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S. NoTitleMeeting DetailsVideo Link
1

Introduction to OFBiz as OMS concept

Discuss leveraging OFBiz abilities to position it as a best fit open-source modern retail Order Management System.


26th September 2020

2

Real-time Inventory Visibility

Discussing the challenges and need for having real-time inventory visibility in an Order Management System.

29th September 2020

3Discussed unfillable order reasons and handling in omnichannel retail. Expert analysts, designers, and developers sharing their experience delivering OFBiz to serve OMS requirements.3rd October 2020

4Real-time Inventory Visibility Extd.

-- How does it help in keeping your promise with the customer? 
-- How does it help in making modern customer journeys possible such as BOPIS(Buy Online Pickup in-Store), Endless Aisle, and BORIS(Buy Online Return in-Store)?
-- How the available Data Model + Services + Application Layer helps you validating the support availability and making delivery possible in an Agile way?		6th October 2020

5Real-time Inventory Visibility Extd.

Discussed real-time inventory synchronization and how it is useful for a better dynamic. Realtime inventory help in the identification of inventory exceptions, understock, overstock, or obsolete inventory conditions.
Discussed the following question:
-- How real-time inventory visibility helps to reduce Inventory Carrying Cost?
-- How it helps the business user for better decision making?
-- What are the expert experiences related to it?
-- How OMS is linked with Inventory systems? Apache OFBiz support for this.		13th October 2020, 4 PM IST

6Real-time Inventory Visibility Extd.

Discussed an important customer journey in omnichannel retail which is "Endless Aisle". Important questions discussed are:
-- How does Endless Aisle help customers?
-- What are the business benefits of implementing Endless Aisle?
-- Is OFBiz capable of supporting Endless Aisle?
-- What are the implementation challenges?		20th October 2020, 4 PM IST

7Pre-Order Management and Challenges

Discussed the Pre-Order and its challenges faced while implementing it for the retail business which is eCommerce as well as brick and mortar.
Discussed the following question:
-- What is Pre-Order? Why Pre-Order is actually a need of the business?
-- What are the challenges of implementing the preorders?
-- Discussed the challenge- Brick, and Mortar, as well as eCommerce brands, wants to reserve the inventory for stores first.		27th October 2020, 4 PM IST

8

Pre-Order Management Challenge to Reserve Inventory for Stores First

Discussed the number of solutions to the Preorder Management challenge to reserve the inventory for Stores first for the walk-in customers.
We have discussed the following points:
Solution 1: Maintaining a Safety Stock and challenges
Solution 2: Order for Stores and challenges
Solution 3: Separate PO for stores and warehouses

4th November 2020, 4 PM IST

9

Pre-Order Challenge to Communicating the Expected Delivery Date

Discussed another Pre-Order management challenge that how we can effectively communicate shipping delays and transactional updates with the customers. We also talked about the scenario that arises due to multiple shipments and expected delivery dates.

11th November 2020 4 PM IST

10

Pre-Order Management - Overselling the Preorders

Discussed one of the critical preorder management challenges that how to control overselling/over-promising of an item on pre-order. Also discussed possible concerns that can be addressed while managing the selling of Pre Orders.
We have discussed the following points:
- How to allow a controlled qty of items on pre-order so it doesn't exceed the actual inventory to be received?
- How to manage the promise date so that it doesn’t lead to overpromising?
- How to check future inventory availability to promise to the customer?

18th November 2020 4 PM IST

11

Pre-Order Management - Preorders Vs Backorders

Discussed the two most discussed terms in OFBiz as Opensource OMS series, Pre-order and Backorder.
A Pre-order is placed for the item which is a new launch and will be available in the future.
And a Backorder is placed for the item that was once in stock, but currently out of stock and will be available in the future.
Points discussed are:
- Why is there a need to manage Pre Orders and backorders in the OMS?
- What are the business cases where OMS is required for Pre-order management?
- How preorders and backorders are managed in OFBIZ-OMS?

9th December 2020 4 PM IST

12Discuss new ways to continue the effort and plan upcoming sessions with the community.

Apache OFBiz community members discussed the future plans for OFBiz as an OMS effort. Highlights of the conversation are:
- Doing the gap analysis of concepts discussed so far and filing JIRA tickets for the gaps identified - Also creating user help and supporting documents while doing the gap analysis
- Next set of business requirements to be discussed in relation to Omnichannel Order Management
- Order Routing
- Order Splitting
- Order fulfillment at store
- Customer Journeys (BOPIS, BORIS, Endless Aisle)
- Nonfunctional requirements		30th December 2020

13

Walkthrough of the process of inventory visibility to the storefront

In continuation of the topics discussed in video #4 of this series, we will be identifying the gaps, if any in OFBiz.

13th January 2021
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/75779661239?pwd=M2VZWFFjMGVTaEhpRGlIVTQ5YXRWdz09


14

Walkthrough of the process of inventory management in OFBiz for better decision making and low carrying cost. 

In continuation of the topics discussed in video #5 of this series, we will be identifying the gaps, if any in OFBiz.



15

Walkthrough of the process of inventory management in OFBiz for the support of Endless Aisle

In continuation of the topics discussed in video #6 of this series, we will be identifying the gaps, if any in OFBiz.



16Walkthrough of the preorder acceptance process in OFBiz 

In continuation of the topics discussed in the video #7 of this series, we will be identifying the gaps, if any in OFBiz.

17

Walkthrough of the preorder challenge to Reserve Inventory for Stores First

In continuation of the topics discussed in the video #8 of this series, we will be identifying the gaps, if any in OFBiz.



18

Walkthrough of the preorder challenge to Communicating the Expected Delivery Date

In continuation of the topics discussed in the video #9 of this series, we will be identifying the gaps, if any in OFBiz.



19

Walkthrough of the preorder challenge - How to control overselling/over-promising?

In continuation of the topics discussed in the video #10 of this series, we will be identifying the gaps, if any in OFBiz.



20

Walkthrough of the OFBiz to understand the core difference between Preorder and Backorder

In continuation of the topics discussed in the video #11 of this series, we will be identifying the gaps, if any in OFBiz.



21

Walkthrough of the concept of unfillable orders and its handling in OFBiz

In continuation of the topics discussed in the video #3 of this series, we will be identifying the gaps, if any in OFBiz.



22

Review the inventory visibility across all locations

We will be identifying the gaps if any in OFBiz.



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