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Since 1999, empowering retailers and store owners to "Turn on your financial headlights!"

"How much inventory can we afford to buy?"

Find out for yourself in minutes. Use the BUYING PLAN Forecaster!

Unlimited access for Members, 24/7, in Members-Only Collection



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Get Open-to-Buys, fast, on your own. Make adjustments - see changes immediately!



Quickly enter the numbers you already know: 

  • Planned Sales and Gross Margin % by month
  • Beginning Inventory @Cost
  • Choose Targeted Inventory Turns from the drop-down menu
Immediately! See your monthly buying plan! Know your Open-to-Buy for each month.

Now the fun begins for the merchant in you!

Start to play "What if...?"

  • That monthly ending inventory number doesn't look quite right? Okay, change turns. What difference would that make?
  • Having second thoughts about reaching those sales numbers in some months? No problem; change expected sales in whatever months you want.
  • Gross Margins can be changed each month as well. Need to open up some Open-to-Buy dollars? Which months do you want some special promotions?
It's Dynamic!
See the cause-effect results immediately, each time you change an input. Plus, for every plan you generate, the BUYING PLAN Forecaster also projects G.M.R.O.I. (That's the #1 measure of inventory productivity.)

Know your Open-to-Buy in minutes, on demand.
The Institute's BUYING PLAN Forecaster is one-of-a-kind. The formulas are all built in. Sophisticated, accurate, and easy to use. 
Develop an inventory buying budget, wherever and whenever you need it. Even from your smartphone!

FREE online access for ROI Members

Just click here to go to the BUYING PLAN Forecaster in the Members-Only Collection (you must login with your User Name and Password).

(What? You don't have Member-Access Privileges to The Institute? Go here to sign up now. Get it all for just $24.95/month.)


Quick • Easy • Accurate • It Just Works!

Inputs go in very quickly
Planned Sales, Gross Margin %, Beginning Inventory @Cost, Targeted Turnover rate
(LY Sales are optional entry, for reference if you wish)



Immediately! Monthly Buying Plan!
Plus, each month's Targeted Ending Inventory @Cost is highlighted.
It even projects the G.M.R.O.I. for this plan! How sweet is that?!?


Available on-demand, 24/7. Only from The ROI.
Nothing like it anywhere else.

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Want to learn more about using the BUYING PLAN Forecaster? 

Get the Open-to-Buy BASICS eLearning Kit

Includes an entire online training course on Projecting Inventory Buying ("Open-to-Buy") plans. Explanatory how-to content, lively case studies, and yes, even a final quiz! Our promise: "Now, everyone 'gets it'!"

Plus, how to use the BUYING PLAN Forecaster to "automate" the number-crunching of Open-to-Buy plans.

Learn it. Do it. Profit from it!  More info here 



The BUYING PLAN Forecaster
The BUYING PLAN Forecaster
Just a few inputs; immediately get monthly buying plan.
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