Inventory & Purchasing - Built for Shopify

Six subscriptions. Six logins. One ForgeIMS.

Most Shopify merchants are running a stack of disconnected apps to plan, order, and reconcile inventory - then still keeping QuickBooks, ShipStation, and their 3PL up to date by hand. ForgeIMS replaces the whole stack and keeps Shopify itself as the single source of truth, so every connected platform is already working from accurate data.

What ForgeIMS replaces

Merchants we talk to are running 5–6 tools to do what ForgeIMS does alone

Inventory Planner · Cin7 · Prediko

Demand forecasting & reorder planning

Sales-velocity forecasting and automated reorder suggestions, built in - not a $245–$999/mo add-on.

Matrixify

Inventory & order data syncing

Bulk CSV/FTP/API syncing for inventory and orders across suppliers and locations - no separate import tool required.

Report Pundit

Custom inventory reporting

Inventory and margin value by location, product type, or vendor - exportable, without a dedicated reporting app.

Stocky

Replenishment & stock visibility

Shopify sunset Stocky and left a gap. ForgeIMS is the direct, still-maintained replacement.

Spreadsheets + manual entry

Purchase order creation

Draft-to-received PO workflow with cost and date tracking, generated from your actual reorder data.

Re-keying data into QuickBooks

Keeping every downstream system accurate

Shopify is the single source of truth. Once a PO or inventory change syncs there, QuickBooks, ShipStation, and any other connected platform already reflect it - nothing to push manually.

What the others still require

A forecasting app isn't the whole operation. Each one still needs add-ons to cover the rest.

Cin7

REQUIRES

Matrixify - bulk import/export in & out of Shopify
Report Pundit - Shopify-native custom reporting
A separate PO & vendor workflow - or spreadsheets

A full IM suite, but still bolted onto Shopify with extra apps for sync and reporting.

Inventory Planner

REQUIRES

Stocky (or similar) - stock visibility & reordering
Matrixify - bulk data sync
Report Pundit - custom reporting
A separate PO tool - or spreadsheets

Forecasting only; the rest of the operation is stitched together by hand.

Prediko

REQUIRES

Matrixify - bulk data sync
Report Pundit - custom reporting
A separate PO & vendor workflow

Forecasting + reorder, but not the full operation.

Sage (Inventory Planner)

REQUIRES

Matrixify - bulk data sync
Report Pundit - custom reporting
A separate PO & vendor workflow
Stocky or similar - stock visibility

Forecasting-first; the rest of the operation is stitched together by hand.

Stocky (sunset)

REQUIRES

A replacement - Shopify deprecated Stocky
Matrixify - bulk data sync
Report Pundit - custom reporting
A separate PO & vendor workflow

No longer maintained - merchants are forced to rebuild the workflow.

ForgeIMS replaces all of it

One ForgeIMS runs the entire operation.

app

point of contact

support ticket

monthly fee

The entire inventory operation - forecasting, purchasing, vendors, warehouses, reporting, SKU & barcode - in one app that lives inside Shopify. No Matrixify, no Stocky, no Report Pundit.

Shopify is the source of truth

One accurate number in Shopify - reflected everywhere else automatically.

Inventory Planner, Cin7, and Prediko will tell you what to reorder, but the moment that PO exists, someone still has to export it and key it into QuickBooks by hand. ForgeIMS doesn't push data anywhere - it keeps Shopify itself accurate, so QuickBooks, ShipStation, and every 3PL or platform already connected to your store just work off correct numbers.

×Export inventory report
×Manually build the PO
×Re-key it into QuickBooks
✓PO created & synced in Shopify - accurate everywhere it connects

ForgeIMS vs. Leading Shopify Inventory Tools

One platform that owns the full inventory lifecycle, supplier to storefront. Here is how it stacks up against the tools brands reach for after Stocky.

Nativebuilt in and included

included

not offered

Add-onseparate module or higher tier

Feature / Capability	ForgeIMSALL-IN-ONE	Starshipit
Platform & Shopify Sync
Shopify-native app (not an external integration)	Native
Real-time Shopify inventory sync (bidirectional)	Native	Add-on
Scheduled manufacturer / supplier CSV feed ingestion to Shopify	Native
Supplier-feed SKU mapping and per-SKU buffers	Native
Purchasing & Suppliers
Supplier management (contacts, lead times, history)	Native	Add-on
Purchase orders (create, send, track through receiving)	Native	Add-on
Receiving receipts (line-item, partial, discrepancy-flagged)	Native	Add-on
Warehouse & Stock Control
Physical stock counts and reconciliation	Native	Add-on
Multi-location inventory	Native	Add-on
Planning & Intelligence
Reorder points and low-stock alerts	Native
Demand forecasting (sales velocity, seasonality)	Native
Multi-channel sync beyond Shopify (Amazon, Faire, wholesale)	Native
Reporting & Audit
Inventory reporting and analytics (category, ABC)	Native	Add-on
Sync history and run-level audit log	Native	Add-on
Delivery Model & Support
Custom-built and configurable to your workflow	Native
Operator Built: designed from 20 years of industry experience	Native

forgeims.com - The all-in-one Shopify inventory operating system

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