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
  • Forecasting Challenges and 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
    • Key Features of Lifecycle Allocation and Replenishment
  • User Experience and Workflow
    • Dashboard Views and Workspaces
    • Forecast Engine
• 2 Implementation Considerations
  • Configuration Considerations
  • IPOCS-Demand Forecasting / IPOCS-Lifecycle Allocation and Replenishment Hierarchies
    • Standard RPASCE Hierarchies Files
      • Calendar Hierarchy File (CLND)
      • Product Hierarchy File (PROD)
      • Location Hierarchy File (LOC)
      • Products Attributes Hierarchy File (PATR)
    • User Managed IPOCS-Demand Forecasting / IPOCS-Lifecycle Allocation and Replenishment Hierarchies
      • Offer Hierarchy (OFFH)
      • Reward Type Hierarchy (RDTH)
      • Supplier Hierarchy (SUP)
      • Alert Hierarchy (ALT)
      • Business Rule Attribute Hierarchy File (ATTH)
      • Business Rule Hierarchy File (RULH)
      • Condition Hierarchy File (CONH)
      • Constraint Group Hierarchy (CSG)
      • Constraint Object Hierarchy (CSO)
      • Databag Hierarchy (DTB)
      • Lifecycle Program Hierarchy (LPR)
      • List Hierarchy (LST)
      • Rule Hierarchy (RUL)
    • Batch Generated Hierarchies
      • Source Location Hierarchy File
      • Purchase Order Number Hierarchy File
      • Transfer Order Number Hierarchy File
    • Plug-in Generated IPOCS-Demand Forecasting / IPOCS-Lifecycle Allocation and Replenishment Hierarchies
      • Final Level Hierarchy File
    • RHS Hierarchies
  • IPOCS-Demand Forecasting / IPOCS-Lifecycle Allocation and Replenishment Input Data
    • Measure Name and Intersections
      • Measure Names and Descriptions
      • Historical Data
      • Loading and Extracting Data
      • Loading Image Based Data
        • Sample File for skuimage.csv.ovr
        • Example File for skuimage.csv.ovr
  • Integration
  • User Roles and Securities
  • Internationalization
• 3 IPOCS-Demand Forecasting / IPOCS-Lifecycle Allocation and Replenishment Configuration
  • IPOCS-Demand Forecasting / IPOCS-Lifecycle Allocation and Replenishment Batch Flow Process
    • IPOCS-Demand Forecasting Pre-forecast Batch
    • IPOCS-Demand Forecasting Post-forecast Batch
    • IPOCS-Lifecycle Allocation and Replenishment Daily Batch
    • IPOCS-Lifecycle Allocation and Replenishment Intra-day Batch
  • Implementation Process
    • Set Up Common Configuration Details
      • Labeled Intersections
      • Labeled Intersection Use Cases
  • Common Solutions
    • Common Solution
  • Set Up the New Item Solution
    • Configure New Item Solution
    • Editing New Item Parameters
  • Configuring the IPOCS-Demand Forecasting / IPOCS-Lifecycle Allocation and Replenishment Solution
    • Generate IPOCS-Demand Forecasting / IPOCS-Lifecycle Allocation and Replenishment Solutions
    • Edit Final Level Forecast Level Parameters
    • Configure My Exception
    • Configure My Business Rule Group Type
    • Configure Navigation Tiers
  • Configuring the IPOCS-Lifecycle Allocation and Replenishment Solution
  • RPASCE Rolling Calendar
  • Translation Process in IPOCS-Demand Forecasting / IPOCS-Lifecycle Allocation and Replenishment
• 4 IPOCS-Demand Forecasting / IPOCS-Lifecycle Allocation and Replenishment Extensibility
  • Supported Customization of IPOCS-Demand Forecasting / IPOCS-Lifecycle Allocation and Replenishment Configuration
    • Rules for Customizing Hierarchy
    • Rules for Adding Measures
      • Publishing Measures
