Buyer's Toolbox vs Logility Merchandise Planning

Buyer’s Toolbox is retail merchandise planning software for teams handling financial plans, open-to-buy management, forecasting, and reporting. Its Advanced Planning features include merchandise financial planning, sales forecasts, scenario planning, seasonal and assortment planning, and multi-currency support. Reports cover variance, open-to-buy, sell-through, and scenario comparisons, with drill-downs across business levels. ERP connections can import sales, stock, receipts, merchandise hierarchy, locations, and custom data, then return forecasts, open-to-buy information, reports, KPIs, and scenario outputs. The software supports cloud-hosted and on-premise deployment, including locally hosted and Azure environments. Access controls include roles and permissions, isolated and sandbox environments, and plans stored in a SQL database with a documented schema. The maker offers a no-cost proof of concept using a prospective customer's data, typically run within one or two weeks. Advanced Planning starts from $995/mo (annual), with an initial two-quarter engagement followed by quarter-to-quarter terms. Pricing for extensions such as Basic Allocation & Replenishment and Data Science is handled in a planning consultation.

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