This page allows you to review and edit ABC status and commit to the customer core business data.

Before you start

Use the context selector at the top-right to select a location. Additionally, you can manually enter the required value using the search function.

Legend

This card displays if current categorization is system recommended or not. If the cell has a clear background, this shows the current categorization is system recommended. If the cell is highlighted yellow, this shows the current categorization isn't system recommended.

ABC Status

The ABC Current chart shows the ABC categorization for the current values by product.

The ABC (System Recommended) chart shows the system recommended count of customers for the selected product.

The ABC (Final) chart shows the values used by the system by product.

Display the XYZ by ABC categorization values for current, system-recommended, and final values by product group by selecting the product in the table.

The parameters are shown in the Effective Parameters card. You can configure the parameters in the Edit Parameters card. When you update parameters, the new values are shown in the Effective Parameters card, and are applied globally.

ParametersValue
Current ABC/XYZ Selection

The current values can be:

  • System auto-generated.
  • Updated. 
ABC–XYZ Update Basis

Specify how updates are applied:

  • Overrides Only: Only updates items where Override ABC is populated.
  • System and Overrides: Updates all displayed items.

The status table displays history, ranking, and override values as per the selection made in the Edit Parameters card.

ParametersValues
Selected DataDemand data in unit volumes used to calculate the system-generated ABC categorizations.
Volume RankThe rank order of the customer by unit volume demand, with 1 being the highest.
Cumulative Data HistoryDemand data in cumulative unit volumes used to calculate the system-generated ABC categorizations.
Percentage of Total HistoryThe demand for the customer is calculated as a percentage of the total demand for all customers.
Current ABC

Dependent on a parameter in 900 – Global Demand Parameters. The current segmentation values are:

  • Core data from the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system.
  • A value calculated in the application at a particular point in time and stored. 
  • A live calculated segmentation.
System Recommended ABCSystem-generated segmentation values without user override values.
Override ABCEnter override values, subject to the parameters specified in 900 – Global Parameters. Override values are displayed as highlighted values and update the values in the Final ABC to Update column.
Final ABC to UpdateThe values confirmed for use by the system.
Final ABC–XYZ to UpdateThe values confirmed for use by the system.

Steps

To update ABC values, select Update Prod Loc ABC. This runs processes to update the values in the system.