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CONFIGURE TO ORDER v. 2.0.2 |
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Problem
Statement |
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Change Request
#02-000179 has identified a need to build the business requirements to provide
support for configurable items on a purchase order. A configurable item is one that starts with a
single structure, but to which a large variety of options may be added in a
variety of combinations. A unique
product identification code is assigned to the main structure of a configurable
item, but due to the variety of combinations of options, it is NOT practical to
assign unique product identification to each completed configured item.
The current XML GS1 Standards documents don’t permit:
- Ordering a base item with a customer
specific combination of options
This scenario
applies to many manufacturers and retailers. For manufacturers and retailers
who specialize in upholstered furniture, it can apply to the vast majority of
their business. For these companies, any model that does not support configured
product is not an accurate business model, and any implementation from a model
that does not support configured product is not usable. As such, the business benefits of this
request are the ability to do business at all.
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Objective |
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The objective is to incorporate the Configure to Order
message into the GS1 System.
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Audience |
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The audience for this document is the global business community, the senders and receivers
of configurable orders.
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Business
Context
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Industry: Furniture
Geopolitical: Global
Product: Configurable
Process: Order
System
Capabilities: None
Official
Constraints: None
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Business
Transaction View
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Business
Transaction Use Case
Diagram |
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Figure 1 - Configure to Ordering of Trade Items Use Case Diagram |
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Use Case
Description
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UC-1 |
| Use
Case Name: |
Ordering of Configurable
Items specifying ship to location |
| Use
Case Description: |
This Use Case provides the ability for a buyer can create one order for
one or more configurable items.
One order can contain order lines for configurable
items as well as order lines for stock items.
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| Actors
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Buyer, Seller, Consumer |
| Performance
Goals: |
None
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| Preconditions:
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- The Buyer and Seller have aligned Party and Item
information, with the exception of the values of the consumer’s options for the
configurable item.
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- During data alignment, the retailer has received from
the manufacturer item definition information that defines exactly which options
are available on each configurable item, and which values may be used in each
of those options.
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- The Buyer and Seller agree that each can produce and
process an order with configurable items.
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The Buyer and Seller agree on whether an Order
Response message is required, as an option based on the pre-determined trading
partner agreements.
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| Postconditions: |
The Seller has received the
Configure to Order sent by the
Buyer. |
| Scenario: |
Begins
when
an end-consumer walks into a
retail store and buys a configurable item (e.g. sofa).
Continues with...
- In the process of ordering, the consumer/retailer makes
many decisions about the finished piece, choosing from a wide variety options
(e.g. fabric). The options that can be selected are all totally defined with
the publication of the item identification, as offered by the manufacturer.
- The retailer then sends the order to the manufacturer
with instructions on which base item to start with (e.g. frame), which options
to include, and with which values each option should be constructed. The
resulting piece may literally be a “one-of-a- kind" piece, depending on
what options the customer chooses.
Ends when the Seller receives the Configure to Order
for processing
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Alternative
Scenario:
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- The
Seller validates the information on the Configure to Order
- The Seller may
create and send an acknowledgement as receipt of the message to the
Buyer
- The Seller may create and send a Response back to the
Buyer, no steps. When the Seller sends an Accepted Order Response message, the
Buyer knows that the Seller is going to fulfil the order.
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Business
Transaction Activity Diagram |
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Not available
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Business
Transaction Sequence Diagram |
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Figure 2 - Configure to Ordering of Trade Items Sequence Diagram |
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Business Document Examples |
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