11 Replenishment

Replenishment is a complex business process that monitors stock levels and creates transactions to ensure that stores and warehouses have optimal stock levels.

Merchandising supports a number of replenishment methods, which are associated with each item/location being replenished. Each replenishment method uses a specific calculation to determine the correct stock orders to create. Depending on the locations, inventory in the supply chain, and other factors, these stock orders can be either purchase orders sent to a supplier, transfers of inventory from a warehouse to store, or both, such as in the case of a cross-docked order.

The main purpose of this chapter is to describe the batch processes involved in replenishment. For additional information about the parameters and different replenishment methods, see the Merchandising Documentation Library (Doc ID: 1585843.1).