7 Manage Rule Groups

This chapter describes the rule groups concept and the functionality that allows you to create and update the rule groups.

About Rule Groups

A Rule Group is a collection of Product, Location, Source Location and Attribute positions that are used to facilitate your selection process when setting up the supply chain network and replenishment rules. The application works with two types of Rule Groups:

• Setup Rule Group

• Parameters Rule Group

While the Setup rule group is used to set up the supply chain network model (for example, bill of distribution, planning calendar, and so on.), the Parameter rule group is used to set up the replenishment methods and replenishment parameters (for example, target stock method with a re-order level of 50%). By default, IPOCS-Lifecycle Allocation and Replenishment should be configured with at least two rule groups containing all positions. One for Setup and one for Parameters.