Backlog Manager (Job Role)

Individual responsible for managing the fulfillment of an enterprise order backlog efficiently and for ensuring that the most important sales orders are fulfilled optimally. In a dynamic environment where component availability, resource availability, customer requirements, and business priorities change frequently, the Backlog Planner plays an important role by ensuring scarce supply is allocated to prioritized demands to maximize business objectives and customer satisfaction. Order backlog refers to all sales orders that have been promised by the enterprise but have not been shipped yet.

Role Hierarchy

The Backlog Manager job role directly and indirectly inherits these roles.

• Backlog Manager

  • Backlog Management

  • Item Inquiry

  • Plan Inputs Reference Data Management

  • Plan Processing

  • Planning Collected Data Management

    • Item Inquiry

  • Planning Item Management

  • Planning Resource Management

Duties

This table lists the duties assigned directly and indirectly to the Backlog Manager job role.

Duty Role	Description
Backlog Management	Manages Backlog of Orders
Item Inquiry	Queries and views items in the enterprise.
Plan Inputs Reference Data Management	Reviews all reference data entities like items, resources used as input to supply and demand plans
Plan Processing	Manages, publishes and releases recommendations of demand and supply plans
Planning Collected Data Management	Manages data collection processes and verifies collected data.
Planning Item Management	Manages items used in demand and supply plans
Planning Resource Management	Manages manufacturing resources used in supply plans

Privileges

This table lists privileges granted to duties of the Backlog Manager job role.

