Exploring iOS App Development: Simplifying the Process
Demantra & inventory
1. 3.2.7 Forecasting
3.2.7.1 Controls & Monitoring
3.2.7.1.1 Compares actual service
levels to service levels
specified in policies
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Demantra Demand
Management
3.2.7.1.2 Generates initialization and
control reports to create
and evaluate forecasts
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Management
3.2.7.1.3 Measures accuracy of
forecasts (adjusted or
unadjusted)
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3.2.7.1.4 Tracks accuracy of
forecasted quantities by
comparing planned and
actual data
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Management
3.2.7.1.5 Monitors high quantity
demand signals
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3.2.7.1.6 Generates statistical or
focus forecasts
automatically to update
inventory
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Management
3.2.7.1.7 Conducts simulation to test
policies
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3.2.7.1.8 Generates initialization or
simulation reports for safety
stock
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3.2.7.1.9 Creates demand
forecasting units for a
product line or a group of
product lines that may not
correspond to physical
stocking locations
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Management
2. 3.2.7.1.10 Users specify stock-keeping
units (SKU) and demand
forecasting units (DFU) to
use in demand forecasting
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Management
3.2.7.1.11 User-defined analysis
periods
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3.2.7.1.12 User-defined data
aggregation, grouping by
sales region, product line,
or customer
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Management
3.2.7.1.13 Customizable forecast
periods, ranges of
tolerance, data points, and
data presentation
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Management
3.2.7.2 Modeling Requirements
3.2.7.2.1 Uses beta factor to resolve
forecasting errors
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3.2.7.2.2 Analyzes performance by
comparing forecasted
demand to actual demand
by period or product
aggregate specified by
user
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Management
3.2.7.2.3 Creates "what-if" scenarios
for a product to test
alternate scenarios or
models
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Management
3.2.7.2.4 Uses forecasting algorithms
to generate several
forecasts for an item, to
generate the ideal forecast
according to historical data
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3.2.7.2.5 Compares forecast
demand performance to
historical sales data
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Management
3. 3.2.7.2.6 Evaluates forecast models
for accuracy based on
historical data
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3.2.7.2.7 Generates different
forecasts according to
various demand
hypotheses
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3.2.7.2.8 Confidence factors
incorporated into
forecasting model
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3.2.7.2.9 Uses statistics to forecast
trended demand, seasonal
demand changes, and
increase in demand during
promotions
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3.2.7.2.10 Adjusts forecasts according
to fluctuating demand
using adaptive or
exponential smoothing,
moving average, and
weighted moving average
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Management
3.2.7.2.11 Flags violations of demand
thresholds at product unit
level
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3.2.7.2.12 Imports forecast data from
spreadsheet
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3.2.7.2.13 Forecasts is adjusted
automatically according to
information on selling
patterns, which is received
by electronic transmissions
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Management
3.2.7.2.14 Multilevel aggregating or
disaggregating
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4. 3.2.7.2.15 Matches forecast model to
selected historical data
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3.2.7.2.16 Tracks demand fluctuations
caused by extraneous
events
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3.2.7.2.17 User-defined normal,
seasonal, and promotional
demand
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3.2.7.2.18 Model takes demand
anomalies into
consideration
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3.2.7.2.19 Classifies and orders
demand structure from
product family level to
product unit detail
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Management
3.2.7.2.20 Permits variable length
periods for demand data
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3.2.7.3 Tracking & Forecasting
3.2.7.3.1 Demand forecast breaks
down according to discrete
profiles
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3.2.7.3.2 Aggregate forecasts break
down into specific forecasts
at unit level
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3.2.7.3.3 Provides details of items in
product group forecasts to
create more detailed
forecasts
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3.2.7.3.4 Generates product family
forecasts by rolling up
detailed forecasts for items
that are related
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Management
5. 3.2.7.3.5 Sends signals to users when
forecast has errors or an
activity is not within
threshold levels
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3.2.7.3.6 Various algorithms are
available for generating
forecast summaries at
aggregate level, as well as
forecasts at the product
family or item level
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3.2.7.3.7 Displays actual and
forecast demand by
customizable period
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3.2.7.3.8 Generates consolidated
forecasts by part number
and covering all facilities
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3.2.7.3.9 Uses sales history or
demand pattern data of
existing products to create
forecast for new similar
items
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3.2.7.3.10 Generates detailed
forecasts by item number
or SKU, that can be
aggregated
