Supply Chain in Biznsbook: An Overview
What Supply Chain Planning covers and how it works with Inventory, Purchase, and Manufacturing.
Before You Start with Supply Chain
Licensing, navigation, and the recommended setup order for Supply Chain Planning in Biznsbook.
Use the Forecasting Workbench
Generate item forecasts, select best-fit methods, apply overrides, and use like-item history in Biznsbook.
Manage Seasonality Profiles
Create seasonal index sets, suggest factors from history, and assign them to item forecasts in Biznsbook.
Manage Promotions
Create promotion and event calendars with per-item uplift factors for demand forecasts in Biznsbook.
Work Exceptions and the Planner Workbench
Triage forecast bias, stockout risk, S&OP gaps, and buffer breaches on the Supply Chain exceptions queue.
Run Inventory Optimization
Set working-capital budget and service-level targets, run allocation, and simulate turns in Biznsbook.
Review Purchase Suggestions
Action or dismiss advisory purchase suggestions from Supply Chain Planning into real requisitions.
Compare and Promote Scenarios
Create what-if optimization scenarios, compare them side by side, and promote to live in Biznsbook.
Run S&OP Cycles
Create monthly S&OP cycles, edit demand and supply lines, submit for approval, and amend after review.
Collaborate with Suppliers
Invite suppliers to the portal, share forecasts for their SKUs, and request PO commitments in Biznsbook.
Run BOM Explosion
Propagate finished-goods forecasts through manufacturing BOMs into component demand in Biznsbook.
Optimize Warehouse Networks
Define warehouse hierarchies, run network safety-stock optimization, and action transfer recommendations (Enterprise tier).
Use DDMRP Buffers
Activate decoupling points, configure buffer zones, and action DDMRP replenishment suggestions (Enterprise tier).
Supply Chain Permissions and Troubleshooting
What each Supply Chain permission unlocks, licensing notes, and fixes for common planning issues.