Granted Role	Granted Role Description	Privilege	Privilege Description
Backlog Management	Manages Backlog of Orders	Create Backlog Plan	Create Backlog Plan
Backlog Management	Manages Backlog of Orders	Manage Allocation Attributes	Allows management of order backlog management allocation attributes.
Backlog Management	Manages Backlog of Orders	Manage Allocation Data	Allows management of order backlog management allocation data.
Backlog Manager	Individual responsible for managing the fulfillment of an enterprise order backlog efficiently and for ensuring that the most important sales orders are fulfilled optimally. In a dynamic environment where component availability, resource availability, customer requirements, and business priorities change frequently, the Backlog Planner plays an important role by ensuring scarce supply is allocated to prioritized demands to maximize business objectives and customer satisfaction. Order backlog refers to all sales orders that have been promised by the enterprise but have not been shipped yet.	Monitor Backlog Management Work Area	Monitor Backlog Management Work Area
Item Inquiry	Queries and views items in the enterprise.	GET Product Management Index REST	Allows access to view indexed attributes.
Item Inquiry	Queries and views items in the enterprise.	Get Search View REST	Allows query of search views.
Item Inquiry	Queries and views items in the enterprise.	Manage Item Attachment	Allows access to view and manage item attachments.
Item Inquiry	Queries and views items in the enterprise.	Manage Item Catalog	Allows access to view and manage item catalogs including categories and category hierarchies.
Item Inquiry	Queries and views items in the enterprise.	Manage Item Global Search	Allows access to search for items using secure enterprise search.
Item Inquiry	Queries and views items in the enterprise.	Manage Product Management Search	Allows access to view and edit Product Management Search.
Item Inquiry	Queries and views items in the enterprise.	Manage Trading Partner Item Reference	Allows access to manage trading partner item references for items.
Item Inquiry	Queries and views items in the enterprise.	Manage Unit of Measure	Allows configuration of UOMs, UOM classes, and definition of standard, interclass, and intraclass UOM conversions.
Item Inquiry	Queries and views items in the enterprise.	View Item	Allows access to product dashboard.
Item Inquiry	Queries and views items in the enterprise.	View Item Organization Association	Allows access to view item organization assignments.
Item Inquiry	Queries and views items in the enterprise.	View Item Relationship	Allows access to view item relationships.
Item Inquiry	Queries and views items in the enterprise.	View Product Management Search	Allows access to view Product Management Search.
Plan Inputs Reference Data Management	Reviews all reference data entities like items, resources used as input to supply and demand plans	Edit Demand Classes	Not Available
Plan Inputs Reference Data Management	Reviews all reference data entities like items, resources used as input to supply and demand plans	Edit Demand Priority Rules	Not Available
Plan Inputs Reference Data Management	Reviews all reference data entities like items, resources used as input to supply and demand plans	Edit Planning Calendar Associations	Not Available
Plan Inputs Reference Data Management	Reviews all reference data entities like items, resources used as input to supply and demand plans	Edit Planning Calendars	Not Available
Plan Inputs Reference Data Management	Reviews all reference data entities like items, resources used as input to supply and demand plans	Edit Planning Simulation Sets	Not Available
Plan Inputs Reference Data Management	Reviews all reference data entities like items, resources used as input to supply and demand plans	Edit Supply Network Model	Not Available
Plan Inputs Reference Data Management	Reviews all reference data entities like items, resources used as input to supply and demand plans	Export Planning Data	Not Available
Plan Inputs Reference Data Management	Reviews all reference data entities like items, resources used as input to supply and demand plans	Generate Lead Time Insights	Allows generation of lead time insights
Plan Inputs Reference Data Management	Reviews all reference data entities like items, resources used as input to supply and demand plans	Load Planning Hierarchies Data	Not Available
Plan Inputs Reference Data Management	Reviews all reference data entities like items, resources used as input to supply and demand plans	Load Planning Reference Data	Not Available
Plan Inputs Reference Data Management	Reviews all reference data entities like items, resources used as input to supply and demand plans	Load Planning Transaction Data	Not Available
Plan Inputs Reference Data Management	Reviews all reference data entities like items, resources used as input to supply and demand plans	Manage Lead Time Insights	Allows review of lead time insights
Plan Inputs Reference Data Management	Reviews all reference data entities like items, resources used as input to supply and demand plans	Monitor Plan Inputs Work Area	Not Available
Plan Inputs Reference Data Management	Reviews all reference data entities like items, resources used as input to supply and demand plans	Receive Data from Trading Partners	Not Available
Plan Inputs Reference Data Management	Reviews all reference data entities like items, resources used as input to supply and demand plans	Review Planning Currencies	Not Available
Plan Inputs Reference Data Management	Reviews all reference data entities like items, resources used as input to supply and demand plans	Review Planning Currency Conversions	Not Available
