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. 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 | 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. |