    • Rules for Adding Custom Rules
    • Rules for Workbooks and Worksheets Extensibility
      • Workbook Measure Override Extensibility
      • Elapsed Lock Override
    • Rules for Adding Custom Real Time Alerts into Existing Workbooks
    • Customize Workbook Pre-range Measure
    • Adding a Custom Solution
    • Adding Custom Styles
    • Validating the Customized Configuration
      • Successful Run of the Validation Script
      • Unsuccessful Run of the Validation Script
    • Taskflow Extensibility
    • Customizing the IPOCS-Demand Forecasting / IPOCS-Lifecycle Allocation and Replenishment Batch Process
      • Custom Hooks and Boolean Scalar Measures for Flow Control
      • IPOCS-Demand Forecasting / IPOCS-Lifecycle Allocation and Replenishment Batch Control File Customization Guidelines
      • Batch Control Samples
  • Custom Batch Control Validation
  • Dashboard Extensibility
    • Dashboard Intersection
    • Process to Customize the Dashboard
    • Applying Changes to the Cloud Environment
  • RAP Integration Interface Extensibility
• 5 RAP Integration
  • Interfaces Available in the IPOCS-Demand Forecasting / IPOCS-Lifecycle Allocation and Replenishment Template
    • Product Hierarchy from RMFCS using Retail Insights (RI)
    • Organization Hierarchy from RMFCS using Retail Insights (RI)
    • Calendar Hierarchy from RMFCS using Retail Insights (RI)
    • Product Attribute Hierarchy from RMFCS using Retail Insights (RI)
    • Supplier Hierarchy from RMFCS using Retail Insights (RI)
    • Item Attributes from Retail Insights (RI)
    • Sales Data from Retail Insights (RI)
    • Pack Assortment from Retail Insights (RI)
    • Inventory Data from Retail Insights (RI)
    • Replenishment Attributes from Retail Insights (RI)
    • Offer Hierarchy from Science (AIF)
    • Offer Details from Science (AIF)
    • Offer Sales Details from Science (AIF)
    • Reward Type Hierarchy from Science (AIF)
    • Product Attribute Weight from Science (AIF)
    • Forecast Import from Science (AIF)
    • Base Demand Import from Science (AIF)
    • Approved Base Demand Import from Science (AIF)
    • Preprocessed Sales Import from Science (AIF)
    • Export Run Type Batch Setting
    • Approved Forecast Export
    • Forecast Parameters Export
    • New Item Parameters Export
• 6 IPOCS-Lifecycle Allocation and Replenishment Flat File Exports
  • Nightly Batch Export
  • Intra-day Batch Export 1
  • Intra-day Batch Export 2
• A Appendix: New Item Configuration Guide
  • New Item Batch Tasks
  • New Item Forecast Approaches
  • Implementation Options
    • First Approach
    • Second Approach
    • Third Approach
    • Fourth Approach
  • Troubleshooting Tips for Common New Item Issues
    • Issue 1
    • Issue 2
    • Issue 4
    • Issue 5
    • Issue 6
• B Appendix: Business Rule Engine in IPOCS-Demand Forecasting / IPOCS-Lifecycle Allocation and Replenishment
  • Hierarchies and Hierarchy Orders
  • Business Rule Attribute
    • Business Rule Attribute Hierarchy File Example
    • Condition Hierarchy
    • Business Rule Hierarchy
    • Rule Hierarchy (RUL)
    • Databag Hierarchy (DTB)
    • Final Level Hierarchy
  • How to Set Up Business Strategy for Approval
  • How to Setup a Condition Value Measure as an Attribute Value
  • How to Set Up Business Strategy for Navigation
  • How to Use BRE Beyond What Is Available in GA
  • Custom Rule Group Type
• C Appendix: IPOCS-Demand Forecasting / IPOCS-Lifecycle Allocation and Replenishment Scheduling in JOS/POM
• D Appendix: forecastind Measure