4. FuturERS SQL-Server 7.0 Paradox, DB/2 UDB, Oracle 1975 1980 1986 1991 1992 APEX Automated Planning and Execution Control System SVHandel Hennes & Mauritz Sweden Denmark England Holland Switzerland Norway Germany SVBauspar NDR Traffic Information System Deutscher Ring Versicherung Over 180 man years of development Up until December 2007 more than 30.000 licensed users In Europe, USA, Canada, Australia, UAE No real competitor exists covering the range of Futura functionality SVHandel II VAX/VMS Lufthansa Hoechst VOEST Alpine Schweizerische Bundesbahn Maizena Hamburg Mannheimer Vers. Vereins und Westbank SBS Washington The evolution over the years
10. The Futur@ System / Functions Parameters, Base Data, Navigator, Spooler, Scanner, Credit Cards, HOST Interface, EDI Interface, Acct. Interface, Customer Credit System, Notebook Interface, Authorisation Ctrl. Budget/Limit Order Recomm. Order EDI EANCOM Goods In Branch Mgmt. Allocation Recall/Replenish PC POS Customer Order Replenish Stocktaking Data Warehousing Data Mining Accounting Promotions FuturPilot eBusiness
12. Shop Futur@ flexibility in Application / Scalable Store Branch Branch Branch Branch Branch Branch Department Store Shop FuturERS European BranchNet Franchise ASP Application Service Providing
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15. Item Profile = The key for futura Season 9702 9802 Product group Blazer Blazer Subgroup sgl. breasted sgl. breasted Type tailed tailed Size 38 38 Colour bordeaux light brown Origin Cotton Cotton Sales area Ladies Ladies Buying 221 Sales 173 Stock level 48 (48) Order demand 173 (125) Demand planning, independent of supplier in item variants (size, colour) and branch demand Product Budget/Limit Ctrl. ItemProfile
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18. Allocation Profile Goods In Regional branch Branch Main branch Branch Branch Branch Branch Branch Goods In allocation Statistical/Historical Data Brand Data Warehouse Price level Season PG Subgroup Type Size Colour Origin Sales area Attribute
19. Branch Profile Flagship store Branch Main branch Branch Branch Branch Branch Country branch City-centre branch Core Sizes Store Size in m 2 - Operation Time - Location - Environment - Region Size Curves - Price Level - Competence Fringe Sizes Fringe Sizes
20. Start phase Re-allocation phase Re-arrangement during the season reduces the volume of price reductions ! Order the right products at the right time Fringe sizes Customer Frequency Reduction phase
21. Demand Factor Comparison Period Long Term Period Plan Period Current Period E.g: Sales for 90 days 14 E.g: Sales for 10 days 8 E.g: for 20 days Reordering time 10 days Increasing trend Demand = 24 Stock Level = -4 On Order = -5 Customer Order = 3 ----- Target Quantity 18 Simple Demonstration
26. Business Branch HO Management Buyer Buyer Merchandiser Merchandiser Merchandiser Branch Branch Branch Branch Branch Branch Branch Branch Branch Branch Branch A c c o u n t i n g C o n t r o l l i n g
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28. Stock display Stock levels, sales figures, target and minimum stock levels, open purchase quantities etc, in a clearly arranged table. The user can choose any combination of columns and lines.
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31. Goods In (2) The "3-step method" increases the reliability when entering and checking invoices and comparing them to the goods received
32. Inter branch Transfer Branch X Branch Y Head Office Goods are transferred Indirect booking after acknowledgement of receipt Stock in transit
34. Branch / HO Purchase Order Conciliation HO Main Branch Branch Branch Branch Order Franchise Branch Branch Supplier Multi Company Branch Branch Supplier Supplier Order Recommendation
35. Recommended Reordering: Overview Sales figures Time Long Period Short Period Plan Period Target stock level calculation per item per branch number Target stock level Defined minimum stock level Supplier's delivery period Current stock level Calculation of the item-specific recommended reordering quantity: centrally or per branch Branch Outlet Franchise Concession
44. Customer Order eBusiness Order Disposition Offering Item Disposition Order Confirmation Delivery Note (Part Delivery) Invoice Commissioning Total Invoice by Period Invoice Book Shipment Packing Units, Weight, Costs Order Commission Allocation Supplier Order Accounting Pick list and Priority Allocation PfR Statement Commission Shipment Control Customer Sales Statistics Order Records Order Allocation Stock/Order Call-off Orders Intrastat
51. Integrated Accounting Invoice POS Report Goods In Accounting Clearance to book IBT Manual entry Reports Reminder Payment Acct. display Balance carried forward Main completion Acct. interface
52. The Futur@ System Parameter ReferenceData Navigator EDI EANCOM Spooler NoteBook Support. Scanner HOST-Interface Authorisation Acct.-Interface CreditCards Select&Execute TransportStock SpeedButtoms Prod.-Pictures VariantGrids Electronic Doc. LoyaltyCrads The Futur@ System Environment
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54. Functions & More EDIs ORDERS Supplier order ORDRSP Order response ORDCHG Order change DESADV Despatch advise INVOIC Invoice SLSRPT Sales report INVRPT Stock level report RCVADV Receive advice INVOIC PRICAT Limit Controlled Order Supplier, Budget, Item Data Base Fashion Order PRICAT ORDERS ORDRSP ORDCHG DESADV SLSRPT INVRPT NOS RCVADV Supplier
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59. Thank You.. Any Queries, Contact : P.V.S.Nanajee, Email ID : nanajee@pbsglobal.com, Mobile: +91 98859 69486
Editor's Notes
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27.01.2000 These are the interfaces possible with Futura for the available functions.
