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Fulfillment Optimizer

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Report for identifying item / node combinations most at risk for stockout or markdown

Add an Order Optimizer report to identify item / node combinations currently most at risk for a stockout or markdown (using the WOO Inventory Model's science)This report would ideally be available online within the Dashboard (or a link from the Da...
over 5 years ago in Fulfillment Optimizer / Reporting 0 Not under consideration

Add support for alpha numeric TransactionId values in TLog data

Currently, TransactionId (trn_nbr) field in the TLog data feed is an INT data type.This should be changed to a "STRING" data type to support alphanumeric TransactionId values. Several retailers have transactionId values which are "strings" or alph...
about 5 years ago in Fulfillment Optimizer / Data Maintenance & Management 1 Not under consideration

Enhanced Imputed Weight Logic

Enhance imputed weight logic in Optimizer to account for product hierarchies that are not consistent in weight / dimension classifications. Example: Department ABC | Personal Care - includes assortment from toothbrush to air conditioners. Pro...
over 5 years ago in Fulfillment Optimizer / Product Functionality 0 Not under consideration

Provide more dynamic error handling for nodes missing processing plan values

Currently Watson Order Optimizer requires that all internal (regular) candidate nodes passed for a given order line have a valid processing plan loaded. If not, that order reaches an error state (Derived Capacity Not Found for Node ...). This is t...
over 5 years ago in Fulfillment Optimizer / Product Functionality 1 Not under consideration

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 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

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