T21

Allocation, Replenishment and Inventory

Allocation, Replenishment and Inventory: 5 courses and 24 lessons on ATMA. Every lesson is free to read, with an Excel template for each course.

T21-C01 Allocation Fundamentals

1. What allocation decides that open-to-buy and a season plan do not
2. Allocating a season's first shipment across stores by their own selling potential
3. Choosing an allocation method: even spread, size curve, or store cluster
4. Reading sell-through by store to decide where the next shipment goes
5. Building a complete store allocation worksheet

T21-C02 Replenishment

1. What replenishment is and when a style moves from allocation to replenishment
2. Setting a replenishment trigger from a style's own weekly sales rate
3. Calculating how much to replenish without creating excess stock
4. Replenishing a style that is selling faster or slower than its own plan
5. Building a complete replenishment worksheet

T21-C03 Inventory Accuracy and Shrinkage

1. Why a stock system's own count and the real shelf count can differ
2. Running a cycle count to catch inventory errors before they compound
3. Identifying shrinkage from theft, damage, and administrative error
4. Calculating the real cost of inventory inaccuracy on an order's own margin
5. Building a complete inventory accuracy and shrinkage tracker

T21-C04 Omnichannel Inventory

1. Deciding which stock a retailer's own store network can share with its online channel
2. Setting rules for when a store fulfills an online order from its own shelf
3. Protecting in-store stock from being sold out by online fulfillment
4. Deciding whether to ship a customer's order from the nearest store or a central warehouse
5. Building a complete omnichannel inventory decision tool

T21-C05 Returns and Speed Models

1. What a returned piece costs a retailer beyond its own refund
2. Deciding whether a returned piece goes back to stock, to markdown, or is written off
3. Comparing a fast-fulfilment model's own cost against the sales it protects
4. Building a complete returns and fulfilment-speed worksheet

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