spi buyer roadmap
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SPI Buyer RoadmapMARY T. PAULSON
1. Product Overview
2. SPI Buyer Roadmap
3. Allocation
4. Assortment Planning
5. Purchasing
6. The Future of SPI Buyer
CONTENTS
Product OverviewSPI Buyer consists of• Allocation
• Distribute merchandise to stores from DC stock, receipts or ASNs• Assortment Planning
• Advanced algorithms to aid in determining assortments that meet your financial targets
• Ability to handle packs and pieces• Ability to export assortments directly into purchase orders
• Purchasing• Create and maintain purchase orders and upload to/download from
ERP/TPS.
SPI Buyer Roadmap
AllocationRelease 2.0• Migration of core BWM Allocation functionality to the SPI
platformRelease 2.1• Enhanced reporting functionality• Ability to handle packs & pieces allocations• Ability to release or reject individual style/colors on an allocation
Assortment PlanningRelease 2.0• Migration of core BWM Assortment Planning functionality to the
SPI platform• Improved Assortment Optimizer UI (formerly WizAssort)Release 2.1• Improved handling of continuing line items• Implement Customer-specific enhancements
Purchasing• Release 2.0
• First BWM product migrated to the SPI Platform• In production
• Release 2.0.1• On schedule for general availability Aug. 31• General housekeeping and customer-specific enhancements
• Release 2.1• Scheduled for general availability Jan. 2017• Ability to handle packs and packs & pieces on an order
The Future of SPI Buyer• New release every 3-4 months. Each product will have its own
cadence/delivery schedule.• Merchandise Planning is on the roadmap after the 2.1 releases
of the Allocation, Assortment Planning and Purchasing products.
• Integration with SPI Buyer Direct will be addressed
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