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VERY GOOD HANDS-ON INTERACTIVE TRAINING MATERIAL WITH REAL-LIFE BASED SCENARIOS. 

PERFECT INTERACTIVE SELF-TEACH TRAINING COURSE FOR THOSE WORKING IN A RETAIL ENVIRONMENT AS WELL AS THOSE WHO WORK IN TRADITIONAL RETAIL BUT LOOKING TO UPSKILL TO A DIGITAL RETAIL MERCHANDISE PLATFORM. ALSO GOOD FOR THOSE COMPLETELY NEW TO RETAIL  MANAGEMENT OR CROSS-TRAIN TO A  DIGITAL RETAIL ENVIRONMENT.


Oracle Retail Merchandising System (RMS) Business Essentials Self-Study CBT

How This Course Is Organised

The Retail Merchandising System (RMS) Business Essentials course provides a broad overview of the whole system and the RMS foundation data. You will learn how to manage inventory, including Replenishment and Investment Buy.


By investing in this course, you will develop a deeper understanding of the crucial pieces of the RMS Foundation, including organizational and merchandise hierarchies, items, suppliers, finishers, value added tax and more. All of these

topics are fundamental to the operation of the Oracle Retail Merchandising System. 


This course applies to Retail Merchandising System - RMS versions 14.x and above.



Audience 

End Users

Sales

Marketing

Functional Implementer

Sales Consultants




Prerequisites:

None



Objectives:

After completing this course, students will be able to:


Explain Value Added Tax

Create Transfers

Create Deals

Setup and Maintain Contracts

Establish Investment Buy Parameters

Establish Replenishment Parameters

Manage and Maintain Inventory

Manage and Maintain Franchise Stores

Define Shipping and Receiving processes

Adjust Stock Ledger

Maintain Costing Strategies

Create Foundation Data

Perform core navigational and setup tasks

Define Hierarchies

Create Items with Diffs

Create Items without Diffs




Course Outline


Introduction to the Retail Industry

Retail Overview

Retail Definition

Retail Value Chain

Major Segments of Retail

Retail Organization Structure

Retail Math and Terms

Retail Financial Analysis and Metrics

Retail Cost vs. Retail Accounting


Retail Industry Trends

Challenges

Retail Industry Organization

The Store Environment

Corporate Environment

Retail Enterprise Network

Target Business Units for Solution

Data Processing Functions

Key Systems

Store Systems

Corporate Systems


Retail Technology Reference Architecture

Retail Application Architecture

The Store Logical Data Model

The In-Store Processing Strategy

The Retail ARTS Data Model


RMS Overview

Explain the Oracle Retail Footprint

Define at a High Level Applications in the MOM Suite


Navigation

Navigate through the RMS Application and Forms

Perform a Search for Information

Use View Menu


System Setup Help


Organizational Hierarchy

Describe the organizational hierarchy structure in base RMS

Explain multichannel

Create a store

Add a warehouse to the organizational hierarchy

Assign a cost structure to the physical warehouse

Add a virtual warehouse to the physical warehouse

Set up a virtual warehouse as an internal finishe

Explain the stores and warehouse workflow


Merchandise Hierarchy

Define the structure of the merchandise hierarchy

Identify the levels of the merchandise hierarchy

Identify merchandise hierarchy concepts

Add a department, class and Subclass


Suppliers

Define supplier workflow

Describe Supplier Management

Identify Supplier Characteristics

Describe Electronic Data Inercahgne

Explain how to add an Item to a Supplier

Explain Return Requirements

Create a Supplier

Describe Vendor Managed Inventory


Partners and Finishers

Explain what a partner is

Define partner options

Create a partner

Maintain and search for a partner

Describe internal and external finishers

Explain work orders

Define transformation and packing


Value Added Tax

Explain Value Added Tax (VAT)

Differentiate between VAT and sales tax

Describe Inclusive and Exclusive VAT

Identify VAT regions

Explain VAT rates


Differentiators

Define differentiators

Define item groups


Items

Explain the importance of transaction levels

Define the various types of units of measure

Add UDAs to RMS


Assign UDAs

Create Level 1 and 2 items

Identify and describe the types of pack items

Define Transformable Orderable and Sellable Items

Explain Concession and Consignment Items



Item Lists

Explain possible uses of item lists

Create an item list

Use an item list

Rebuild an item list

Identify the item properties that can be used to group items

Identify item properties inherent to item setup that can be used to group item

Describe additional item properties that can be used to group items


Locations

Establish Item/Location Relationships

Set Item Local Cost

Edit Item Location Information

Explain possible uses of location lists

Create a Location List

Use a Location List


Custom Flex Attributes (CFAS)

Attribute groups and Group sets

Explain Attribute Types

Custom Validation functions


Purchase Orders

Explain the methods used to create a PO

Explain PO types

Explain PO level information

Describe the PO distribution process

Explain Open to Buy

Explain Vendor Managed Inventory


Cost Management

Identify the types of item costs

Identify cost components

Explain costing methods

Discuss cost changes



Landed Costs

Explain the types of Landed Costs

Discuss the components of Landed Cost

Explain Estimated Landed Cost

Identify the foundation data required for costing

Discuss costing strategies


Deals and Fixed Deals

Explain Deals and Rebates

Explain the deal application process


Define Deals components

Explain Deal Thresholds

Explain Discounts and Rebates

Provide examples of deal structures

Explain the role of Suppliers and Partners

Explain deal security


Contracts

Explain Contract Functionality

Describe Types of Contracts

Explain Types of Orders


Transfers

Identify available Transfer Types

Create a Manual Requisition without finisher

Create Manual Requisition with Finisher

Describe Transfer Up charges


Shipping and Receiving

Explain the shipping and receiving processes

Describe the shipping schedule process

Explain shipment of transfers

Define the PO receiving process

Explain ASN Outbound Messages

Explain ASN Inbound Messages

Describe Stock Order Exception Reconciliation


Franchise Management

Explain Franchise Management

Describe Franchise Inventory Management

Define Franchise Customer and Customer Groups

Explain Franchise Stores

Discuss Franchise deal Pass through and Templates

Manage Franchise Orders


Stock Ledger and Stock Counts

Describe Stock Ledger Attributes

Define Accounting Methods

Describe Stock Ledger Options

Explain Transaction Data

Explain stock count request/scheduling

Describe physical counts

Define Unit Only stock counts

Define Unit and Value stock counts


Replenishment

Provide an overview of replenishment process

Explain the replenishment parameters

Discuss the types of replenishment

Explain the replenishment outputs

Review the replenishment outputs

Explain the replenishment methods

Discuss the system options used to configure replenishment



     
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