--- title: "Buyer's Toolbox by ANT USA — Merchandise Planning Software" url: https://antusa.com/ description: "Buyer's Toolbox — merchandise planning, OTB, and forecasting software for retail teams. 30+ years of retail planning expertise from ANT USA." source: antusa.com --- ![Buyer's Toolbox illustration](https://antusa.com/images/toolbox-hero-colors.svg) Swiss Army Knife of Retail Planning # Turn faster with better margins. With the **Buyer's Toolbox Solution Suite**, planning teams can plan more with less. Quickly, affordably deploy easy to use solutions to help merchants improve performance. [Why Buyer's Toolbox →](#problem) [Book a Call →](https://antusa.com/pricing#book-a-call) 30+ years proven track record 200+ successful implementations 1,000+ Planners using ![Retail store interior with stocked inventory](https://antusa.com/images/stocked-inventory.jpeg) The Challenges Are Clear ## Turn. Margin. OTB. Never enough planning. Your Merchants need help. They deserve our software, coaching and support. [ Your team is stretched thin. So, the bottom of the list never gets planned. more → ](https://antusa.com/challenges/scaling-your-team)[ Legacy tools and Excel can't handle deeper, faster planning and OTB so you can't make confident, timely decisions. more → ](https://antusa.com/challenges/planning-with-excel)[ Every time you add a new Channel or Department, it feels like the burden grows. more → ](https://antusa.com/challenges/outgrowing-your-planning)[ And buyers keep going off-plan, following intuition, not plans. more → ](https://antusa.com/challenges/keeping-buyers-on-plan) [Explore ADVANCED PLANNING → Merchandise Planning, OTB, Forecasting Automation](https://antusa.com/advanced-planning) [Explore ALLOCATION & REPLENISHMENT → Natively integrated with planning and ERP](https://antusa.com/allocation-replenishment) [Explore DATA SCIENCE → Optimize margins, price points and more](https://antusa.com/data-science) [Explore EXCEPTION INTELLIGENCE → AI-powered Actionable Alerts for your KPIs](https://antusa.com/exception-intelligence) The Buyer's Toolbox Solution Suite BUYER'S TOOLBOX. is retail's proven planning system. Each product in the Buyer's Toolbox Solution Suite solves a different part of the planning problem. Most teams start with Toolbox AP (Advanced Planning) and add capability as they grow. [Learn about our approach →](https://antusa.com/about/approach) Why Buyer's Toolbox ## Better, faster merchandise planning for less. Buyer's Toolbox doesn't replace your planners. It gives them the reach, speed, and visibility they can't get from a spreadsheet. [Learn more about our approach →](https://antusa.com/about/approach) Advanced Planning ### Plan at the depth and speed the business actually needs. Integrated planning with OTB, sales forecasting, and category/WSSI in one connected environment. Cost, Retail, Units. Weekly, monthly or Seasonal. In-season, pre-season, cross-season. Merchandise Hierarchy, Location and Channels, Attribute Planning and more. From Financial Plan to Vendor Planning, Collections and Key Items. The planning depth your spreadsheet can't handle. [Explore Advanced Planning →](https://antusa.com/advanced-planning) ![Advanced Planning](https://antusa.com/images/illustrations/home-ap-planning.svg) Basic Allocation & Replenishment ### Right product. Right store. Right time. Automated Replenishment at any level of the hierarchy - from Vendor to DC to Store — driven by your plan and algorithms, not gut feel. Stop the endless spreadsheet chase. [Explore Basic Allocation & Replenishment →](https://antusa.com/allocation-replenishment) ![Allocation & Replenishment wireframe](https://antusa.com/images/allocation.svg) Data Science ### Data, not instincts. Margin and price optimization, markdown impact and elasticity. Not a day-one feature — an earned capability for when your planning data is ready. [Explore Data Science →](https://antusa.com/data-science) ![Data Science](https://antusa.com/images/illustrations/home-ds-predictive.svg) Exception Intelligence ### See and solve problems before they hit the balance sheet. AI-powered Actionable Alerts that surface impactful Stockouts, Overstocks and other scenarios. The decisions that need attention find your merchants — not the other way around. [Explore Exception Intelligence →](https://antusa.com/exception-intelligence) ![Exception Intelligence](https://antusa.com/images/illustrations/home-xi-alerts.svg) ### Retailers of all sizes across 20+ countries plan with Buyer's Toolbox. ## We don't expect you to take a vendor's word for it. Request a proof of concept. Before you spend a dollar with us, we'll build a working proof of concept with your actual data. Your categories, your history, your call. ### Show, not tell. No canned demos. No sample data. You see YOUR business in the system before you make a decision. ### Data that's familiar. Your sales history, your categories, your store structure. Receive profitable insights DURING the walkthrough. ### PoC is easy to get to. Most Proof of Concepts are running within a week or two. No IT project to manage. No implementation queue to overload. ### Risk-free. No commitment, no contract, no pressure. If it doesn't fit, you walk away with a clearer picture of what you need. [Apply for your risk-free proof of concept →](https://antusa.com/pricing#book-a-call) > “We went from planning the entire year out in a massive Excel file that took weeks to process, with minimal reforecasting, to planning a year in a matter of days and reforecasting in just a matter of hours.” David C. Head of Planning, national Apparel and Sporting Goods ## How much longer can your team keep this up? Talk with our seasoned retail experts and get: - ✓ Thoughtful discovery - ✓ Honest assessment of where your planning stands - ✓ Apply for your risk-free Proof of Concept [Talk with a Retail Expert →](https://antusa.com/pricing#book-a-call) ![Dmitry Goykhman](https://antusa.com/images/ceo-dmitry-goykhman.png)![Daniel Goykhman](https://antusa.com/images/cto-daniel-goykhman.jpg)![Jeff Dillon](https://antusa.com/images/director-operations-jeff-dillon.png)![Murat Dzgoev](https://antusa.com/images/diretor-customer-success-murat-dzgoev.jpg) Our retail experts are ready