Information roadmap: Using the Supply chain business model (Enterprise)
In the supply chain business model there are three types of stores:
Supplier hub
From the Supplier hub the Channel Manager can open or close the supplier hub.
The Channel Manager can also change information about the supplier hub profile such as:
- Changing the supplier hub's name and description
- Changing supplier hub's contact information
- Changing supplier hub's location information
- Changing supplier hub's language support
- Changing supplier hub's currency support
The Channel Manager uses the Supplier menu to set up new stores and to send e-mail messages to store administrators:
- Create a new store
- Importing a store
- Finding a store
- Sending a broadcast e-mail to stores
- Configure the frequency that reports are sent to the Channel Manager
The Channel Manager uses the Reports menu to view reports about the site as a whole, or about individual stores within the site:
- Site level reports
- Store Performance Report
- This report ranks Stores by the amount of Gross Sales generated by them. It ranks the stores in descending order.
- Site Overview Report
- This report provides key criteria for the site such as: orders, customer visits and total sales. It is designed to help you assess the load on the site as a whole.
- Region Report
- This report shows data about sales and shopper activity for the countries that shoppers provide when they register.
- Store level reports
- Storefront Usage Report
- This report shows key data (orders, order status, customers, visits ) which provides a snapshot of the selected store's operations and performance.
- Order Status Report
- This report allows you to view details of orders for the selected store by selecting either a particular order state or all valid order states. In the resulting report, clicking on the Order ID displays details of the order items associated with the order.
- Order Item Status Report
- This report allows you to view details of order items for the selected store by selecting either a particular order state or all valid order states.
Supplier storefront asset store
Asset stores contain collections of sharable resources (business artifacts, business processes and storefront assets) that can be leveraged in other stores. For example, instead of creating a catalog as part of the hub, a hub may leverage a catalog asset store, which can also be shared by the hub's channels or partners. As a result, a simple catalog can be used by hundreds or thousands of stores, thereby reducing data management needs. An asset store is usually composed of the assets that can be used by multiple stores, but is in itself not a fully functional store and does not conduct business transactions.
In the supply chain business model, the Marketing Manager can manage the storefront asset store.
The Marketing Manager accesses the supplier asset storefront to set up marketing activities for the supplier stores, specifically:
- Customer Segments
- Campaigns
- Campaign Activities
- E-Marking Spots
- Content
Supplier catalog asset store
Asset stores contain collections of sharable resources (business artifacts, business processes and storefront assets) that can be leveraged in other stores. For example, instead of creating a catalog as part of the hub, a hub may leverage a catalog asset store, which can also be shared by the hub's channels or partners. As a result, a simple catalog can be used by hundreds or thousands of stores, thereby reducing data management needs. An asset store is usually composed of the assets that can be used by multiple stores, but is in itself not a fully functional store and does not conduct business transactions.
In the supply chain business model, the Category Manager can manage the Catalog asset store.
The Category Manager can perform the following tasks in the catalog asset store:
- Create, change, and delete categories
- Create new products, bundles or kits and list catalog entries
- Work with merchandising associations
The Category Manager can also generate the following reports:
- Inventory Receipts by Product
- This report lists all receipts: receipts received through expected inventory records, ad hoc receipts, and receipts added as a result of product disposition.
- Inventory Status
- This report depicts the current inventory allocation and receipt status of products in stock.
- Products on Backorder
- This report depicts cumulative backorder information by product. It only shows products whose expected ship date is prior to the current date.
- Outstanding Returns
- This report depicts returns that have been recorded, but for which none of the products have been received from the customer. This report does not depict returns that have been logged where some of the products have been received from the customer; these returns can be found in the Returns with Partial Receipts report.
Supplier store
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