A Program is where a Buyer will outline types of products to fulfill that initiative’s requirements for an upcoming season’s product line with a specific in-store date in mind.
For example, your company wants to release a new line of swimwear for the next Spring season. The Program could potentially be Swimwear Summer 2021. You will then take the necessary steps as a Retail Buyer to choose and order all the products for a program by starting with a trend board for inspiration.
To create a new Program, you will need to go to left menu button > Department > Category > Programs tab
You will then see a “Create Program” button on the top left of the page. Click on the button and then you will have a pop-up window labeled “Program Information” show up.
Fill out the necessary fields, which are as follows:
Program Name - short text field - REQUIRED
Quote Due Date - MM/DD/YYYY
Commitment Due - MM/DD/YYYY
Start to Ship - MM/DD/YYYY
In-store Date - MM/DD/YYYY - REQUIRED
Description - REQUIRED
Spending Target - $
Unit Target - quantity
Once you have filled in the required details, click the “Create Program” button on the bottom right of the pop-up.
You can now invite Suppliers to be a part of this Program by inviting them in the “Supplier” section of the Programs tab using the “Invite Supplier” button.
Choose the Suppliers you would like to invite in the pop-up by clicking on the radio buttons next to the Supplier names and then click on the “Invite Suppliers (#)” button on the bottom right.
You can use the Trend Board tab to add images and attachments which you are basing your Program on in this tab.
All you would need to do is to drag and drop images, pdfs, and videos of products that are inspirations for this Program. You can share these files with your Suppliers or keep them private by using the toggle next to the line item of the images.