Review the new features released in the past year. DIscussion on who is using them and how they are being used. Presented by Ray Goodman (Senior Product Owner of SPI Buyer Direct, SPI) at the 2016 SPI Conference.
5. Infrastructure
β’ Application is upgraded to use .Net Framework 4.5
β’ Allows for support of Windows 8.1 and Windows 10
β’ Availability
β’ .Net Framework is distributed with Windows 8.1 and higher
β’ Windows 7 machines may need to have the .Net Framework 4.5
installed by an administrator user
12. MAPS β Frequency Percentage
β’ Frequency Percentage is the percentage of customers that will see
this product offering
β’ If a mailing has dynamic products, you can adjust for how often a
customer sees a product
β’ For example:
β’ Products A is always shown on a page
β’ Products B and C are only shown to 60% and 40% of customers respectively
β’ Product A has 100% Frequency Percentage
β’ Product B has 60% Frequency Percentage
β’ Product C has 40% Frequency Percentage
13. MAPS β Frequency Percentage
β’ Average Item Index (xAii) values
are adjusted for Frequency
Percentage
β’ Default value of Frequency
Percentage is 100% for a
Product
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26. Master Scheduling
β’ Master Scheduling β Launch from Dashboard
β’ 2015 User Conference enhancement
β’ Suggested Purchase Order (SPO) Expedite Weeks
β’ Includes 2013 and 2015 User Conference enhancements
β’ Show individual Requisitions and Purchase Orders in Materials Planning
β’ Take into account near future POs in suggestions
β’ Multi-Echelon β Weeks of Supply for Transfers
31. SPO Expedite Purchase Orders
β’ Added the ability to identify purchase orders that can be
expedited
β’ Adjusts suggested orders to account for receipts within a
specified number of weeks of the lead time
β’ Gives better control over future orders
38. Multi-Echelon β Weeks of Supply
β’ Added a Transfer SPO Method of Weeks of Supply (WOS)
β’ Weeks of Supply is controlled by 2 parameters
β’ How many weeks of supply to maintain (Weeks of Supply)
β’ Number of weeks to cover in the future (Number of Weeks)
β’ Maintained on the Transfer Order Review (TOR) screen
β’ Can be managed on the Warehouse Defaults screen
46. Reports
β’ User Interface Improvements in DRS
β’ User request at 2015 User Conference
β’ Upgrade Crystal Report for Windows 8.1/10 compatibility
β’ New Crystal Reports distributable will need to be installed on every
userβs desktop
47. DRS User Interface Changes
β’ Updated the Open Report screen
β’ User friendly display shows:
β’ Report Name
β’ Columns saved in the report
β’ Report owner
β’ Base View
β’ Description
β’ No longer using the Report Title field
β’ Can mark the report as a favorite
β’ Can make reports you create private
49. DRS User Interface Changes
β’ Added tabs for:
β’ My Favorite Reports
β’ My Reports
β’ Classifications
β’ Owner
β’ Base View
β’ Each tab displays reports generally by Classification
β’ Saved report names are clearer
β’ Old: RGOODMANβs Suggested Req Detail
β’ New: Suggested Req Detail (Ray)
50. DRS User Interface Changes
β’ Simplified the New Report screen
β’ Allow user to base new report on a base view or table or on
another DRS report
β’ Allows the user to select the columns to include on the report
β’ Save the report from the creation screen
52. Upgrade Crystal Reports
β’ Crystal Reports is upgraded to support Windows 8, 8.1, and 10
β’ Faster rendering of reports
β’ To upgrade:
β’ Push upgrade to each client machine (IT services)
β’ Application will detect old version and begin upgrade (user)
β’ Either method requires that the user performing the upgrade be an
administrator.
54. Interfaces
β’ Add Lot Size field to Item Master (IM) interface record
β’ Field is used for Transfer Order Lot Size (Multi-Echelon
customers)
β’ Contact your Customer Experience representative for details