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3.2.7.3.11 Overwrites or consolidates
forecasts at item level
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3.2.7.3.12 Accumulation of old
forecasts into future periods
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3.2.7.3.13 Generates demand
forecasts
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3.2.7.3.14 Users can create forecasts
by demand class, by item,
by customer, by product
family, by model, and by
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6. option classes
3.2.7.3.15 Estimates percentage of
future demand based on
existing data for item-level
components
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3.2.7.3.16 Forecast percentage
included in forecast
calculation
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3.2.7.3.17 User-defined component
level forecast
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3.2.7.3.18 Provides mean absolute
deviation (MAD) to use
when calculating safety
stock
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Management
3.2.8 Reservations and
Allocations
3.2.8.1 Allocations
3.2.8.1.1 Immediate allocation of
inventory quantities to
backorders
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Inventory
3.2.8.1.2 Available inventory
reduced at time of sales
order entry
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Inventory
3.2.8.1.3 Customizable rules for
reallocating inventory
across open orders
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Inventory
3.2.8.1.4 Assigns and displays
available back-ordered
products by location
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Inventory
3.2.8.1.5 Allocates back-ordered
items by location
according to customizable
criteria
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Inventory
7. 3.2.8.1.6 Specifies accounts for
which no backorders are to
be carried
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Inventory
3.2.8.1.7 Reverses back-order status
of inventory upon order
rejection
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Inventory
3.2.8.1.8 Inventory allocation as
order is released for ALL
orders
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Inventory
3.2.8.1.9 Allocates material and
capacity to orders
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Inventory
3.2.8.1.10 Capacity allocation by
individual requirement
source
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Inventory
3.2.8.1.11 Creates reserve allocations
for items
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Inventory
3.2.8.1.12 Displays online detailed
information about
allocations, pegging it to
other data
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Inventory
3.2.8.1.13 Users can manually
override back-ordered
items that have been
allocated
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Inventory
3.2.8.1.14 Flags allocated items when
quantities fall below reorder
levels
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Inventory
3.2.8.2 Reservations
3.2.8.2.1 Reservation days--time
fence between soft and
hard allocations
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Inventory
3.2.8.2.2 Displays online and in real
time resources and
inventory that are available
in a specific location
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3.2.8.2.3 Users can manually reserve
inventory or place it on
hard hold for a specific
order
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8. 3.2.8.2.4 Users assign define criteria
for creating reservations
and a hierarchy for
sequencing them
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3.2.8.2.5 Reserved inventory
allocation by order
account
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3.2.8.2.6 Reserves product and
confirms shipping date
upon receipt of order
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3.2.8.2.7 User determines how lots
will be reserved; oldest lot is
automatically reserved first
by default
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3.2.8.2.8 Picking methods will
determine the quantities
reserved
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3.2.8.3 Other 5 Standard Functionality-
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3.2.8.3.1 Item balances maintained
by grade specifications
and lot number
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3.2.8.3.2 Finds alternative inventory
sources if default sourcing
link does not satisfy need
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3.2.8.3.3 Displays storage limits by
warehouse, lot number, or
inventory allocation
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3.2.8.3.4 Reports actual or
impending shortages
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3.2.9 Adjusting Inventory
3.2.9.1 Manual adjustments to
inventory values
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Inventory
3.2.9.2 User specifies reason codes
for adjusting inventory, such
as cycle count or poor
quality
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Inventory
3.2.9.3 Secure access via control
number to modify inventory
transactions
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Inventory
9. 3.2.9.4 Displays inventory balance
information before and
after adjustments
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Inventory
3.2.9.5 Inventory adjustments
tracked for reporting
purposes
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Inventory
3.2.9.6 Authorization on individual
transaction level
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Inventory
3.2.9.7 Generates automatic
reorders
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Inventory
3.2.9.8 Users define rules for
overstock and understock
exceptions
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Inventory
10. 3.2.9.4 Displays inventory balance
information before and
after adjustments
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Inventory
3.2.9.5 Inventory adjustments
tracked for reporting
purposes
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Inventory
3.2.9.6 Authorization on individual
transaction level
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Inventory
3.2.9.7 Generates automatic
reorders
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Inventory
3.2.9.8 Users define rules for
overstock and understock
exceptions
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Inventory