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In the following, you will find a detailed reference to the cubes and fields of optimised inventory or Inventory Opt, optimised explosion of materials Explosion Opt or optimised MRP MRP Opt; in order to facilitate the users' interpretation and use in the continuous improvement of the production and operations processes, in terms of efficiency and automation.

Optimised Inventory QInventoryOpt: Description and Structure

Consolidates portfolio items related to finished products. The cubes include the identification and characterisation fields of the references, inventory stock, in transit, historical and forecast demand. Additionally, it estimates and updates with each change of information the indicators of an optimised inventory: availability, safety inventory, reorder point, days of inventory and inventory turnover.

Column Column Description Parameters
Item
Item
Identification code of the items or references that make up the portfolio.
Description
Description
Description of items or references facilitating their identification
CeDi
CeDi
Identification of distribution centre or item location
Location
Channel
Identification of location, e.g. channel, point of sale, etc.
Inventory
Inventory
Number of stocks in the inventories of all warehouses
StockoutDateInv
Break Date Inventory
Inventory break date taking into account inventory, safety stock and average daily consumption of the product.
Today() + (Inventory-SafetyStock)/AvgDailyUsage
StockoutDaysInv
Days Breakage Inventory
Days for stock-outs taking into account inventory, safety stock and average daily consumption of the product.
StockoutDateInv/AvgDailyUsage
InTransit
Transit
Quantities in transit for the following month
Availability
Availability
Available quantity of the item in units considering stock on hand and orders in transit
Inventory+InTransit
StockoutDateAvail
Date Break Dispo
Stock out date taking into account current availability, safety stock and average daily consumption of the product.
Today() + (Availability-SafetyStock)/AvgDailyUsage
StockoutDaysAvail
Days Breakage Dispo
Days for stock-outs taking into account current availability, safety stock and average daily consumption of the product.
StockoutDateAvail/AvgDailyUsage
InTransitOther
Transits Other
Quantities in transit for all the following periods
StockoutDateOther
Date Break Other
Stock out date taking into account availability with total transits, safety stock and average daily consumption of the product.
Today() + (Inventory+InTransitOther-SafetyStock)/AvgDailyUsage
StockoutDaysOther
Days Break Other
Days for stock-outs taking into account total availability, safety stock and average daily consumption of the product.
StockoutDateOther/AvgDailyUsage
ItemLocationShare
Percentage Item Channel
Percentage share of item in the channel
DemandHistory
Demand
Amount of historical demand in the previous period
ForecastCollab
Colab Forecast
Defined forecast value estimated by the model or adjusted in S&OP for the next period.

M+1

M+5 (NFCGC)

SuggestedAvailability
Suggested Availability
Suggested available quantity of the item in units, considering stock on hand, upcoming orders in transit and forecast demand.

Inventory+InTransit-ForecastCollab

Inventory+InTransitOther-ForecastCollab (NFCGC)

SuggestedStockoutDate
Suggested Break Date
Forecasted date for stock-outs taking into account current availability, demand forecast, safety stock and average daily consumption of the product.
Today() + (SuggestedAvailability-SafetyStock)/AvgDailyUsage
SuggestedStockoutDays
Suggested Break Date Days
Forecasted days for stock-outs taking into account current availability, forecast demand, safety stock and average daily product consumption
SuggestedStockoutDate/AvgDailyUsage
AvgDailyUsage
Average Daily Use
Average number of units ordered daily four months backward from the present date

(PedidosDia 1 + ... + PedidosDia 120)/120

(PedidosDia 1 + ... + PedidosDia 365)/365 (NFCGC)

AvgLeadTime
Average Leadtime
Average time period from the time an order is generated from a supplier to the time it is delivered to the customer.
LeadTimeDemand
Leadtime Demand
The demand that will occur during the period of time in which a product has been ordered and is available in the warehouse.
AvgLeadTime*AvgDailyUsage
SafetyStock
Stock Seg
Suggested number of units for safety stock, considering sales and leadtimes four months backwards from the present date.
(MaxDailyUsage*MaxLeadtime)-(AvgDailyUsage*AvgLeadtime)
SafetyStockDays
Stock Seg Days
Number of days for safety stock, considering sales and leadtimes four months backwards from the present date
((MaxDailyUsage*MaxLeadtime)-(AvgDailyUsage*AvgLeadtime))/30
SafetyStockRule
Stock Seg Regla
Minimum number of units per business rule for the safety stock
SafetyStockDiff
Stock Seg Gap
Difference between dynamically estimated safety stock and safety stock set by business rule
SecurityStock-SecurityStockRule
ReorderPoint
Pto Reorden
Minimum number of units suggested by a buy-back order
(AvgLeadTime*AvgDailyUsage)+SecurityStock
ReorderPointDays
Pto Reorden Days
Minimum number of days suggested by a buy-back order
(AvgLeadTime*AvgDailyUsage)/30 + SecurityStockDays
ReorderPointDate
Date Pto Reorder
Date when the reorder point is reached
Today()+(SuggestedPurchase-ReorderPoint)/AvgDailyUsage
SuggestedReorderQty
Suggested Reorder
Suggested purchase, considering inventory and transits, demand forecast, commitments and safety stock. If the value is negative, it corresponds to the quantity required for purchase or production. If the value is positive, it corresponds to surplus inventory and does not require purchase or production unless it is below the reorder point. If the value is zero, current availability and requirements are in balance, see reorder point.

