Activity Name | Initial stocking of the area by vendor |
Description | At the beginning of the cooperation the area is stocked. The retailer receives article and delivery information and reports back the goods actually received. |
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Pre-conditions | A system at the producer has calculated the initial delivery. |
Post-conditions | The retailers has received the article and delivery information as well as the physical products and reported back the actual quantities received. |
Activity Name | Daily report of sales and inventory movement |
Description | Each day the sales and inventory movement information is transferred from the retailer to the producer |
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Pre-conditions | Base information for the process is missing. |
Post-conditions | The system of the producer is up-to-date concerning sales and inventory movements. Replenishment can be planned |
Activity Name | Permanent replenishment |
Description | Each period the system of the retailer calculates the quantities needed for the replenishment of the area. From the result an order is sent. |
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Activity Name | Invoicing |
Description | An invoice is send either on delivery or sales base. |
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Pre-conditions | In a charge-on-delivery model the data for the invoice is prepared from the delivery or in a consignment/concession model from the sales reports. |
Post-conditions | The retailer knows what to pay |
Activity Name | Returns initiated by the producer |
Description | If sales in certain places does not fit the scheme, products are reallocated by the producer. Because he cannot request from the retailer to send the products to a competitor, the producer request a return and handles the goods afterwards by himself. |
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Pre-conditions | The area at a certain retailer is overstocked. |
Post-conditions | The goods are moved back to the producer for further use. |
Activity Name | Price adjustments |
Description | On the event of a price change a price list containing the changes is sent from producer to retailer. |
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Pre-conditions | Retailer is working with old prices. |
Post-conditions | Retailer is working with the new prices. |