Table of Contents

• Title and Copyright Information
• Preface
  • Audience
  • Documentation Accessibility
  • Customer Support
  • Improved Process for Oracle Retail Documentation Corrections
  • Oracle Retail Documentation on the Oracle Help Center (docs.oracle.com)
  • Conventions
• Send Us Your Comments
• 1 Introduction: Demand Forecasting
  • Forecasting Challenges and IPOCS-Demand Forecasting Solutions
    • Selecting the Best Forecasting Method
    • Overcoming Data Sparsity Through Escalation and Pooling Levels
    • Forecasting Demand for New Products and Locations
    • Managing Forecasting Results Through Automated Exception Reporting
    • Incorporating the Effects of Promotions and Other Event-Based Challenges on Demand
    • 53 Week Calendar
  • Forecasting Process
    • Process Summary
  • User Experience and Workflow
    • Dashboard Views and Workspaces
    • Forecast Engine
• 2 Demand Forecasting Dashboard
  • Overview Dashboard
  • Forecast Scorecard Dashboard
  • Approval Alerts
  • Navigations Alerts
• 3 New Item & Locations Task
  • New Item & Locations Workspaces, Steps, and Views
  • New Item Maintenance Workspace
    • New Item Settings Step
    • New Item Basic Parameters View
    • Like Item - Select and Approve Step
    • New Item Forecast View
    • New Item Statistics View
    • Select and Approve View
  • New Store Maintenance Workspace
    • Like Store Assignment Step
    • Product Like Store Assignment View
  • New Item Management Workspace
    • Settings Step
    • New Item Basic Parameters View
    • Manage Step
    • New Item Attributes View
    • New Item Statistics View
    • Select and Approve View
    • New Item Forecast View
    • View Step
    • Attribute Value View
    • Similarity Score View
• 4 Forecast Setup Task
  • Forecast Setup Workspaces, Steps, and Views
  • Forecast Setup Workspace
  • General Step
    • Basic Parameters View
    • Advanced Parameters View
    • Intermediate Level View
    • Final Level View
  • Exception Management Step
    • Basic Parameters View
    • Intermediate Level View
    • Final Level View
• 5 Forecast Review Task
  • Forecast Review Workspaces, Steps, and Views
  • Forecast Review Workspace
  • Approve Step
    • Forecast Results View
    • Approve Information View
    • Forecast Results Chart View
    • What-if Parameters View
    • Preprocessing Details View
• 6 IPOCS-Demand Forecasting Administration Task
  • Batch Flow Administration Workspace, Step, and View
  • Batch Flow Administration Workspace
  • Batch Flow Control Step
    • Batch Flow Control View
• 7 Business Rule Engine
  • Attributes Task
    • Attributes Workspaces, Steps, and Views
  • Attributes Workspace
    • Review Step
      • Location Attributes View
      • Product Attributes View
      • Product/Location Attributes View
  • Business Rule Group Admin Task
    • Business Rule Group Admin Workspaces, Steps, and Views
  • Business Rule Group Admin Workspace
    • Setup Step
      • Rule Group Info View
      • Rule Group Active Attribute View
      • Rule Group Scope (Weekly Forecast) View
  • Business Rule Setup Task
    • Business Rule Setup Workspaces, Steps, and Views
  • Business Rule Setup Weekly Forecast Workspace
    • Setup Step
      • Rule Enable View
      • Rule Condition Setup View
        • Business Rule Process
      • Rule Membership View
      • Parameters for Approval View
      • Parameters for Navigation View
• 8 Offer Analysis Task
  • Offer Analysis Workspaces, Steps, and Views
  • Offer Analysis Workspace
  • Offer Analysis Step
    • Summary View
    • Detailed View
• 9 Introduction: Lifecycle Allocation and Replenishment
  • Key Features
  • User Experience and Workflow
• 10 Lifecycle Allocation and Replenishment Dashboard
  • Overview Dashboard
  • Setup Exceptions Dashboard
  • Replenishment Exceptions
• 11 Assortment Administration Task
  • Assortment Administration Workspace, Steps, and Views
  • Assortment Admin Workspace
  • Review Parameters Step
    • Actual Data View
    • Assortment View
    • Assortment Parameters View
    • Filter View
  • Review Assortment Step
    • Location View
    • Variant View
    • Variant-Location View
    • Variant-Location-Week View
    • Product-Location View
    • Product-Location-Week View
  • Assortment Admin Action Buttons
• 12 Manage Alert Parameters
  • Manage Alert Parameters Workspace, Steps, and Views
  • Manage Alert Parameters Workspace
  • Label & Review Step
    • Label & Review View
  • Alert Parameters Step
    • Item-Location Alert Parameters View
    • Parent-Location Alert Parameters View
    • Class-Region Alert Parameters View
    • Partition-Location Alert Parameters View
    • Global Alert Parameters View
  • Alert Details Step
    • Item Alerts View
    • Item-Location Alerts View
    • Alert Details View
• 13 Manage Scaling Parameters
  • Manage Scaling Parameters Workspace, Steps, and Views
  • Manage Scaling Parameters Workspace
  • Manage Scaling Parameters Step
    • Constraint Groups View
    • Constraints View
    • Constraints PROD-LOC Association View
• 14 Manage Databags
  • Manage Databags Workspace, Steps, and Views
