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From forecasting to variance reports, Advanced Planning gives your team the depth, speed, and structure to plan the business — not maintain the spreadsheet.
Trusted by planning teams across 20+ countries for over 30 years.
The reports that used to take a day to build — variance, OTB, sell-through, scenario comparison — are ready, always current, and drillable to any level. When leadership asks, you have it at your fingertips.
See Plan vs. Actuals at every level of the business. Drill down from company to department to subgroup to door without building a single spreadsheet. The CFO’s weekly question, answered before they ask it.
Advanced Planning handles the full cycle — how deep you plan, how your forecasts get built, how many scenarios you test, and how often plans stay current. Here’s what each one looks like.
Build plans at subgroup, class, location, and week using a multi-level planning hierarchy with drill-down. Mix vendor planning into your merchandise hierarchy with alternate hierarchy options. Set up location attributes and groups by channel, country, or format — then slice any view with unlimited custom reports.
The solution generates forecasts and OTB across your full assortment — at any level of detail. Margin planning runs at the same depth. Automated and on-demand reporting distributes the output without anyone building a spreadsheet. Not enough Planners, hundreds of categories, yet every one covered.
Run rapid what-if analysis and compare scenarios side by side. Freeze your plan versions for comparison. Lock forecasts at any level to protect what’s decided while testing what isn’t. When the GMM asks “How can we glide down the excess inventory,” you show them.
Rapid reforecasting with historical data actualization keeps plans current as actuals come in. Pre-season, in-season, and cross-season planning run in the same system. Plan on weekly, monthly, seasonal, or annual cycles — your cadence, not the tool’s. Stop rebuilding. Start adjusting.
Plugs into your ERP, speaks your naming conventions, and comes with people who actually pick up the phone.
AP connects directly to your ERP — Dynamics 365, NetSuite, Mi9, Aptos, Celerant, Horizon, Epicor and many others. Sales history, inventory, merchandise hierarchy and store structure flow in through pre-built connectors. Bring in value-added data sources — traffic, capacity, comp status, and more. Locally hosted or Azure cloud environment keeps your data safe.
Build custom KPIs and formulas. Set flexible seasons. Direct planner adjustments in the UI — no code, no developer.
Not a call center. Not a ticket queue. Direct access to the team that built the system. Best customer support in the industry — it’s what clients say on G2.
We don’t start with a pitch deck. We start with your data.
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Planners pick up AP fast because the interface feels familiar. The ceiling doesn’t.
Custom labels, formulas, fiscal years, naming conventions. No code. No developer. No consulting engagement.
Not enterprise-scale cost. Not enterprise-scale timeline. We build a proof of concept with your actual data before you commit to anything.
Advanced Planning is the foundation. The rest of the suite extends it as your planning operation matures.
Learn more about our approach →“Toolbox is a very easy to use tool that allows planning across a wide range of taxonomy levels and locations. I’ve been using the tool for over a decade and am continually impressed by how responsive the support team is and how much they care about their product and their clients. Managing OTB and forecasting sales using the system is user friendly and easy to learn and implement.”
Chase S.
Director of Merchandise Planning
Your sales history. Your categories. Your store structure. Built into a working planning environment before you spend a dollar.
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Same team at ANT USA, same 30+ years of merchandise planning — Buyer’s Toolbox just got a fresh site, clearer story, and a brand that matches the confidence we want every planning conversation to have.
