Hi Guys,
Here is something more for you on Merchandise and Assortment Planning.
Merchandise and Assortment Planning stands on two systems, BI and ECC.
The planning part starts from the BI system. where the data from the front end POS system also comes and taken into account for the analyses of futuristic approach (planning).
The flow as i mentioned in my last post is to do a discrete level of analysis to determine more accurate value of OTB and Assortments (Product Mix).
The flow is
1.) Strategic Planning ---> Merchandise Planning ---> Markdown Planning ---> OTB planning
2.) Strategic Planning ---> Store Planning ---> Assortment Planning ---> OAPC
OTB Budgets
The Sales coming from POS system and inventory data coming from ECC is combined together to determine the OTB to achieve the budgets of the company. This process is done in
