This document provides an overview of retail concepts and the Oracle Retail suite. It defines key retail terms like retailer, discusses retail formats and history. It then introduces the Oracle Retail suite and its main applications for merchandise operations management, supply chain management, and integrated store operations. Common retail business terms are also defined.

1. An Introduction By Rasheed Abdul [email_address] Oracle Retail

3. RETAIL BASICS

8. RETAIL FORMATS

12. ORACLE RETAIL

17. Oracle Retail high-level Architecture RMS (ReSA) RIB tables RIB tables RWMS RPM Finance (GL / AP) RIB tables ISO/SIM Supplier ReIM PO – EDI file ASN, Shipment PO creation details ASN, Receipt/Shipment Receipt, Shipment info Invoice details Store operations (RT Log file) Pricing, Promotion, Clearance info GL postings from ReSA, RMS Invoice posting To AP Supplier and payment terms etc. info Store orders Pricing, Promotion, Clearance info

18. Common Retail business terms SKU: Stock Keeping Unit is a business term used to represent an ITEM Buyer: Referred as a Merchandiser/Retailer and is responsible to monitor the business need and act accordingly Supplier: Referred as a Vendor/Manufacturer who supplies goods to the Warehouse / Store Store: A place where a customer can reach for purchasing goods for his / her need Warehouse: Referred as Distribution Center where the goods can be stocked and moved to stores when needed Customer: Who buys the goods from the retailer for usage Consumer: Who uses the purchased goods, most of the times customer and consumer referred same PO: Purchase Order is a requisition process of goods in the stores, it is raised by the retailer and communicated to the Supplier. Inventory: A process of monitoring and managing the stock levels in the stores. Transfer: Process of movement of goods from one location to another, the location can be either store or warehouse. Allocation: Allocation is a process of movement of goods from warehouse to a chain of stores. Usually, the allocation will be done when there is a need of goods fulfillment in the stores in respective seasons. Deal: Its an agreement between retailer and vendor for supplying the goods at a cost less than the market price. Replenishment: Its a process of fulfillment of the stock by raising purchase orders automatically when the stock levels are going below a certain limit.

19. Competitive Landscape Stores & Order Mgmt Merchandising/ Enterprise Merchandise Planning & Optimization Inventory Planning & Optimization WMS

20. ORMS at a glance

21. ORMS at a glance Oracle Retail Merchandising System is the central part of Oracle Retail suite. To say the importance of this application, people often remember ORMS as Oracle Retail. ORMS application front-end is built on Oracle PL/SQL and forms & reports technology. The best concepts from this technology has been used in development of ORMS. The base ORMS has pre-designed libraries that can be used in developing any new screens for ORMS with minimal and organized coding. ORMS Logon:

22. ORMS at a glance (contd.) RMS Start Menu Menu bar Folder pane – Hitting any item from this pane lists the actions/commands in the adjacent content pane. Tool bar – Holds some special actions such as Reports etc. Content pane – Double click on any action may open another window related to it and can posses certain other options. Searching – It is an easy find option. Just type the action name that you are searching for and hit search forward/backward buttons. You will be navigated to the respective action. May open a window related to the option chosen from any of the two panes.

23. ORMS at a glance (contd.) Exit ORMS: Exists RMS application, make sure saving your work!

24. Q & A

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