BuyerPlus is a process improvement tool for retail chains needing to better manage workflow and communications between Buyer, Supplier, and retail stores during the promotional buying cycle.

BuyerPlus offers the central buying office a password protected web admin console (BuyerAdmin) from which they can invite suppliers to submit a promotional proposal, select products, apply a notional allocation profile and notify retail stores of product allocation quantities.

From their password protected web admin console (StoreAdmin), stores can view suggested (or mandated) allocation quantities, and if authorised to do so, edit and commit to quantities.

BuyerPlus automatically disaggregates and aggregates order quantities depending on the view selected and removes the necessity for stores and the central buying office to manually collate individual store order quantities.

The benefits of using BuyerPlus include:

• Reduction of time in the buying cycle providing a strategic buying advantage.
• Reduction of overall effort providing a substantial productivity improvement at central office and store level.
• Can be integrated with POS systems at central office and store, at input and output stage, allowing high quality decision making.
• Allows for forced product allocations on 'A' lines.
• Improved promotional participation.