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Welcome to the Oracle Retail Allocation Operations Guide. The guide is designed so that you can view and understand key system administered functions, the flow of data into and out of the application, and the application's behind-the-scenes processing of data.
A retailer that acquires Oracle Retail Allocation gains the ability to achieve more accurate allocations on a stable product. Having the right product in the right stores allows for service levels to be raised, sales to be increased, and inventory costs to be lowered. By accurately determining which stores should get which product, retailers can meet their turnover goals and increase profitability.
The Oracle Retail Allocation retailer benefits from the following capabilities:
A Java HTML/JSP technology stack allows straightforward development and facile deployment. Debugging can be performed more rapidly; maintenance and alteration costs are kept low.
The application's interface takes advantage of Java database connectivity (JDBC), minimizing the number of interface points that need to be maintained.
The application's robust algorithm executes rapidly.
For retailers with other Oracle Retail products, integration with the Oracle Retail product suite means that item, purchase order, supplier, sales, and other data are accessed directly from the RMS tables, with no need for batch modules. Purchase order, item, location, and allocation information is passed from RMS to a warehouse management system, such as the Oracle Retail Warehouse Management System (RWMS).
The application allows for retailers to adjust to changing trends in the market by facilitating real time allocations.
Oracle Retail Allocation accounts for flexible supply chain paths to support importing and domestic inventory supply.
The following diagram provides a high-level overview of the general structure of the system, including the various layers of Java code.
The graphical user interface (GUI) is comprised of lightweight Java server pages (JSPs), enabling the GUI to adhere to today's 'thin-client' standard. JSP tag libraries are used for utility purposes.
The business object tier consists of business objects, which contain all the business logic. The data access layer tier communicates with the database using a Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) protocol.
For more information concerning this diagram and Oracle Retail Allocation's technical architecture, see Technical Architecture.
