Statistical + AI forecasting
Classical models alongside gradient boosting and Chronos foundation-model forecasting — ensembled, benchmarked, and running entirely on your hardware (GPU-accelerated when you have one).
Windows desktop · fully offline · one installer
Demand forecasting
that runs on your desk.
PlanCore takes you from raw sales history to reviewed forecasts, allocation plans, and purchase quantities — with statistical and AI models built in. No cloud. No subscription servers. Your data never leaves your machine.
Code-signed installer
Data stays local
AI models included
Shares Editor Two levels of the hierarchy, edited together
0forecasting model families
100%offline after install
0bytes of telemetry, ever
1installer, upgrades in place
What's inside
The whole planning workflow, one app
Everything ships in a single Windows installer — the AI stack, the BI layer, the grids. Nothing to configure, nothing to host.
Review in fast grids
Purpose-built editors for shares, smoothing, discounts, and forecast overrides. Review at any level, push edits down, and see the impact instantly.
Allocation & purchasing
Turn approved forecasts into store-level allocations, transfer suggestions, and purchase quantities — the last mile most forecasting tools leave to spreadsheets.
Built-in BI reporting
An interactive reporting layer with pivots and comparisons is bundled in-process — compare runs, slice by any dimension, export what you need.
Excel round-trip
Load your workbook, plan in PlanCore, export back to Excel. Your existing templates and downstream processes keep working.
CLI & agent API
A first-party CLI and a local HTTP API drive the whole workflow headlessly — script it, schedule it, or point an AI agent at it.
How it works
Five steps from history to purchase orders
Each step hands the next one a reviewed number. Nothing leaves the app until you've signed off on it.
- Step 01
Data input
Load your sales history workbook
- Step 02
Shares
Review & edit mix down the hierarchy
- Step 03
Forecast
Configure models, run, compare
- Step 04
Review
Adjust results in the grid
- Step 05
Allocate
Allocation, transfers & purchasing
Inside the app
Three screens most forecasting tools don't have
Rolling-origin validation you can actually read, a free-form pivot that ships in the box, and a purchase plan that colours every cell needing a decision.
Backtest validation
Near regime · 4 windows
Actual
Chronos (AI) · WMAPE 9.8%
LightGBM · WMAPE 12.1%
ETS damped · WMAPE 15.6%
Naive seasonal · WMAPE 23.4%
Every candidate is refit at each rolling origin and scored only on weeks it never saw, so the ensemble weights are earned rather than assumed. The dashed rules are those origins — a model that only looks good after one of them is a model that got lucky.
BI dashboard
Pivot · Purchasing · Materials
Fields
ChannelCategory
StyleStore
VendorMonth
Σ Values
Filters
Channel
Rows
CategoryStyle
Columns
Values
UnitsMargin
| Category / Style | Oct | Nov | Dec | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Units | Margin | Units | Margin | Units | Margin | |
| Knitwear | 9,418 | $214k | 12,760 | $291k | 17,240 | $392k |
| SS-2210 Merino Crew | 3,712 | $88k | 5,180 | $123k | 7,400 | $176k |
| SS-2244 Cable Cardigan | 2,905 | $66k | 3,940 | $89k | 5,344 | $121k |
| SS-2301 Lambswool Vest | 1,738 | $38k | 2,206 | $49k | 2,896 | $64k |
| Outerwear | 4,795 | $168k | 7,412 | $261k | 9,610 | $338k |
| FW-0338 Field Jacket | 2,390 | $96k | 3,270 | $131k | 4,105 | $164k |
| FW-0412 Quilted Liner | 1,504 | $48k | 2,618 | $84k | 3,392 | $109k |
| FW-0455 Wool Overcoat | 901 | $24k | 1,524 | $46k | 2,113 | $65k |
Drag a dimension into Rows, Columns or Filters and the grid recomputes server-side from the tidy fact table. It runs in-process on your own machine — no warehouse to stand up, no second seat to buy from anybody else, and it exports straight to Excel.
