ANT USA – Home of the Buyer’s Toolbox

Buyers Toolbox Solution Suite™

The Swiss Army Knife of Retail Planning

Merchandise Planning
Sales Forecasting
Open To Buy
Basic Replenishment
Margin Optimization

THE ANT USA DIFFERENCE

Effective

Managing a retail enterprise is no small task, but our tools are up to it.

Powerful Analytics
Accurate Insights
Flexible Features

Easy

Planning is complicated enough – planning software doesn’t have to be.

Easy to Implement
Easy to Integrate
Easy to Use

Affordable

The bottom line is important, and our solutions treat it well.

Low License Costs
Low Implementation Costs
Low Total Cost of Ownership

WHY ANT USA'S BUYERS TOOLBOX?

Our Retail Planning and Forecasting solutions are best for those retailers who want to make more money, optimize inventory use and implement professional grade tools to help their merchants work smarter, better, faster.

The Buyers Toolbox has proved itself over decades of use by thousands of planners and merchants. Our unique, scalable data architecture is quick to implement, easy to use and support, affordable, practical and amazingly feature-rich.

From traditional Merchandise Financial Planning to industry-leading Planning Automation with AI and Machine Learning – we have what you need to do better. Upgrade your legacy planning tools now and join our large, growing family of happy customers.

BUYERS TOOLBOX SUITE

Buyer's Toolbox AP

The most popular, stable and scalable solution for Merchandise Financial Planning, Location and Channel Planning, Item and Attribute Planning. Options for long range Sales Forecasting, Price and Margin Optimization, and self-service BI. AP functionality begins with proven, core Merch Planning and OTB and extends to the most demanding planning processes in use. More ››

Buyer's Toolbox RetailOptia

Profit with better DIY OPEN TO BUY. Affordable, flexible, easy to use software to forecast sales and margin, optimize inventory and seasonal receipt flows, develop and manage to an Open To Buy. Visit retailoptia.com ››

Buyer's Toolbox BAR

Basic Allocation and Replenishment adds the option for an easy to use, quick to deploy, practical solution for Unit Open
To Ship into the DC and/or Channel, as well as DC-to-store. Uses the same database as the Buyers Toolbox AP. More ››

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Data Science

Forecast Analytics is a bouquet of easy to understand, instantly actionable insights for seasonally sensitive Price Elasticity, Margin and Price Optimization, Cannibalization and Collection Analysis, Lost Sales Analysis and more. The power of advanced Data Science – in easy to read graphs, instantly deployable. More ››

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Planning Robot (AI)

The Planning Robot is our bridge to the future. A powerful, automated assist for every planning organization, The Planning Robot learns from the merchants and offers an automated or on-demand solution to the problem of “not enough planners”. Anchored in Sales Forecasting, assisted by Machine Learning and Neural Network AI, The Planning Robot optimizes inventory and receipt plans, resulting in an automated OTB solution. More ››