This page enables you to plan the movement of inventory between locations. For example, where inventory rebalancing needs to take place.
Before you start
Use the right-hand context selector dropdown to select a product and tier.
Use the Product Filter field to filter on a specific product.
Planning Status
Displays the current planning state i.e. either Open or Close. For example: In case of open status, it will be displayed as Inventory Plan Open.
Inventory Status by DC
The graph displays the inventory categorized by various status for a specific product, time period and scenario. You can select a product time period from the Inventory Status Time Period context selectors from the left of the graph.
Select a Committed Scenario from the dropdown at the bottom left of the graph.
Inventory by DC (U)
This table displays a tabular representation of inventory by DC at the distribution centers. The values can be displayed either by Opening Inventory (U), Closing Inventory (U) or Closing Days Supply Category when you select a product at a DC, using the selector on bottom left corner.
Request Transfers (Applies to All Scenarios)
Create the transfer request data for the selected product. Fill the required details for the inventory transfer and select the Effective option.
| Parameters | Values |
| Period Created | The time period when the request was created. |
| Product | The product for which the stock needs to be transferred. |
| Transfer Lane | The source and target distribution centers. |
| Lead Time | The lead time populated on the time mentioned in the Update Transfer Lane Properties. |
| Requested Period | The period when the target distribution center got the request. |
| Requested Quantity (U) | The quantity required to be transferred. |
| Effective | The inventory transfer request required to be considered during the DC inventory calculations before approval. |
| Approved | Approved transfer requests. |
| Shipment Period | The sum of Requested Period and Lead Time. |
| Delete | Select this to delete the transfer request. |
Select Show Next Available Transfer to show next available transfer.
Approve Transfers
Displays the transfer request data to be approved for the selected product in the Request Transfers table. Select the Approve checkbox adjacent to a product to approve the transfer request.
Once approved, the inventory transfer request is considered during the DC inventory calculations. It's assumed you've placed the transfer order in the ERP system to be included the next time inventory transfers are loaded into Anaplan.
Parameters
| Parameters | Values |
| Inventory Status Time Period | Select a specific period for calculations. |
| EF Inventory Status Time Period | Displays the effective inventory status time period based on the selected period. |
Steps
Refresh Page
Select Refresh Page to refresh the page before running the process supply change.
Process Supply Changes
Select Process Supply Changes to run the supply changes process and display the latest records.