Purchase plan
Vendor × Week
| Style | Vendor | On hand | Cover | Suggested buy | Wk 44 | Wk 45 | Wk 46 | Wk 47 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SS-2210 Merino Crew | Aravind Knits | 1,240 | 3.1 wk | 6,000 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,500 |
| FW-0338 Field Jacket | Porto Outerwear | 410 | 1.4 wk | 4,200 | 1,050 | 1,050 | 1,050 | 1,050 |
| SS-1042 Poplin Shirt | Aravind Knits | 5,880 | 9.6 wk | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| AC-7715 Leather Belt | Cordoba Leather | 930 | 2.7 wk | 1,800 | 450 | 450 | 450 | 450 |
| SS-1180 Linen Trouser | Setúbal Mills | 2,410 | 7.2 wk | 900 | 225 | 225 | 225 | 225 |
Projected shortfall
Vendor capacity / open-to-buy committed
Inbound transfer covers the gap
Planner override
The last mile most tools leave to a spreadsheet. Approved forecasts become buy quantities per vendor and week, and every cell that needs a human says so in colour — red for a projected stockout, amber where vendor capacity or open-to-buy is spent, teal where an inbound transfer already covers the gap.
Pricing
Per seat. Yours to keep.
Pay once, own it
No subscription and no renewal. One base licence, then a small add-on for each extra planner. Checkout is handled by Stripe and your download link is issued the moment payment clears.
- Base licence
- $2,900 one time — the first seat is included
- Each extra planner
- +$600, added at checkout
- Ten seats and up
- Priced with you directly — the seat picker will hand you over
- Updates
- Every 1.x release, installed in place over your existing copy
PlanCore License
seat
$2,900one-time
for 1 seat
$2,900 one time, first seat included · +$600 per extra seat · 10+ seats priced with you directly
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- Full Windows desktop app — every feature, no tiers
- Multi-planner ready — edits are attributed by user
- Code-signed offline installer (~1 GB, AI models included)
- All 1.x updates, upgrades install in place
- Personal onboarding & setup call included
- Direct email support from the developer
Secure checkout via Stripe · instant download link · questions first? Get in touch
Trust & safety
A download you can verify
Every release is built from a clean pipeline, digitally code-signed, and published with its SHA-256 checksum. Windows verifies the publisher signature before anything runs.
- Digitally signed
PlanCore-Setup.exe— publisher verified by Windows - SHA-256 checksum published with every release
- Installs per-machine; upgrades never touch your data
- Fully offline after download — no phone-home, no telemetry
Support & setup
You'll be talking to the developer
No ticket queues. Email lands directly with me, and every license includes a hands-on setup session.
FAQ
Common questions
What do I get after purchasing?
Immediately after checkout you land on a page with your personal download
link for the latest PlanCore-Setup.exe, plus install
instructions. You'll also get a Stripe receipt by email, and I'll follow up
to schedule your setup call.
Is the installer safe? Windows warned me about downloads before.
The installer is digitally code-signed, so Windows can verify the publisher before running it, and each release ships with a SHA-256 checksum you can verify yourself. It's a large download (~1 GB) because the entire AI stack is bundled — nothing is fetched at runtime.
Does my data go to the cloud?
No. PlanCore is fully offline after installation. Forecasting runs on your machine, your workbooks stay in your local app data folder, and the app never phones home — there is no telemetry of any kind.
How do updates work?
When a new version ships you'll get an email with the same permanent download link. Run the new installer and it upgrades in place — your scenarios, workbooks, and settings are never touched.
What are the system requirements?
Windows 10/11, 64-bit. 8 GB RAM minimum (16 GB recommended for AI forecasting on larger datasets). An NVIDIA GPU is optional and used automatically when present.
Can I try it before buying?
Get in touch — I'm happy to do a live demo on a screen share with your kind of data, and walk through whether it fits your workflow before you spend anything.
Ready to plan with confidence?
One installer. Every model. Your data stays yours.