The open-to-buy formula will help you create forecasts for your OTB plan. The values in your open-to-buy are projections, so they may not be perfectly accurate. But a sensible way to check your numbers is if your actual month-end inventory is within 5% of your prediction. 💡 PRO TIP...
What is the open to buy formula? Open-to-buy is the difference between where you expect to finish a sales period and where you started. Where you started is simple: it is the planned inventory at the beginning of the sales period. Where you expect to finish is your closing inventory plu...
What Is the Open-to-Buy Formula? OTB = planned sales + planned markdowns + planned end of month inventory – beginning of month inventory Here are the meanings of the terms used in the OTB formula: Planned sales: The dollar amount of expected retail sales in a given period Planned mark...
How to Implement Open-to-Buy If you’re keen to level up your inventory planning with OTB planning, you can take one of two next steps… 1. Go at it alone There’s a formula for calculating OTB that anyone can use: OTB = planned sales + planned markdowns + planned end of month ...
Getting started with Open-to-Buy There are two approaches to implementing OTB planning which you need to consider. Option 1: Go it alone There’s a formula for calculating OTB that anyone can use: OTB = planned sales + planned markdowns + planned end of month inventory – beginning ...
Lecture 3: What is Open To Buy 02:20 06:01 Finding The Missing Number 04:28 Application Of OTB Formula - Real time Example 04:57 Execution of In Season OTB Management 05:45 Creating WSSI OR Rolling OTB Template 32:08 Conclusion
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The Open-to-Buy Formula Planned Sales + Planned Markdowns + Planned End-of-Month Inventory - Planned Beginning of Month Inventory --- = Open-to-Buy (retail) For example, a retailer has an inventory level of $150,000 on July 1 and planned $152,000 end-of-month inventory for July 31...
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