  • Databag Scope and Review Workspaces
  • Setup Step
    • Setup View
    • Product Group Scope View
    • Location Group Scope View
    • Source Group Scope View
    • Alerts Scope View
    • Attributes Scope View
  • Enable & Publish Step
    • Enable & Setup View: Databag Review
    • Filter Conditions View
    • Today & Parameters View
  • Review Databags Details Step
    • Associated PROD View
    • Associated LOC View
    • Associated SLOC View
    • Associated WEEK View
    • Associated Alerts View
    • Associated Attributes View
    • Associated PROD-LOC View
  • Review Attributes & Alerts Step
    • PROD Attributes View
    • LOC Attributes View
    • PROD-LOC Attributes View
    • PROD-LOC Alerts View
  • Manage Databag Action Buttons
• 15 Manage Rule Groups
  • Manage Rule Groups Workspace, Steps, and Views
  • Manage Rule Groups Workspace
  • Setup & Publish Step
    • Enable & Setup View: Rule Groups
    • Statistics View
    • Today View
    • Product Group Scope View: Rule Group
    • Location Group Scope View: Rule Group
    • Source Scope View
    • Attribute Scope View
  • Manage Rule Groups Action Buttons
• 16 Manage Packs
  • Manage Packs Workspace, Steps, and Views
  • Manage Packs Workspace
  • Pack Setup Step
    • Enable View: Manage Packs
    • Pack-SKU View
    • Packs View
  • Manage Packs Action Buttons
• 17 Manage Allowed Transfer
  • Manage Allowed Transfer Workspace, Steps, and Views
  • Manage Allowed Transfer Workspace
  • Allowed Transfer Step
    • Allowed Transfer View
• 18 Supply Chain Network
  • Supply Chain Network Workspace, Steps, and Views
  • Supply Chain Network Workspace
  • Overview Step
    • Statistics View
    • Location Scope View
    • Product Scope View
  • Bill of Distributions Step
    • Bill of Distributions View
    • Valid Source Locations View
  • Planning Calendars Step
    • Planning Calendars View
    • Day of Week View
    • Daily Exceptions View
  • Lifecycle Calendars Step
    • Lifecycle Calendars View
    • Lifecycle Phases View
  • Rules Step
    • Rules View
    • Conditions View
    • SKU-LOC View
    • SKU-LOC-Week View
    • SKU-LOC-Phases View
  • Filter Step
    • Filter Parameters View
    • Calendar Filter View
  • Setup Rules Action Buttons
• 19 Replenishment Parameters
  • Replenishment Parameters Workspace, Steps, and Views
  • Replenishment Parameters Workspace
  • Overview Step
    • Statistics View
    • Location Scope View
    • Product Scope View
  • Replenishment Parameters Step
    • Replenishment Parameters View
    • Replenishment Change Parameters Concept
    • Replenishment Change Parameters View
    • Default Replenishment Parameters View
  • Inventory Plan Parameters Step
    • Inventory Planning Parameters Key Concept
    • Inventory Plan Parameters View
  • Constraint Parameters Step
    • Replenishment Constraint Parameters Concept
    • Constraint Parameter View
    • Default Store Priority View
  • Rules Step
    • Rules Concept for the Replenishment Parameters Task
    • Rules View
    • Conditions View
    • SKU-LOC View
  • Filter Step
    • Filter Parameters View
  • Replenishment Parameters Action Buttons
• 20 Review and Approve
  • Review and Approve Workspace, Steps, and Views
  • Review and Approve Workspace
  • Overview Step
    • Approval Status View
    • To-Do List View
    • Today View
    • User Filter View
  • Review & Approve Step
    • SKU Level (R & A) View
    • SKU-LOC Level (R & A) View
    • SKU-Source LOC Level (R & A) View
    • VAR-LOC Level (R & A) View
    • VAR-Source LOC Level (R & A) View
    • LOC Level (R & A) View
    • LOC-SKU Level (R & A) View
    • LOC-VAR Level (R & A) View
    • Source LOC-SKU Level (R & A) View
    • Source LOC-VAR Level (R & A) View
    • Display Space by LOC (R & A) View
    • Display Space by SKU (R & A) View
    • Stockroom Space by LOC (R & A) View
    • Stockroom Space by SKU (R & A) View
    • OTB (R & A) View
  • Inventory Plan Step
    • Horizon (InvPlan) View
    • SKU-LOC Level (InvPlan) View
    • SKU-LOC-DAY Level (InvPlan) View
    • SKU-LOC-WEEK Level (InvPlan) View
    • SKU-Source LOC-WEEK Level (R & A) View
  • Manual Transfer Step
    • Allowed Transfer View
    • Transfer Deficit Analysis View
    • Transfer Surplus Analysis View
    • Transfer by Destination View
    • Transfer by Product View
    • Transfer Deficit From-To View
    • Transfer Surplus From-To View
  • Filter Step
    • Attribute Filter Setup View
    • Calendar Filter Setup View
    • Filter Setup View
    • Filter Statistics View
    • Quick Filter View
    • Review & Approve Action Buttons
    • User Filter View
• A Appendix: Forecast Approval Exceptions
  • Forecast versus Recent Sales
  • Adjusted versus Approved
  • Forecast versus Last Year Sales
  • Promo Peaks
• B Appendix: Forecast Errors in the Forecast Scorecard Dashboard
  • Mean Absolute Percent Error
  • Root Mean Squared Error
  • Mean Absolute Error
  • Forecast Bias
  • Percent Adjusted
• C Appendix: Business Rule Engine
• D Appendix: IPOCS-Lifecycle Allocation and Replenishment Exceptions & Alerts
• E Appendix: Troubleshooting