Toko Dus dan Plastik Sidi is one specialty store that sold the disposable products
for packaging and cutlery. This retail was established in 2016. Recently, Toko
Dus dan Plastik Sidi does not have merchandise planning. In the process of
acquiring goods, this retail buys the products from the supplier based on the
owner intuition. Therefore, the retail often purchases the products that not sold
often and buys the products again every time the salesmen come as a routine.
Furthermore, the owner usually buys products that offer by the salesman who
comes to the store and offers their new products, in large quantity without
considering if the products will suitable with the customer needs or not. These
cause the excessive stock for the unsold products and the unsold products
become pile up at the store inventory. Other than that, Toko Dus dan Plastik Sidi
facing problem in high ordering cost as well.
According to the background, the aim of this research is to conduct merchandise
planning through the calculation of merchandise budgeting and Open-to-Buy as
well as the design of category management to help the owner in the process
acquiring product thus the owner will not face loss in term of profit and financial
resource because of the excessive stock of unsold product and high ordering
cost for the next period. The processes of merchandise planning in Toko Dus dan
Plastik Sidi has been completely done through the category management,
Merchandise Budgeting from January to June 2019, and Open-to-Buy from
January to June 2019.