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OMS - Intelligent Promising

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Adding custom attributes/object to demand entity

While capturing the demand in SIP, we want to collect, persist, and publish additional information associated with the Demand. This will help the demand data to be more informative to downstream systems.
6 months ago in OMS - Intelligent Promising 1 Planned for future release

Bulk download of orders and orderlines from Optimizer Explainer

The current Optimizer Explainer does not a have an option to export the orders, order lines and node details to be exported to an external template for further review and analysis, the limitations lead to the following challenges. Difficulty in id...
about 1 year ago in OMS - Intelligent Promising 2 Planned for future release

SFO to consider the ad hoc/unplanned node delays during optimization

The ad hoc delays need to be captured in SFO as separate parameter in order to account, longer processing time to ship the orders from the nodes during and post a sale event or, shortage in the manpower leading to delays. The ad-hoc delays need to...
over 1 year ago in OMS - Intelligent Promising 0 Planned for future release

EDD calculation should factor carrier holidays and weekends

Currently there is no capability to set Carrier holidays and weekend schedule that can be factored in EDD calculation. Padding-up days to regular schedule isn't a great option. If holidays and weekends) are not accounted for, the delivery date cal...
over 1 year ago in OMS - Intelligent Promising 0 Planned for future release

Carrier Service Cut-off Time Support

- Extension of previous RFE (Multiple Carrier Service Support in "Calculate Preorder Shipment Assignments") to not show carrier services that are outside of cut-off time- E.g. if "Next Day Delivery" rule is that order must be placed by 3pm then on...
almost 2 years ago in OMS - Intelligent Promising 0 Planned for future release

Multiple Carrier Service Support in "Calculate Preorder Shipment Assignments"

Ability to return multiple carrier services in response based on fulfilling node together with common carrier services at cart level- E.g. Cart with 2 lines Line 1 - Node (DC1) - Returns "Standard Delivery", "Next Day Delivery", "Saturday Delivery...
almost 2 years ago in OMS - Intelligent Promising 0 Planned for future release

Split Shipment report

Split Shipment reason code: Split due to inventory, capacity, nodes, etc.. Allows the optimzer to give a reason for the split that allows the Business to identify other issues. Split due to distance, speed, inventory, capacity, etc..
almost 2 years ago in OMS - Intelligent Promising 0 Planned for future release

Show the Markdown indicator in Optimizer Sourcing Explainer

We are raising this to understand if we have any indicator for Markdown (Actual/Artificial Markdown) in Sourcing explainer due to that Optimizer selected that node. In REI, we are observing sometimes Optimizer giving the selected the node as store...
over 2 years ago in OMS - Intelligent Promising 0 Planned for future release

Pudo within the Optimizer

As a user, I would like to have the ability to run PUDO. (Pick up Drop Off) via the optimzier. Although the user selects a carrier at the time of checkout, the optimizer can review the network of nodes, and provide the best place to source the sel...
over 2 years ago in OMS - Intelligent Promising 0 Planned for future release

Provide ability to have transit/delivery days configurable by order type & carrier service

Historically Saturday and Sunday have not been considered business days for carriers to transit and/or deliver packages. Based on the SLA the due in home date has been calculated accordingly, and the appropriate carrier service options are conside...
over 2 years ago in OMS - Intelligent Promising 1 Planned for future release