Inventory+InTransit-ForecastCollab-Committed-SecurityStock

Inventory+InTransitOther-ForecastCollab-Committed-SecurityStock (NFCGC)

ReorderStatus
Reorder State
Suggested Purchase or Hold action for the item in the quantity set in the SuggestedReorderQty column.
MinOrderQty
Qty Min Purchase
Minimum purchase quantity
PurchaseFactor
Multiple Purchase
Purchase multiple
StockoutLifeCycle
Expiry date
Expiry date of the product
TotalSalesExpired
Total Sales Expired
Total equivalent sales of the expired item
StockoutDateInRow
Date Sold out
Initial sell-out date
StockoutDaysInRow
Days Sold out
Consecutive days out of stock
StockoutQty
Qty Out of stock
Quantity in units of out of stock
UnitPrice
Unit Price
Item unit price
TotalSales
Total Sales
Total sales for the last month
SellType
Type Sale
Type of sale sellin: channels, shops, NFCGC channels, NFCGC shops and production

Optimised Materials Explosion QExplosionOpt: Description and Structure

It gathers the references of the sales and production portfolio related to the material explosion. The cube includes the identification and characterisation fields of the references of finished and dependent products. As well as the quantities required, considering current inventory stocks and demand forecasts.

Column Column Description Parameters
ItemParent
Item Father
Identification code of the finished product
DescriptionParent
Description Father
Description of the finished product facilitating its identification
CeDi
CeDi
Distribution centre or item location identification
Location
Channel
Identification of location, e.g. channel, point of sale, etc.
Inventory
Inventory
Number of stocks in the inventories of all warehouses
InTransit
Transit
Amount of stocks in transit for the following month
ForecastCollabNow
Colab Forecast
Demand forecast for the previous or current period, according to the forecast suggested by the model or by S&OP.
ForecastCollabNext
Colab Prox Forecast
Demand forecast for the next period, according to the forecast suggested by the model or by S&OP.
Safety Stock
Stock Seg
Suggested number of units for safety stock, considering sales and leadtimes four months backwards from the present date.
(MaxDailyUsage*MaxLeadtime)-(AvgDailyUsage*AvgLeadtime)
ItemChild
Item Child
Identification code of the product in process or raw material
DescriptionChild
Description Son
Description of the in-process product or raw material that facilitates its identification
RequiredQty
Qty Required
Required quantity of material for the unit production of the finished product
ShippingQty
Qty Dispatch
Minimum quantity of purchase or presentation of the material for the production of the finished product or product in process
MeasureUnits
UM
Characteristic of the finished product, in-process or raw material associated with its unit of measurement.
SuggestedRequiredQtyNow
Qty Prod Suggested Parent
Suggested quantity to be purchased or produced of the parent item (finished product), based on demand in the previous or current period.
Inventory+InTransit-DemandHistory-SafetyStock
SuggestedRequiredQtyNext
Qty Prod Suggested Prox Parent
Suggested quantity to be purchased or produced of the parent item (finished product), according to the demand of the next period.
Inventory+InTransit-ForecastCollabNext-SafetyStock
TotalRequiredQtyNow
Qty Prod Required Material
Total required quantity of material, considering the forecast of the previous or current period of the parent item, quantity for unit production and dispatch.
(SuggestedRequiredQtyNow* RequiredQty)/ShippingQty
TotalRequiredQtyNext
Qty Prod Required Material Prox
Total required quantity of material, considering the forecast of the next period of the parent item, quantity for unit production and dispatch.
(SuggestedRequiredQtyNext* RequiredQty)/ShippingQty

MRP Optimised QMrpOpt: Description and Structure

Consolidates the quantities of raw materials and work-in-process required for the purchase and production of finished products. The cube includes the identification and characterisation fields of the material references. As well as the quantities required, considering current inventory stocks and demand forecasts.

Column Column Description Parameters
Item
Material
Material identification code
Description
Description
Description of the material facilitating its identification
CeDi
CeDi
Identification of the distribution centre or location of the material
Inventory
Inventory
Amount of stock in inventory
InTransit
Transit
Quantity of stocks in transit to CeDi
InTransitOther
Transit Other
Number of stocks of total transits to CeDi
TotalRequiredQtyNow
Qty Prod Required Material
Total required quantity of material, considering the forecast of the previous or current period of the parent item, quantity for unit production and dispatch.
(SuggestedRequiredQtyNow* RequiredQty)/ShippingQty
TotalRequiredQtyNext
Qty Prod Required Material Prox
Total required quantity of material, considering the forecast of the next period of the parent item, quantity for unit production and dispatch.
(SuggestedRequiredQtyNext* RequiredQty)/ShippingQty
MeasureUnits
UM
Material characteristic associated with its unit of measurement
LeadTime
LeadTime
Average time period from the time an order is generated from a supplier to the time it is delivered to the customer.
Availability
Availability
Available quantity of the material in units considering stock in inventory and orders in transit
Inventory+InTransit
SuggestedRequiredQty
Qty Suggested Production
Total required quantity of material considering current stocks and demand forecasts
Inventory+InTransit-TotalRequiredQtyNext

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