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Stock and Intake systems are standard in most retail companies but
are often difficult to use and time-consuming to set up and administer.
New users of Merchandise Planner often comment on its relative simplicity
and practicality. The combination of pre-season planning and in-season
reforecasting, together with an extremely flexible approach to data
viewing results in an attractive solution to this important requirement.
The usual data elements of Sales, Stock, Markdown and Intake/Commitment
are expressed easily in value, units, cost and margin terms and
are typically managed by Product, Time and Seasonality (such as
Spring, Autumn, and Continuity). Other dimensions, including Brand,
are simply accommodated together with alternative hierarchies, such
as those supporting seasonal and financial calendars.
All this is achieved without the need for dedicated support staff
and with minimal load on IT resources. Buyerplan Merchandise Planner
is hence a low-risk and cost-effective answer to sales planning
and open to buy control requirements.
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Merchandise Planner
