Business Process Flow

Figure 1-1 shows a typical workflow for MFP Cloud Service.

Figure 1-1 Business Process Workflow

Table 1-1 describes the part of the business process workflow in Figure 1-1.

Table 1-1 Business Process Workflow Components

Component	Description
MFP Targets	Planning Leader A combination of traditional Top Down and Middle Out Roles Plan Level is Department, Week, and Area Plan Sales, Markdowns, and Inventory by Type plus Receipts
MFP Plan	Merch Planner Traditional Bottom Up Role Plan Level is Subclass, Week, and Area Plan Sales, Markdowns, and Inventory by Type plus Receipts
Location Targets	Planning Leader or designate Create a version of LY Sales/Markdowns that is corrected for non-repeated events such as store closures due to bad weather, construction, and so on Plan Level is Company, Location, and Week Plan total sales, markdowns, and so on
Location Plan	Loc Planner Plan total sales, markdowns, and so on, through the use of average store metrics using a number of User Defined Hierarchies with Location attributes (comp, volume, size, climate, demographics, and so on) Plan level is Department, Location, and Week