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Advanced Inventory Planning (AIP) is a suite of products that are designed to manage the supply chain needs of large retailers, from interaction with their suppliers through various layers of warehouses down to individual stores and e-commerce sites. It couples time-phased replenishment and allocation algorithms to produce an actionable receipt plan over time. This is based on demand forecasts, replenishment parameters, and inventory availability at the numerous supply points within the supply chain.
Data Management (DM) has some main functions that are related to the physical movement of SKUs through the supply chain:
Maintain supply points with appropriate order cycles for store orders from warehouses and suppliers.
Maintain multi-tier supply points with appropriate order cycles for warehouses from suppliers and warehouses.
Maintain shared data elements throughout the supply chain, such as pack sizes by warehouse.
Order Management (OM) allows you to create and edit purchase orders and view purchase orders or transfers from suppliers and warehouses.
Purchase orders are orders that are sourced directly from suppliers.
Transfers are orders that are sourced directly from a warehouse.
Orders exist in Order Management as a result of the following processes:
You can manually create a purchase order in Order Management.
Orders are automatically generated by AIP.
Purchase orders and transfers are available for review until a specified number of days after their release or delivery date.
