Other Tools (Execution and Monitoring)

LS Replenishment is a fully integrated module designed to support the purchase department with proposals, what to order for the warehouse(s) and the stores, to avoid out-of-stock situations, and to have the right items at the right place at the right time.

The LS Replenishment suite in LS Central can be divided into four major areas:

In the area of Other Tools LS Replenishment supports the following processes:

Process Function
Budgets To create sales and purchase budgets and compare actuals with the budgets.

See: Retail Sales Budgets and Retail Purchase Budgets

Open-to-Buy To calculate and view Open-to-Buy values for purchases planning and stock monitoring.

See: Open-to-Buy

Lifecycle Management To track the sell-through of items within a season and to easily take action.

See: Lifecycle Planning

Stock Requisition To create Stock Requisitions.
Buyer's Workbench To distribute and view the Replenishment related documents and tasks in a special view for teams with multiple purchasers or purchaser groups.
Lifecycle Planning Worksheet To track the sell-through of items within a season and to easily take action.

See: Lifecycle Planning

Out of Stock To calculate Out-of-Stock days.

See: Out of Stock Days

Store Capacity To determine how items are being allocated in stores based on the defined store capacity goal and actual used capacity.

See: Store Capacity Management

Stock Coverage To calculate how long a store is able to continue selling items or groups of items given a sales history and inventory.

See: Stock Coverage Management

Vendor Performance To track the accuracy of vendor shipments, if they are on time and meet expectations.

See also

Replenishment

Replenishment Implementation Guide