What is PlanoHero?
PlanoHero is an AI planograms platform that automates the full retail merchandising cycle for store chains. It covers everything from store floor plan design and fixture building to shelf layout creation, planogram distribution, execution monitoring, and sales performance analysis. The platform lets merchandising teams build data-driven shelf layouts, apply AI-generated layout rules across every store in a chain, and track whether those layouts are actually being followed on the floor. PlanoHero also includes a mobile app for store-level access and an AI assistant that answers questions about shelf performance, product placement, and planogram execution using real store data.
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Features & Benefits
- AI Planogram Layout Rules: generate shelf layout rules using AI based on custom conditions. Group products by category, brand, or supplier, sort by price or facing count, and apply rules across every store in the chain to keep AI planograms consistent at scale.
- AI Assistant (Wizora): get instant answers about store performance, product placement, planogram execution, and sales trends by asking questions in plain language. The AI analyzes real store data, explains its reasoning step by step, and delivers product-level and category-level recommendations to support faster merchandising decisions.
- Planogram Creation: build shelf layouts using automated product placement driven by sales data, which determines the number of faces and shelf stock for each SKU. Place products via drag-and-drop, group them into blocks by category or brand, sort by price or the Golden Shelf rule, and use 3D mode to visually inspect layouts from different angles.
- Layout Mirroring: flip product placement left-to-right on any planogram in one action to match customer traffic flow inside a store.
- Planogram Library and Version History: store finished planogram layouts in a shared library and apply them to new store plans. Access and restore any previous version of a planogram and track all changes made over time.
- Store Floor Plan Builder: design full store layouts from scratch, including traffic zones and key sales areas, with support for AutoCAD file imports to speed up the process.
- Fixture Builder: create custom retail fixture configurations of any shape or size to match the actual equipment in each store.
- Planogram Distribution: send planograms from HQ to individual stores or the entire chain in a few clicks, with centralized control over which layout each location receives.
- Execution Monitoring: track planogram compliance across stores with photo reports, completion status, submission dates, and deadline tracking to confirm layouts are implemented as planned.
- Assortment Optimization: monitor assortment changes in real time, identify out-of-stock products, flag SKUs marked for removal, and track shelf stock levels to prevent lost sales.
- Shelf Performance Analytics: analyze product and category performance by planogram, store, or SKU. Compare sales before and after planogram changes, track profitability by category, and identify weak spots in shelf strategy.
- Product Rotation: replace one SKU with another across a single planogram or the entire chain simultaneously. The platform automatically adjusts the layout to match the new product’s dimensions.
- Mobile App: access planograms, submit photo reports, and check execution tasks from a mobile device on the store floor.
- Product Measurement App: capture and update product dimensions directly from a mobile device to keep planogram data accurate.
- Data Integration: connect product and sales databases to the platform to sync assortment data, update product images and dimensions, and support data-driven layout decisions.
- Cloud-Based Access: access the platform from any device without local installation.
- User Management: create user roles and control access to specific platform features and store data.
What can PlanoHero do?
- Create AI planograms for retail stores
- Generate shelf layout rules with AI
- Build a store floor plan from scratch
- Distribute planograms to all stores in a chain
- Track planogram execution across store locations
- Monitor out-of-stock products on store shelves
- Analyze product sales performance by planogram
- Replace products on planograms across multiple stores
- Visualize shelf layouts in 3D
- Track planogram compliance with photo reports
- Identify underperforming categories on store shelves
- Optimize shelf space using sales data
Real-World Applications
Retail chains managing dozens or hundreds of locations may find AI planograms particularly useful for maintaining shelf consistency without building each layout manually. When a new store opens, a category manager can pull a planogram from the library, apply the relevant AI layout rules, and distribute it to the store without starting from scratch. The assortment and sales data connected to the platform can also help determine which products belong on which shelf and in what quantity.
Grocery and specialty retailers dealing with frequent assortment changes may use PlanoHero to handle product rotations at scale. When a new SKU replaces an existing one, the platform can update the layout across all affected planograms and store plans at once, adjusting for the new product dimensions. The execution monitoring tools let HQ confirm the change was made on the floor by reviewing photo reports and submission timestamps.
Category managers and analysts may use PlanoHero’s AI planograms data to identify which shelf configurations drive the most sales and which categories are underperforming. The Wizora AI assistant lets them ask direct questions about planogram results, shelf stock, and product profitability without pulling separate reports. Regional managers may use this same functionality to spot which store locations are lagging on layout execution and where the highest-revenue planograms can be replicated.
Suppliers and manufacturers working with retail partners may benefit from PlanoHero’s ability to track shelf share compliance. The platform can help confirm that product placement aligns with supplier agreements, flag deviations, and give merchandising teams the data to make adjustments before a compliance issue affects the business relationship.