27.01.2000 FuturERS™ serves all areas of a company through which an item passes. This starts with budget and limit planning, moves on to the qualified order, goods-in with invoice checking, and finishes with demand-oriented, company-wide goods allocation with subsequent sales at the point of sale. Based on the current sales figures and trend analyses, determined by Data Mining processes in the Data Warehouse, FuturERS™ identifies best and worst sellers at an early stage and initiates suitable measures, such as replenishment, recall, inter-branch transfer, branch-specific price changes etc.
27.01.2000 This shows you the scalability of Futura with respect to the various possible business models.
27.01.2000 FuturERS™ is modular in design and totally meets your requirements. Depending on the task to be fulfilled and your needs, you can use the entire system or just parts of it. The full functionality is available to you right from the start. In this way we accomplish the smooth transition to new successful technologies without overwhelming your staff. FuturERS™ provides you with a network spanning the whole company which constantly updates the profit data and prepares it automatically so that it can be used as a basis for targeted decision-making.
27.01.2000 You will have access to profiles of various departments of the business.
27.01.2000 The Item profile gives you the entire details of an item.
27.01.2000 Maintenance of reference data, consisting of product reference data (items) and address reference data (supplier, personnel, branch), plays a decisive role as this data forms the basis for further analysis at a later stage and must therefore be treated, maintained and checked with great care. Reference data can be entered and maintained manually, using import/export functions or using integrated data checking functions.
27.01.2000 Inventory can be created and maintained with much ease, is another strong functionality of Futura.
27.01.2000 The Allocation profile gives you an idea of the item allocation details with reference to the previous pattern of allocations.
27.01.2000 Size management minimizes the inventory cost and in turn gives a profitability boost, branch wise.
27.01.2000 FuturERS™ helps you to identify best and worst sellers at an early stage. Recall and inter-branch transfer instructions can then be an effective tool to respond quickly to the situation.
27.01.2000 There are useful info available on the increasing trend of an item, which will equip you to have more stock to meet the demand.
27.01.2000 This is the pyramid of processes performed by Futura. The mgmt info is available at the top level to help you in decision making. The complete purchase info is available at the next level. The merchandising info is passed for the better management and all these processes are on the basis of the sales info available at the bottom level.
27.01.2000 This is a typical grid which shows you the units ( sizes ) and variants ( Colours ) of a particular item.
27.01.2000 These are the organizational processes supported by Futura predominantly.
27.01.2000 These are the various business functions and roles available in Futura in atypical business model.
27.01.2000 Another diagrammatic representation of the orgn. structure available in Futura.
27.01.2000 This gives you a basic idea of the controls & Flexibility possible in Futura during your process of purchase & merchandising.
27.01.2000 This one screen gives you various options of stock displays available in Futura.
27.01.2000 PO mgmt takes care of reminders, tracks the ones not delivered, monitors delivery dates etc.
27.01.2000 Various ways of entering goods-in.
27.01.2000 Possibility to link the GI with supplier invoice and can be verified.
27.01.2000 Inter-branch transfers of goods can be initiated locally or by the head office. To increase the reliability of these inter-branch transfers you can use a "stock in transit", i.e. irrespective of the physical, direct transfer of goods, the goods will not be booked to another branch in the system before a confirmation has come in. If no confirmation is received, the goods remain in the stock in transit of the consignor branch.
27.01.2000 It gives complete control over the Budget planning for your import/export business plans too.
27.01.2000 Branch – HO info synchronization and the data exchange contributes to a well oiled purchase system.
27.01.2000 On the basis of sales figures, current stock levels and trend information, recommended reordering figures are generated which are placed as purchase orders with your supplier either automatically or after you have released them.
27.01.2000 PC Pos operations, which caters to the most important retail functions.
27.01.2000 Various functionalities available at POS.
27.01.2000 Various facilities available in Sales activities.
27.01.2000 Set promotions and links are displayed at pos level at the time of sales transactions.
27.01.2000 Linking of items for promotions are set like this.
27.01.2000 Another view at the promotions.
27.01.2000 Typical sales ( POS ) screen, which allows you to handle 3 customers at a time.
27.01.2000 The Touch POS support given by Futura.
27.01.2000 Futura supports and have a solution for your bulk orders & corporate orders.
27.01.2000 Futura supports internet shopping solutions and management.
27.01.2000 It enables you on different scopes of data mining and data management.
27.01.2000 It provides various options of outputs
27.01.2000 It has a systematic, organized and simple structure.
27.01.2000 It supports world’s major hardware vendors and has standard features.
27.01.2000 Futura Keeps and inputs all the consolidated data for the back end to process upon..
27.01.2000 Integration is possible with other solutions
27.01.2000 It has a user friendly system environment
27.01.2000 Futura offers different levels of management functionalities.
27.01.2000 Futura has lot of EDI functionalities.
27.01.2000 The FuturPilot™ is a technology used to supply company wide profit data in a condensed and graphical way: you can drill down via mouse click from the company overview to detailed information about branches and items.
27.01.2000 The Navigator supports the FuturERS™ users thanks to easy handling and clearly arranged operating functions. Each user can choose his own language (currently: German, English, Italian, French, Spanish, Dutch, Greek, Turkish, Bulgarian) as FuturERS™ user interface language.
27.01.2000 Futura supports all the major platforms and provides interface.
27.01.2000 Various value added support & services are provided.
