7 Real Examples of How Fractional Demand Planning Support Transforms Growing Brands
Boon to the Rescue: 7 Times We Helped Clients with Fractional Demand Planning Support
When you’re getting a new business off the ground, it can feel like every line item on your P&L is out to get you. Before long, you’re debating whether your storefront even needs paper towels. (Air-drying builds character… right?)
That’s the reality of running a product-based business: the pressure is real, margins are tight, and every decision feels high-stakes. So when you think about outsourcing inventory planning or bringing on a fractional demand planning consultant, it might feel like an extravagance.
But here’s the truth we’ve witnessed again and again:
👉 Expert planning support doesn’t cost you— it pays you back.
Better forecasting, fewer stockouts, fewer overstocks, improved cash flow, faster decision-making, smarter buying… this is what transforms early-stage businesses into scalable, profitable brands.
If you’re unsure whether fractional planning support is worth the investment, let these real client stories speak for themselves.
1. Fashion Apparel & Accessories Brand: Fractional Support That Felt Full-Time
The Client: A mission-based, female-founded fashion apparel & accessories brand
The Challenge: Their inventory planner left suddenly. They needed experienced planning leadership—but didn’t have the full-time budget.
How Boon Helped:
We stepped in at a fractional level, providing expert inventory planning, sales forecasting, and demand management with a full-time feel. Within two weeks, we fully integrated into weekly sales meetings, built customized reporting, and established a forecasting cadence that stabilized performance during a volatile sales period.
Years later, we continue to support this client—scaling our involvement as their needs shift between seasonal planning, SKU-level analysis, and strategic projects.
Their words, not ours:
“We don’t know what we would do without Boon.”
Fractional planning = flexibility, expertise, and ROI without the headcount cost.
2. Female-Founded Fashion Brand: Ending Constant Stockouts With SKU-Level Demand Planning
The Client: A fast-growing fashion brand with extreme seasonality
The Challenge: The founder—a brilliant merchant—was doing it all. But as the assortment expanded, she was constantly chasing inventory, running out of stock, and struggling to forecast across colors, silhouettes, and sizes.
How Boon Helped:
We built:
A digestible, repeatable SKU productivity analysis
An item-level inventory forecasting process
A strategic, efficient reorder system aligned with MOQs and production lead times
With Boon’s fractional support, the founder finally had the clarity and time to focus on growth.
Results:
✔ 81% sales increase
✔ 98% in-stock rate across 458 SKUs
✔ Successful expansion into new sales channels and international markets
This is the power of data-driven assortment planning.
3. Home & Accessories Brand: Fractional Planning That Scaled With Their Growth
The Client: A home & accessories retailer evolving quickly
The Challenge: They needed merchandise planning expertise but weren’t ready for a full-time hire.
How Boon Helped:
We became their “starter” planning department—building templates, implementing forecasting processes, and executing weekly inventory planning.
Over two years, as the business grew, we:
Developed a full suite of best practices
Supported their hiring process for a full-time planner
Created case studies for candidates
Trained and onboarded their new planner
Even after they hired internally, they kept Boon onboard for high-level strategy, analytics, and seasonal planning support.
Fractional planning isn’t a stopgap—it’s a scalable solution.
4. Omnichannel Oral Care CPG Brand: Turning Data Overload Into a Forecasting Powerhouse
The Client: A multi-channel CPG brand selling through 20+ retailers
The Challenge: Their demand plan was wildly inaccurate, and they couldn’t find a planner who could manage the massive data complexity.
How Boon Helped:
We built a fully customized demand planning tool that:
Aggregates data for 50+ SKUs across 20+ retailers
Allows plug-and-play forecasting
Highlights risks, opportunities, and purchasing needs
Supports monthly actualization and reforecasting
Even after filling their full-time planner role, the client continues to rely on Boon to refine and optimize their demand planning process.
5. Maternity & Postpartum Brand: Solving Stockouts and Production Blind Spots
The Client: A fast-growing maternity & postpartum apparel company
The Challenge: Viral demand meant they were constantly selling out. They lacked visibility into raw materials, production timelines, and finished goods needs.
How Boon Helped:
We created:
A full raw materials forecasting model
A production-to-finished-goods inventory management system
Weekly planning reviews with customized tools
A forecasting framework aligned with real demand and lead times
Results:
✔ 2.5x sales growth
✔ 14+ hours saved weekly
✔ 50% faster restocks
What they said:
“What the Boon team has built is a GAME-CHANGER for us.”
This is what inventory optimization looks like.
6. CPG Brand Launching in a Major National Retailer: Getting the Initial Buy Right
The Client: A mission-driven CPG brand
The Challenge: They were launching in a major national retailer and had ZERO idea how big their initial manufacturer order should be.
How Boon Helped:
We built a robust forecast using:
Store counts
Facing requirements
Presentation minimums
Velocity benchmarks from similar brands
The tool helped them scenario plan and confidently align on the right buy. We’ve since built their reorder tool to sustain demand past the launch.
A successful retail partnership starts with a solid demand plan—and this brand nailed it.
7. Specialty Food Brand: Surviving a Viral TikTok Surge Without Missing a Single Order
The Client: A specialty food brand
The Challenge: A TikTok video went viral—leading to one day of sales that exceeded the previous 11 months combined. They were about to run out of packaging and couldn’t estimate how much to order.
How Boon Helped:
Within hours, we built a demand projection and packaging forecast that ensured they could:
Fulfill every order
Avoid stockouts
Capitalize on the viral moment
When your brand goes viral, you don’t get a second chance. Boon made sure they didn’t miss their moment.
Why Fractional Support Often Beats a Full-Time Hire
Hiring one planner means you get one skill set, one set of experiences, one brain.
Hiring Boon means you get:
✨ A full team of senior-level demand planners, inventory planners, and merchandise planning experts
✨ 200+ years of combined retail experience
✨ Flexible support that grows or shrinks as your business needs shift
✨ Immediate onboarding and impact
✨ Inventory forecasting tools custom-built for your brand
Fractional support gives you enterprise-level expertise at a startup-friendly cost—without expanding your payroll.
Whether you’re scaling into new channels, trying to improve cash flow, or drowning in spreadsheets, Boon brings clarity, structure, forecasting accuracy, and inventory confidence.
Let Boon Fill the Gaps (So You Can Focus on Growth)
If you’re ready to:
✔ Eliminate stockouts
✔ Reduce excess inventory
✔ Improve forecasting accuracy
✔ Strengthen cash flow
✔ Build scalable planning systems
✔ Stop operating reactively
…then fractional demand planning support is likely your next right move.
👉 Want to see what fractional planning could look like for your business?
Book a free 30-minute discovery call with our team.
We’ll help you turn uncertainty into clarity—and turn growth potential into actual growth.
