
Aptos Planning: Merchandise and Assortment Planning Capabilities
Overview of Aptos Planning modules for merchandise planning, assortment planning, open-to-buy, and automated forecasting aligned to financial targets.
This vendor white paper describes Aptos Planning, a retail planning application that integrates merchandise planning and assortment planning with financial plans, buying plans, and store-level plans. It covers multichannel planning, synchronized open-to-buy, automated store forecasting, exception-based reporting, and direct translation of assortments into purchase orders and pre-allocations.
Links merchandise and assortment plans directly to financial targets and open-to-buy
Supports top-down and bottom-up planning across unlimited merchandise hierarchies and channels
Automates store-level forecasting and allocation using current trends and historical data
Provides visual assortment tools with image views, style profiling, and size profiling to SKU level
Generates purchase orders and pre-allocations from finalized assortment plans