From line list to buy plan,
reconciled against live demand.
Assortment Planning is the Intelo Agent Team that takes you end-to-end through the assortment workflow — building the line list, clustering stores by demand, reconciling against OTB, and finalizing receipts — running continuously against your plan.
What Assortment Planning does.
Assortment Planning automates the workflow that sits between the financial plan and the committed buy. It builds the line list, clusters stores by actual demand behavior, fits the reference set inside OTB and capacity, assigns cluster-level eligibility, and finalizes the purchase orders. Five specialized agents replace the spreadsheet choreography from item planning through buy planning.
Five agents — from line list to buy plan.
- AGENT 01
Item Planning Agent
Builds the line list. Balances new references and capsule launches with proven carryover, surfaces AI recommendations, and persists merchant decisions back to the system.
- AGENT 02
Store Clustering Agent
Groups boutiques and authorized retail doors by shared demand characteristics — not just geography. Produces cluster assignments that drive assortment depth and breadth.
- AGENT 03
Assortment Reconciliation Agent
Fits unconstrained reference demand within OTB budget, space, movement availability, and inventory targets. Outputs a financially viable, capacity-feasible assortment plan.
- AGENT 04
Cluster Level Assortment Plan Agent
Assigns the reconciled reference list to specific boutique clusters. Produces the definitive Reference × Cluster eligibility matrix with the right depth and breadth per cluster.
- AGENT 05
Buy Planning Agent
Finalizes purchase orders, configurations, and delivery schedules. Feeds committed receipts into the distribution network for downstream allocation.
End-to-end workflow, one connected team.
Most retailers stitch assortment planning across four or five tools — item planning here, clustering there, OTB reconciliation in a spreadsheet, buy planning in another system. Intelo's Assortment Planning team owns the whole sequence so the line list, clusters, plan, and buy share one source of truth.
Line list through buy plan.
Item Planning, Store Clustering, Reconciliation, Cluster Assortment, and Buy Planning — one agent network, one feedback loop, no handoffs.
Clusters by how they buy.
Store clustering uses actual demand and sell-through patterns — not zip codes, not manual tiers.
Inside OTB, automatically.
Every recommendation fits within OTB budget, space, movement availability, and inventory targets set by MFP — no financial surprises at commit.
Assortment is the hinge between plan and execution.
MFP
Assortment choices respect the financial plan and open-to-buy limits set by MFP, continuously.
LEARNS FROMMerchant Analytics
Demand forecasts, newness predictions, and lost-sales signals inform item planning and clustering decisions.
HANDS OFF TOIn-Season Management
Buy plan commitments and cluster-level assortments drive allocation, replenishment, and rebalancing decisions.
SHAPESPricing & Promotion
Cluster mix, depth, and tier logic drive downstream markdown cadence and promotional rhythm.