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Fulfillment Optimizer

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Order Optimizer Dashboard additions for Labor Processing Cost

Add Labor Processing Cost metrics to the Order Optimizer Dashboard. Metrics include but are not necessarily limited to:1. Total labor cost (main screen network level with shipping cost)2. Average labor cost per order (main screen network level wit...
over 5 years ago in Fulfillment Optimizer / Dashboards 0 Delivered

Order Optimizer support for delivery surcharges

Add Order Optimizer support for including delivery surcharges in calculating the estimated shipping cost for options considered by Optimizer. Surcharges include but are not necessarily limited to:1. Delivery Area Surcharges (DAS)2. Extended Area S...
over 5 years ago in Fulfillment Optimizer / Product Functionality 0 Delivered

Add metrics to Order Optimizer extracts to help illustrate conditions at time of sourcing decision

Enhance Order Optimizer extracts to include additional metrics to help users understand the conditions at the time Order Optimizer made sourcing decisions.1. Add the point-in-time (running total) CCU into the existing 'expected ship' extract from ...
over 5 years ago in Fulfillment Optimizer / Dashboards 0 Delivered

Order Optimizer Dashboard enhancements to 'stores resource pool' map

Enhance the 'stores resource pool' map in the Order Optimizer Dashboard to provide better visibility to metrics.1. Adjust the refresh behavior so the map pop-ups stay open through refresh of the screen (so they stay open long enough to read)2. All...
over 5 years ago in Fulfillment Optimizer / Dashboards 1 Delivered

Order Optimizer support for cartonization

Add Order Optimizer support for cartonization. This would allow Optimizer to consider item shipping dimensions vs. shipping container dimensions to understand when additional package splits may be required.
over 5 years ago in Fulfillment Optimizer / Product Functionality 0 Delivered

Add Order Optimizer Dashboard user self-help materials

Enhance / replace the current user self-help materials for the Order Optimizer Dashboard. 1. Revise / replace the current pop-up descriptions to contain a shorter text description in larger font. Allow the windows to stay open as the Dashboard ref...
over 5 years ago in Fulfillment Optimizer / Documentation 0 Delivered

Add Order Optimizer capability to support 5 digit zip transit in addition to 3 digit zip transit

Add Order Optimizer capability to support 5 digit zip shipping configurations in addition to the current 3 digit zip shipping configurations. Supporting 5 digit configurations is expected to further refine the level of accuracy in the Order Optimi...
over 5 years ago in Fulfillment Optimizer / Product Functionality 0 Delivered

Order Optimizer reporting for processing plan vs. actual units processed

Add Order Optimizer reporting to display and analyze previously configured processing plan values as compared to the actual units processed for those nodes. This reporting should be flexible and allow users to select different date ranges and diff...
over 5 years ago in Fulfillment Optimizer / Dashboards 0 Delivered

Add ability to view configured Order Optimizer Processing Plan in UI

Add a Dashboard report and / or UI function to display the currently configured Order Optimizer Processing Plan values. This request is only to display the current values; maintenance would continue to take place via upload as it does today. The P...
over 5 years ago in Fulfillment Optimizer / Dashboards 1 Delivered

Enable visibility to historical Order Optimizer PDT settings via UI

Add reporting to enable UI visibility to historical Order Optimizer Parameter Deployment Tool settings over time. This reporting should be accessible to PDT users and contain customizations to allow the user to determine which settings are shown i...
over 5 years ago in Fulfillment Optimizer / Dashboards 0 Delivered