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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...
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...

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Ability to create workflow based on the requester.

We have lots of different users of the tools with different roles and levels of authority. I would like to be able to create a workflow rule based on the requestor, so that, if that individual does not have the proper level of authority to make th...
about 2 months ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Planned for future release

Add filters/search capability for conditions and expressions included in DET's.

Often, I would like to be able to see how many DET's call on a specific field or expression. This might be because we are thinking about changing/repurposing that field or simply understanding the impact of that field. For instance, how many DET's...
2 months ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 0 Planned for future release

SIP Promising: Limit Sourcing to a node if node capacity exhausted by 'x' days

Retailer stores are open shop floor and it cannot accept unlimited picking across days - as of now for Standard/Nominated Home Delivery and C&C to other store considers today and tomorrow's capacity and C&C now and Local considers today, t...
2 months ago in OMS - Intelligent Promising 0 Planned for future release

SIP Promise : New Fulfillment Calendar API

Retailers expose dates and slots as calendar to customer for Nominated delivery/collection offerings as a part of Fulfilment options, there is no API available in SIP Promise to support this - this is equivalent of getPossibleSchedules API in OMS ...
2 months ago in OMS - Intelligent Promising 0 Planned for future release

Enhance Reservation to block capacity

Reservation API as of now reserves only Stock and it doesn’t reserve corresponding capacities. This needs to be enhanced to reserve Node Capacity for each item and DELIVERY/C&C Capacity for each release level as a part of reservation If Capaci...
2 months ago in OMS - Intelligent Promising 0 Planned for future release

SIP Promise to consider last mile delivery capacity or instore collection capacity while calculating item delivery or pickup date in EDD and Shipment Assignment calculations

Retailer would like SIP to hold Transport (Last mile carrier delivery capacity) and Task (C&C Collection Capacity) with in SIP Capacity service which is fed by CMS/CAGS/Carrier and LMS and make use of the same in EDD/createShipmentAssignment c...
2 months ago in OMS - Intelligent Promising 0 Planned for future release

Enhance Promising APIs to consider Item Attributes or Delivery Option to define capacityCategoriesToConsider

Use case: Retailer would like to have a ring fenced capacity for Standard Home Delivery, Express Home Delivery, Same Day Store Collection, Next Day Store Collection for items that belongs to particular department or falls under sale, this will all...
2 months ago in OMS - Intelligent Promising 0 Planned for future release

Ability to pick from a specific zone over other zones using sequencing

Our business would like to always pick from backroom zone over salesfloor zone regardless of inventory level Salesfloor - customers shopping area (700+ locations) Backroom - employee only with additional stock to supply salesfloor (611 locations) ...
3 months ago in Store Engagement / Usability 0 Planned for future release

Add a workflow rule that is notification only

We have many stakeholders that would like to be made aware of changes to reorder values; however, they do not necessarily need to be involved in the approval process for these changes. Can we add a workflow rule that is notification only so that t...
4 months ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Planned for future release

Please turn on the ability to include formulas in new work queues.

We have thoroughly enjoyed the new functionality of being able to create work queues; however, 9 times out of 10, I need to include a simple formula. It can be very painstaking to work these issues through support tickets, and it would be so much ...
5 months ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Planned for future release