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Siebel Medical Handheld Guide > Using Siebel Medical Handheld > Analyzing Inventory with Siebel Medical Handheld > Viewing Hierarchical Results for Inventory and UsageYou can view detailed inventory and usage information on products, product classes, and product groups for an inventory location. Siebel Medical Handheld tracks this relationship using a product hierarchy approach. You can view results for all products in the product hierarchy through explorer type views that let you go down and up various levels in the product hierarchy. About Product HierarchiesA product hierarchy is a grouping of products. It is a way to track relationships between products, product groups, or product classes. A product hierarchy is similar to a family tree on which you have root parent product, parents and child products, and leaf-level products. Your company can track many product hierarchies for a certain inventory location. Your administrator defines this product hierarchy as part of the product administration process. Your administrator also defines which products are being tracked for an inventory location and up to what level of the product hierarchy will be tracked by the Handheld application. About Usage CalculationsSales representatives can use the Siebel Medical Handheld to analyze usage behavior on consigned inventory. They can compare Average Usage (Field called 'Use' in the Inventory Detail views) and Historical Average Usage (Field called 'Avg' in the Inventory Detail views). Average Usage is the quantity used over a pre-defined number of days based on the last two cycle counts performed. The Historical Average Usage is the quantity used over a pre-defined number of days based on all cycle counts ever performed for that product. By comparing these two calculations, you will be able to determine whether there are any significant changes to usage behavior for a certain product. You can use this information to identify cross-sell and up-sell opportunities. For details on how Usage is calculated, please refer to Administering Siebel Medical Handheld Applications for Consignment Inventory Management. NOTE: Usage is calculated when Sales Representatives tap 'Count Complete' button as they complete a cycle count. It will only be calculated for products that are counted during that cycle count. Also, Usage numbers will not be calculated during the first time that a cycle count is performed on an inventory location. Usage calculations need a reference cycle count, since it is the first cycle count, the application will not be able to calculate meaningful numbers. To access hierarchical inventory and usage results
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