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Open-to-Buy Plans • In Minutes, Online

For EVERY retailer, inventory is:

  • the only thing that makes money for you;
  • the thing that takes up most of your time;
  • the part of your business that soaks up the most cash;
  • and something that never seems to be right!
How best to deal with inventory? The pros in retailing use
"Open-to-Buy"
(by some name or another). Why?

Because an Open-to-Buy can improve margins and profits. It can reduce the time spent on inventory management. It can greatly improve cash flow.  And, it can help have the right merchandise in your store at the right time...and avoid having excess stock!

While most retailers have heard of the inventory managing tool "Open-to-Buy", it has been shrouded in mystery. Too complex and/or too expensive. Up until now!

Retailers and Retail Buyers:
Use the online Executive Open-to-Buy Calculator

Do your own multi-department Open-to-Buys, in minutes!

"I've been in retailing a long time and regularly work with our buyers on Open-to-Buy. I think your OTB Calculator, for what our buyers and most retailers badly need, is really remarkable. It's easy, quick and effective. Thank you for providing it."

---CFO, 17-store chain
Manage and control the largest asset in your retail operation: your inventory. 
more info - screenshots - click here

Built specially for busy retailers!
Amazing do-it-yourself tool. Be in control of your inventory...now!

Start now!  Unlimited online access, 24/7. Save as many plans as you want. All for just $29.95 per month! (That's less than a dollar a day to control your inventory!)  click here for more info

Try it now! Save $25! click for info


Switching Between Plans
Switching Between Plans
Want to work on a different plan?

#1. SAVE your plan


#2. UNCHECK "Keep Edit Mode". Choose "AutoFilter"


#3. Return to your list of saved plans. Choose NEW or SHOW (previously saved plan)



Returning to a Previously-Saved OPEN-TO-BUY Plan
Returning to a Previously-Saved OPEN-TO-BUY Plan
#1. LOGIN with your assigned USER NAME and PASSWORD


#2. Choose Form from DropDown Menu - EXECUTIVE OPEN-TO-BUY CALCULATOR


#3. Choose One of Your Previously Saved Plans - Click SHOW


#4. Click EDIT button


#5. As you work, click SAVE button. Also: Check KEEP EDIT MODE checkbox. 

  


Getting Started with the Executive Open-to-Buy Calculator
Getting Started with the Executive Open-to-Buy Calculator
#1. Login with your assigned USER NAME and PASSWORD


#2. Select Form from DropDown Menu - EXECUTIVE OPEN-TO-BUY CALCULATOR


#3. Select NEW to open a new, blank Open-to-Buy Plan


See "New" (blank) Open-to-Buy Plan
That "missing number"
That "missing number"
As the buyer, you did your job very well. You selected the very best eggs, and negotiated the very best terms.

The problem was that your spouse - the boss - failed to tell you the targeted Ending Inventory: how many eggs should be left over after the omelette party?

You were sent to market with two pieces of information - what "sales" would be (6 three-egg omelettes, or 18 eggs), and how much inventory is on hand (3 eggs in the refrigerator.)  The "right" number of eggs for you to buy was "15...or more!"  As long as you did that, you had done your job as the buyer.

What you were not told was the key number: how many eggs to have left over after the omelette party. That is, what should the Ending Inventory  be?

If you are trying to buy inventory in your retail operation without having a targeted Ending Inventory, your inventory is out of control!

FREE Live Webinar
FREE Live Webinar

Have QUESTIONS?  Want ANSWERS?

Free! Online webinar

"Multiple Inventory Buying Plans - Anytime, from Anywhere!"
Tuesday, October 11 • 10 a.m. PT/ 1 p.m. ET/ 6 p.m. in London
click here for details & free registration

Or, alternate session time (evening attendees in U.S., next-day attendees in Australia & Asia/Pacific)
Tuesday October 11  5 p.m. Pacific Time/ 8 p.m. ET/
Wednesday, October 12 • 11 a.m. Sydney/ 8 a.m. The Philippines
click here for details & free registration

Try it now! First month, just $4.95!
Try it now! First month, just $4.95!

Save $25!

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