: common questions
Why connect through Zoho Analytics?
Some teams expose their operational database through Zoho Analytics views. Planster reads those views directly, so nothing has to be exported by hand.
Does Planster connect to Zoho Inventory or Zoho Books?
Not today. Planster connects to Zoho Analytics. Zoho Inventory and Zoho Books are not connected.
Does Planster write data back to Zoho Analytics?
No. Planster reads the views every night and writes nothing back.
Ready to optimize your Zoho Analytics inventory?
Connect Zoho Analytics and Planster forecasts every SKU, tells you what to reorder and when, and drafts the purchase orders for you to approve.