From Oracle Retail Inventory Planning Optimization-Demand Forecasting

Oracle Retail Allocation pulls the following data from Merchandising:

• Forecasting data: Oracle Retail Allocation accesses forecasting data that originates in the Oracle Retail Inventory Planning Optimization-Demand Forecasting (IPOCS-Demand Forecasting) system. IPOCS-Demand Forecasting is Oracle Retail's statistical and causal forecasting solution. It uses state-of-the-art modeling techniques to produce high quality forecasts with minimal human intervention. IPOCS-Demand Forecasting is an application that resides on the Oracle Retail Predictive Application Server (RPAS). Oracle Retail Allocation uses forecasting data as a basis for calculating gross need and can access the following five levels of forecasting data: department, class, subclass, style-color and item.