Plan Inputs Reference Data Management	Reviews all reference data entities like items, resources used as input to supply and demand plans	Review Planning Units of Measure	Not Available
Plan Inputs Reference Data Management	Reviews all reference data entities like items, resources used as input to supply and demand plans	Save Changes to Planning Simulation Set	Not Available
Plan Inputs Reference Data Management	Reviews all reference data entities like items, resources used as input to supply and demand plans	View Cross-Reference Relationships for Collected Data	Not Available
Plan Inputs Reference Data Management	Reviews all reference data entities like items, resources used as input to supply and demand plans	View Demand Classes	Not Available
Plan Inputs Reference Data Management	Reviews all reference data entities like items, resources used as input to supply and demand plans	View Demand Priority Rules	Not Available
Plan Inputs Reference Data Management	Reviews all reference data entities like items, resources used as input to supply and demand plans	View Planning Calendar Associations	Not Available
Plan Inputs Reference Data Management	Reviews all reference data entities like items, resources used as input to supply and demand plans	View Planning Calendars	Not Available
Plan Inputs Reference Data Management	Reviews all reference data entities like items, resources used as input to supply and demand plans	View Planning Objects Using REST Service	Allows view of data related to planning objects using REST service
Plan Inputs Reference Data Management	Reviews all reference data entities like items, resources used as input to supply and demand plans	View Planning Simulation Sets	Not Available
Plan Inputs Reference Data Management	Reviews all reference data entities like items, resources used as input to supply and demand plans	View Supply Network Model	Not Available
Plan Processing	Manages, publishes and releases recommendations of demand and supply plans	Approve Demand Plan	Not Available
Plan Processing	Manages, publishes and releases recommendations of demand and supply plans	Compare Orders	Not Available
Plan Processing	Manages, publishes and releases recommendations of demand and supply plans	Delete Planning Notes	Not Available
Plan Processing	Manages, publishes and releases recommendations of demand and supply plans	Edit Demands and Supplies	Not Available
Plan Processing	Manages, publishes and releases recommendations of demand and supply plans	Edit Planning Notes	Not Available
Plan Processing	Manages, publishes and releases recommendations of demand and supply plans	Extract Planning Data	Allows user to extract planning data
Plan Processing	Manages, publishes and releases recommendations of demand and supply plans	Maintain Planning Workflow Processes	Not Available
Plan Processing	Manages, publishes and releases recommendations of demand and supply plans	Manage Demand Fulfillment	Not Available
Plan Processing	Manages, publishes and releases recommendations of demand and supply plans	Mark Orders for Release	Not Available
Plan Processing	Manages, publishes and releases recommendations of demand and supply plans	Monitor Planning Scheduled Processes	Not Available
Plan Processing	Manages, publishes and releases recommendations of demand and supply plans	Process Supply Order Interface	Ability to schedule or run SCO Process Supply Order Interface ESS job
Plan Processing	Manages, publishes and releases recommendations of demand and supply plans	Publish Data to Trading Partners	Not Available
Plan Processing	Manages, publishes and releases recommendations of demand and supply plans	Publish Plan Data	Not Available
Plan Processing	Manages, publishes and releases recommendations of demand and supply plans	Publish Plan Data to Planning Collaboration	Not Available
Plan Processing	Manages, publishes and releases recommendations of demand and supply plans	Receive Production Plans	Allows review of planned orders in published production plans and receiving into a supply plan
Plan Processing	Manages, publishes and releases recommendations of demand and supply plans	Release Planning Recommendations	Not Available
Plan Processing	Manages, publishes and releases recommendations of demand and supply plans	Run Plan with Snapshot	Not Available
Plan Processing	Manages, publishes and releases recommendations of demand and supply plans	Run Plan without Snapshot	Not Available
Plan Processing	Manages, publishes and releases recommendations of demand and supply plans	Schedule Order Forecast Decomposition	Allows execution of the scheduled process that decomposes the order forecast interface.
Plan Processing	Manages, publishes and releases recommendations of demand and supply plans	View Demands and Supplies	Not Available
Plan Processing	Manages, publishes and releases recommendations of demand and supply plans	View Planning Notes	Not Available
Planning Collected Data Management	Manages data collection processes and verifies collected data.	Manage Order Promising Data Collection	Allows management of data collection parameters, processes, and requests.
Planning Collected Data Management	Manages data collection processes and verifies collected data.	Review Order Orchestration Reference Objects	Not Available
Planning Collected Data Management	Manages data collection processes and verifies collected data.	Review Planning Approved Supplier List	Allows review of approved supplier list data collected from source systems.
Planning Collected Data Management	Manages data collection processes and verifies collected data.	Review Planning Calendar	Allows review of calendar data collected from source systems.
Planning Collected Data Management	Manages data collection processes and verifies collected data.	Review Planning Calendar Assignment	Allows review of calendar assignment data collected from source systems.
