Activity Name | Transfer of base article catalogue |
Description | The producer publishes the catalogue of his NOS and seasonal NOS articles to the retailer |
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Pre-conditions | The producer has defined his NOS and seasonal NOS articles (articles which can be delivered inside 48 hours). The collection of these articles will be under maintenance in the future |
Post-conditions | The retailer has the base for his choice of products for cyclic (weekly) replenishment |
Activity Name | Initial stocking of the area by retailer |
Description | At the beginning of the business cooperation or maybe of a season, if seasonal NOS products are the focus, the retailer orders his base stock and the products are delivered |
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Pre-conditions | The retailer made his choice from the product catalogue and has decided on the initial quantities and replenishment scheme |
Post-conditions | The area is stocked with the initial quantities for all articles |
Activity Name | Periodic (weekly) replenishment |
Description | Each period (every week) the system of the retailer calculates the quantities needed for the replenishment of the area. From the result an order is sent and the producer reacts with a direct delivery within 48 hours |
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Pre-conditions | The retailer has calculated the demand for the next period. |
Post-conditions | The area is restocked. |
Activity Name | Report of sales and inventory movements |
Description | At the end of each sales day a sales report is sent for all sales locations of the retailer. |
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Pre-conditions | All sales data and inventory movements of all sales and maybe logistic locations of the retailer are collected in the HQ. |
Post-conditions | The sales and inventory movement information is available at the producer. |
Activity Name | Invoicing |
Description | An invoice is send either on delivery or sales base. The invoice must comply with legal regime of the country where the issuer is registered. The issuer of an invoice is responsible for producing a legal invoice. |
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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 | Synchronizing of stock information |
Description | In a certain periodic scheme (each 1 to 3 month) the information about the actual stock is synchronized. At least once a year this happens together with a physical stock taking. |
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Pre-conditions | Differences in the stock quantities between the retailers system and the shadow system at the producer occurred by quantities leaving the shop on non-official ways. |
Post-conditions | The information is again synchronized. |
Activity Name | Changes to the article catalogue |
Description | On the event of a change either inside an article belonging to the CRP catalogue or the relationship of an article towards the CRP catalogue this information is passed over to the retailer |
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Pre-conditions | The article information either about an article itself or its belonging to the selection which is the base of the CRP catalog has changed at the producer. |
Post-conditions | The information about the CRP catalogue is up-to-date at the retailer. |