Unbiased Explanations of SCM Software

What This Article Covers What is historical adjustment? What are the benefits of historical adjustment? Definition Historical Adjustment – The movement of demand history from a place it was incurred to a place where it was not incurred. This functionality provides the ability to flexibly reflect alterations in the supply network in the demand planning [...]

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What This Article Covers What is top down forecasting? What are the benefits of top down forecasting?  Definition Top Down Forecasting – This creates a forecast for a grouping of products, and eventually disaggregates down to the SKU based upon some disaggregation / allocation logic (which can be adjusted in some applications). Forecasts based upon [...]

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What This Article Covers What is a real forecasting attribute? What do real attributes do?  Definition Real Attribute – An attribute that describes an agreed upon and commonly used characteristic of a product. Examples of real attributes are things like the Color or Size of an item. Attributes can be strung together in a forecasting [...]

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What This Article Covers What is a virtual hierarchy? What is an example of a virtual hierarchy? Definition Virtual hierarchy – This is a data layer allows infinite online reordering of the levels or attributes in the hierarchy. For instance, if the hierarchy where Region – Flavor – Size, the hierarchy could be easily re-ordered to [...]

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