Planning Collected Data Management	Manages data collection processes and verifies collected data.	Review Planning Demand	Allows review of demand data collected from source systems.
Planning Collected Data Management	Manages data collection processes and verifies collected data.	Review Planning Demand Class	Allows review of demand class data collected from source systems.
Planning Collected Data Management	Manages data collection processes and verifies collected data.	Review Planning Interlocation Shipping Network	Allows review of interlocation shipping network data collected from source systems.
Planning Collected Data Management	Manages data collection processes and verifies collected data.	Review Planning Inventory Reservation	Allows review of inventory reservation data collected from source systems.
Planning Collected Data Management	Manages data collection processes and verifies collected data.	Review Planning Item	Allows review of item data collected from source systems.
Planning Collected Data Management	Manages data collection processes and verifies collected data.	Review Planning Order Orchestration Reference Object	Allows review of order orchestration reference object data collected from source systems.
Planning Collected Data Management	Manages data collection processes and verifies collected data.	Review Planning Supply	Allows review of supply data collected from source systems.
Planning Collected Data Management	Manages data collection processes and verifies collected data.	Review Planning Trading Partner	Allows review of trading partner data collected from source systems.
Planning Collected Data Management	Manages data collection processes and verifies collected data.	Review Planning Trading Partner Site	Allows review of trading partner site data collected from source systems.
Planning Collected Data Management	Manages data collection processes and verifies collected data.	Review Planning Unit of Measure	Allows review of unit of measure data collected from source systems.
Planning Item Management	Manages items used in demand and supply plans	Edit Bills of Resources	Not Available
Planning Item Management	Manages items used in demand and supply plans	Edit Planning Items	Not Available
Planning Item Management	Manages items used in demand and supply plans	Edit Planning Product Structures	Not Available
Planning Item Management	Manages items used in demand and supply plans	Edit Planning Routings	Not Available
Planning Item Management	Manages items used in demand and supply plans	Edit Planning Supplier Capacity	Not Available
Planning Item Management	Manages items used in demand and supply plans	Edit Supplier Information	Not Available
Planning Item Management	Manages items used in demand and supply plans	Review Supply Chain Bill	Not Available
Planning Item Management	Manages items used in demand and supply plans	View Bills of Resources	Not Available
Planning Item Management	Manages items used in demand and supply plans	View Planning Items	Not Available
Planning Item Management	Manages items used in demand and supply plans	View Planning Product Structures	Not Available
Planning Item Management	Manages items used in demand and supply plans	View Planning Routings	Not Available
Planning Item Management	Manages items used in demand and supply plans	View Planning Supplier Capacity	Not Available
Planning Item Management	Manages items used in demand and supply plans	View Supplier Information	Not Available
Planning Resource Management	Manages manufacturing resources used in supply plans	Edit Aggregate Resource Availability	Not Available
Planning Resource Management	Manages manufacturing resources used in supply plans	Edit Planning Resource Availability	Not Available
Planning Resource Management	Manages manufacturing resources used in supply plans	Edit Planning Resource Requirements	Not Available
Planning Resource Management	Manages manufacturing resources used in supply plans	Edit Planning Resources	Not Available
Planning Resource Management	Manages manufacturing resources used in supply plans	View Aggregate Resource Availability	Not Available
Planning Resource Management	Manages manufacturing resources used in supply plans	View Planning Resource Availability	Not Available
Planning Resource Management	Manages manufacturing resources used in supply plans	View Planning Resource Requirements	Not Available
Planning Resource Management	Manages manufacturing resources used in supply plans	View Planning Resources	Not Available

Data Security Policies

This table lists data security policies and their enforcement across analytics application for the Backlog Manager job role.

Business Object	Policy Description	Policy Store Implementation
Planning Customer	A Backlog Manager can edit plans where the users can view, edit and delete plan data related to customers	Role: Plan Processing Privilege: Edit Plans Resource: Planning Customer
Planning Item	A Backlog Manager can edit plans where the users can view, edit and delete plan data related to items	Role: Plan Processing Privilege: Edit Plans Resource: Planning Item
Planning Note	A Backlog Manager can edit planning notes where the users can view, edit and delete notes on planning entities	Role: Plan Processing Privilege: Edit Planning Notes Resource: Planning Note
Planning Organization Parameter	A Backlog Manager can edit plans where the users can view, edit and delete plan data related to organizations	Role: Plan Processing Privilege: Edit Plans Resource: Planning Organization Parameter
Planning Supplier	A Backlog Manager can edit plans where the users can view, edit and delete plan data related to suppliers	Role: Plan Processing Privilege: Edit Plans Resource: Planning Supplier