what is inventory open-to-buy planning?

open-to-buy helps you manage and plan your inventory budget

with our software you can plan and manage on a weekly basis your sales forecast, inventory targets, receipt plan and open-to-buy inventory budget for your next replenishment orders

start by following our workflow

navigate and manage your open-to-buy to-do's via best practices

dashboard workflow

don't know where to start? our navigation is setup to walk you through the correct workflow with prioritized tasks and check points

there are many factors and variables that can impact your inventory replenishment budget.  our inventory open-to-buy software will walk you through each step and highlight key tasks and metrics that need to be reviewed and planned.  the steps are simple and insightful so you can arrive at an accurate inventory budget on a weekly or monthly cycle.

next, analyze

review and analyze all of your open-to-buy planning measures

metric analysis 

trouble identifying trends?  don't know where to focus your attention? each prioritized review metric opens up into a report so you can quickly see performance and trends to focus on

each inventory open-to-buy workflow task has several review metrics which need to be analyzed to uncover any poor trends or performance.  comments, insights and feedback can be logged and shared with colleagues so corrective actions can be taken.  once a review metric has been investigated and signed-off on, you can mark it as reviewed and move to the next one.

lastly, take action

drill-down from our reports and take corrective action 

plan detail

tired of managing complex and time-consuming spreadsheets?  our inventory plan is an intuitive, excel-like interface that allows you to navigate & manage all the metrics and data in your open-to-buy

the inventory open-to-buy plan is a detailed and time-phased view of all your metrics and data. you can scroll through historical and future time periods, make adjustments to your plan, compare data to last year and switch between monthly and weekly views.

why use our inventory planning?

stop using spreadsheets and start​ automating

using spreadsheets is manual and time consuming.  by implementing a proper inventory open-to-buy software, you will be able to automate, collaborate, track and seed numerous plans to improve your sell through.

it's collaborative

get more input from your finance, sales and marketing teams and capture their plans so you can meet the customers needs

it's actionable

your weekly and/or monthly cadence will be guided by our workflow which maps and prioritizes key activities and cues

it's detailed 

compare period over period budget plans, inventory targets, sales trends and orders to better manage your spend 

it's accountable

ensure key planners and stakeholders are accountable for their actions and metrics to facilitate corrective actions

take control of your inventory

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