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PINNED Add support to controllerWorkflow script to restart BPs that are in "completed, error" state by individual BP IDs
During system issues, we are unable to bulk restart the BP IDs at a time. This is causing huge support effort in the clean-up process. Existing controllerWorkflow.sh script doesn't have a solution to restart the BPIDs that are in "completed, error...
PINNED Present Multiple Host Keys - RSA and ECDSA
As with standard Linux servers today Secure Proxy should be able to present Host Keys (more than one) in both RSA and ECDSA formats depending on what type the vendor incoming connection supports. Vendors are demanding Host Keys that are stronger t...

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Change Optimizer Parameters via CSV File Upload

The business has requested the ability to upload a CSV file to the dashboard to change the individual parameter settings by node i.e. th, d, and o.
over 5 years ago in Fulfillment Optimizer 1 Not under consideration

Order Optimizer direct ingestion of Transit Day information from shipping carriers

Enhance Order Optimizer capabilities to ingest shipping carrier Transit Day information as the carriers provide it. This includes but is not necessarily limited to:1. ingesting a full domestic Transit Day file without further Client filtering of t...
over 5 years ago in Fulfillment Optimizer / Data Maintenance & Management 0 Functionality already exists

Order Optimizer support for passing pre-defined roles via federated (SSO) IBM ID authentication

Add Order Optimizer support for federated IBM ID authentication by predefined roles for the Dashboard / PDT. In this approach, a federated (single sign on) Client would be able to pass a role as part of the authentication that would determine whic...
over 5 years ago in Fulfillment Optimizer 0 Not under consideration

Order Optimizer support for different shipping cutoff times based on service level

Add Order Optimizer support for configuring different same-day shipping cutoff times based on shipping service level.Includes:1. File feeds / configurations to support default network cutoff configurations based on service level2. File feeds / con...
over 5 years ago in OMS - Intelligent Promising 0 Planned for future release

Provide Aspera MFT key / certificate authentication in place of user id & password

Enhance Aspera MFT authentication options to use a key / certificate instead of a user id and password. Key Authentication is more secure than just user id and password.
over 5 years ago in Fulfillment Optimizer / Standards 0 Not under consideration

Add Optimizer configuration to allow expedited orders to bypass backlog consideration

Add a configuration option to allow Order Optimizer to bypass backlog consideration / penalty for expedited orders (e.g. 1-day or 2-day service levels were purchased). This configuration option should allow for configuration choices between:1. cur...
over 5 years ago in OMS - Intelligent Promising 0 Future consideration

Add Order Optimizer support for same item/sku on multiple lines in an order

Add Order Optimizer support for the same item/sku to appear on multiple lines in a given order. Currently Optimizer requires these scenarios to be siphoned out (excluded) from Optimizer.Optimizer should be enhanced to allow for 'same item multiple...
over 5 years ago in OMS - Intelligent Promising 0 Future consideration

Revise the current Direct Ship Vendor item handling in Order Optimizer

Revise the current Order Optimizer logic for Direct Ship Vendor (DSV) items. Currently DSV items are prioritized to a vendor for fulfillment even though other nodes may have the capability to fulfill that item. In the case of multi-item orders thi...
over 5 years ago in OMS - Intelligent Promising 0 Not under consideration

Order Optimizer support for additional air carrier capacity constraint

Add Order Optimizer support for an additional 'carrier capacity' constraint. This configurable network level constraint would stop using a specific carrier once a configured number of orders for that day has been assigned to that carrier. Order Op...
over 5 years ago in OMS - Intelligent Promising 0 Future consideration

Add Order Optimizer Dashboard tracking for actual shipping vs. expected shipping

Add Order Optimizer Dashboard reporting to track actual shipping vs. the Order Optimizer expected shipping. Create new metrics to track how close actual shipments (from the nodes) are to what Order Optimizer assigned.The metrics should be availabl...
over 5 years ago in OMS - Intelligent Promising 0 Future consideration