Stores

Stores and locations are key elements in Replenishment. Stock and demand is calculated on location level and trigger Transfer Order, Sales Order and Purchase Order proposals in Replenishment Journals. Store Groups can hold multiple stores with similar replenishment behavior.

 

Goal

The goals of this step:

• Get a detailed understanding on the retailers company and stores structure
• Create a topology drawing
• Use this information to set up stores and store groups in LS Central

 

Key questions / considerations

General

• Number of stores (locations)

Store Groups

• Are stores grouped?
  • If yes, how are the stores grouped?
    • Size
      for example: Small, Medium, Large
    • Geographic location
      for example: north, south
    • Theme
      for example: brands, different assortment, etc.
  • If yes, are stores in store groups treated similar for replenishment?

Store structure and capacity monitoring

• Are stores structured into sections and shelves?
• Is capacity monitored for stores?
  • If yes, on which level is capacity monitored per store?
    • Item groups
      • Item Categories
      • Product Groups
    • Store structure
      • Sections
      • Shelves

 

Output

Topology drawing, store list (see examples here)

(Click to enlarge)

 

Setup considerations

Location

The relevant locations have to be created and set up as a store location which is active for Replenishment.
The field Active for Autom. Replenishment on the Location card has to be set to True.

See more details here: Location.

Store Groups

Store groups describe a selection of stores that are treated similar in Replenishment. When building assortments those store groups are used in the Item Distribution FastTab on the Retail Item card is used to assign items to store groups.

LS Central handles different types of Store Groups:

• Type ALL
  This groups contains all stores
• Type Store
  These store groups have the same name as a store and contain only this store in the group
• Type Group
  These store groups can hold multiple stores and are user defined
  

When a new store is created, the system will automatically introduce a store group of type Store for the store itself (with it's name) and also add it to the global store group of type ALL.
It is good practice, but not mandatory, to create additional store groups (type Group) to reduce the maintenance effort when setting up the Item Distribution on the Retail Item card.

See more details here: Assigning Items to Stores with Store Groups

Sections and shelves

Sections and shelves define the stores on a lower level and can be used in capacity planning. You can assign as many sections and shelves to a store as you want.
Items and/or Product Groups need to be assigned to sections and shelves.
See more information here: Sections and Shelves

 

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