ChainDrive Planning software: Make better decisions

The need for appropriate preparation in any business is a constant one. It would be very difficult to reach any sort of success without having the proper planning and goal-setting beforehand. Diving head first into a business – especially if you’re in the retail industry – is a recipe for disaster; instead, you need to do your research, identify your goals, and develop targeted solutions to reach those goals. In order to support this sometimes daunting but necessary measure, ChainDrive offers retail professionals a software package that includes an intuitive Planning (Open-to-Buy) software component. It doesn’t just support the initial planning stages; it can and should be used at regular intervals throughout the lifespan of your business to set goals, track progress, and analyze the need for change.

With dynamic controls that put you in the driver’s seat for how you want to look at data, how you want to plan it, and how you want to implement it, ChainDrive’s Open-to-Buy (OTB) tool offers flexibility and adaptability to nearly any retail environment. The Plan, Validate, and Lock feature lets you apply plans to groups of data or disallow (lock) certain data from any action you’re taking. This helps you exclude outliers and handle unique data with care while eliminating the time it takes to attach attributes to individual datum. It’s efficient and easy to use.

ChainDrive software supports planning for multiple seasons. Many retail businesses require specific planning based on the time of year – apparel retail and sporting goods stores are two key examples of this. As such, ChainDrive offers a tool that helps you define goals and plans for each season so that you can implement them appropriately and transition in a way that maximizes sales and performance.

Pick up ChainDrive software today and see how the proper planning can make all the difference!