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TRADE ITEM LOCATION PROFILE  v. 2.0.2

Problem Statement

Collaborative Planning Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR®) is a well documented nine step process developed and maintained by the Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Standards Association (VICS) for use by trading partners. 
Within the CPFR®  process, CPFR®   requires additional trade item attributes to function and harmonize with other standards.  This business requirements document identifies those attributes and the way the standards are harmonized.
 
The CPFR®   trade item attributes in this document are focused on replenishment policies.  They enable a CPFR®  solution to generate an appropriate order forecast, given a particular sales forecast, and generate orders from the order forecast.

Objective
To supply the detail design of the Forecasts business transaction needed to meet the requirements of the referenced BRAD(s).

Audience

The audience for this document is anyone involved in collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment.

Business Context


Industry: All
Geopolitical: All
Product: All
Process: Plan
System Capabilities: EAN.UCC
Official Constraints: None



Business Transaction View


Business Transaction Use Case Diagram
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Use Case Description

Use Case ID UC-1
Use Case Name Trade Item Location Profile
Use Case Description The objective is to provide trading partners with a profile for trade items, their locations along with effective periods.
Actors (Goal) Trade Item Location Profile is a two-actor system involving a buyer and a seller.
Performance Goals None
Preconditions A collaboration agreement and joint business plan must be in place.
Post conditions Success : Trade items, their locations and effective dates are established.
Failure : Profiles do not correctly match trade items to locations along with effective periods
Scenario Begins when the trading partners are establishing order forecasts and generating orders from the order forecast

Continues with...
 

Step #

Actor

Activity Step

1

Buyer, Seller

Both trading partners agree to the trade items in the order forecast.

2

Buyer, Seller

Both trading partners agree to the locations for each trade item in the order forecast.

3

Buyer, Seller

Both trading partners agree to the selected effective dates for the trade item location profiles.

4

Buyer, Seller

Trading partners create the trade item location profile.

5

Buyer, Seller

Both trading partners continue to create the order forecasts from which orders can be generated.

Ends when... the Trade Item Information Request has been transmitted.
Alternative Scenario None
Related Requirements None
Related Rules None


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Business Transaction Sequence Diagram
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Date of Publication: March 2007
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