Report Open-To-Buy Information

(Open to Buy)

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This report shows the dollar amount (in thousands, for written sales) that merchandise buyers can purchase to maintain planned inventory quantities of one or all open-to-buy departments for the current fiscal period and up to 5 future periods. The report bases the amounts on

• budgeted sales,

• purchases, and

• inventory levels.

Buyers can use this report to plan purchases. The report includes landed costs in all calculations. Monies not spent in one period carry over to the following periods.  You have the option of displaying sales order statistics and purchase order details.

 To specify the type of departments for which to run this report, use the Open to Buy field in the Purchasing Control Settings. You have the following options:

    - product category/group

    - region/buyer

If Regional Processing is active on your system, read the Report Exceptions portion of Regional Processing - Reporting Rules for details on how Regional Processing affects this report.  

Department Code

Future PeriodsSpecify the number of future periods whose projected amounts you want to include in the report.

Sales Order StatisticsSelect this option to include sales order statistics on this report.

Details for Stock Purchase OrdersSelect this option to include detail for stock purchase orders on this report.  

Details for Special Order Purchase OrdersSelect this option to include detail for special order purchase orders on this report.

Calculate Using

Send Output toThe output destination of the report displays.  To change the output destination, click on the Actions button and select Output Settings.

Export PathIf you select either the Personal Report Viewer (PRV (Personal Report Viewer) A STORIS printer output option that allows you to customize report results, for example to rearrange data columns.), Excel Export, or ASCII Export, this field displays the pre-set computer drive and folder location to which the system exports the report data. You cannot edit the export path using this process.

Once the run-time options have been selected, choose Run to produce the report.