pLG order management

Management of the procurement logistics system

• Description and configuration of logistics locations and associated product ranges, distribution channels (store, web, drive …)
• Definition of procurement strategies (Stocked Flow, Pulled Flow, Mixed Flow)
• Regional, national and international procurement
• Interfaces to the most important ERP systems on the market

Assortment and master data management

• Consideration of procurement and local products
• Management of logistics master data: product, price, supplier, store and other delivery points
• Several logistical handling units are managed per product reference (pallet, boxes/inside, piece)
• Consideration of product-specific characteristics: e.g., customs declarations for alcohol products subject to excise duty and management of hygiene restrictions for perishable products (best-before date, expiration date), load carriers for store deliveries (roll, pallet, etc.)
• Assortments managed per store (store capacities, marketing positioning, etc. taken into account)

Planning and ordering schedules

• Rules for the supply strategy by sales channel: STORE, web, drive-in
• Rules for upstream procurement by suppliers
• Smoothing rules for warehouses (capacity limits and flexibility limits)
• Saves smoothing rules
• Generation and transmission of assortment order plans (list of products available when ordering)

Order entry by sales channel

• Validation and checking of orders, provided they match the historical orders, as well as checking the completeness of store responses
• Order integration via EDI or via a collaborative portal “OMS Web Point-of-Sale”
• Automatic generation of orders in the event of an anomaly
• Automatic notification if the ordered reference is not included in the order plan. Order consolidation by sales channel
• Order confirmation to the store back office

Order changes and urgent orders

• Management of order changes
• Change notification to the store back office: “Push Order” when the order and/or price is changed
• Specific management for orders not included in the order plan and in particular for the management of urgent orders

Purchase price and retail price calculation

• Purchase price construction: Supplier discounts and prices per packaging unit are taken into account throughout the entire process of generating supplier orders (availability, closure, etc.).
• Including eco-tax, specific VAT rates, purchase subsidies, etc.
• Calculation of logistics costs and determination of the store transfer price

Distribution of orders across multiple locations and multiple channels

• Optimized distribution of orders to the picking and shipping locations according to the logistics parameters (preferred location, warehouse stock, etc.)
• Division of the order quantities into several pickings according to the reference availability per location
• Management of transfers between locations
• Management of multiple WMS
• Management of multiple distribution channels: Distribution of orders to warehouses for store, drive and web requirements
• Exception handling: order postponement/rescheduling (quantity, quality problem/product, lead time)
• Management of store returns and supplier returns

Merging inventories

• Consolidation of stocks from the various warehouses
• Stock valuation per item and per warehouse
• Stock obsolescence analysis and product specifics (quarantine, best-before date, expiration date, etc.) and service restrictions (UBD + x days…)

Procurement calculation and generation of supplier orders

• Grouping of purchase orders and supplier orders according to the logistics flow organization; Pulled Flows: Generation of supplier orders based on net requirements (store orders); Inventory flow: generation of supplier based on inventory replenishment rules (consideration of remaining stock, etc.) according to an order proposal; Mixed Flow: part of the references in the inventory flow, part of the references in pulled flows (including the possibility that the references dynamically evolve into inventory and pulled flows)
• Management of all types of supplier orders: global orders for multiple stores; store orders packed by the supplier for cross-docking in the warehouse; store orders specifically compiled by the supplier to include variable weights and differentiated prices per store
• Procurement management of multiple locations and multiple suppliers: Managing multiple locations (national, regional and international inventory); managing multiple suppliers (multiple sourcing references, especially for “private” labels)
• Product-specific features: Management of hygiene restrictions pre-date, expiration date, batch release according to quality test results (positive release); Management of service restrictions: Shelf life UBD + x days; alcohol management; dangerous goods management; management of logistics handling units
• Product chain management in the event of substitution and/or end of life