Preliminary analysis for connecting a client to the third-party logistical systems
Project duration: 2 months
Brief description
Preliminary analysis and estimate of expenses in the area of inventory management for connecting an additional client to the group’s third-party business logistics systems.
Supplement
The processes for goods in stock and non-stock goods need to be considered separately, in principle. A list of functions is drawn up for each area in consultation with Development, i.e. descriptions for adjustment to functions and interfaces. In accordance with agile software development, these functions are organized into features. Next, the time and expense required for detailed analysis, development and testing is estimated together with the analysis team. As processes for goods in stock and non-stock goods overlap in part, synergies between the two areas are included in this calculation. The estimate created in this way forms the basis for the client’s decision about which of the listed functions to implement at a later time.
Subject description
The client would like to operate third-party business processing and group processing from a single warehousing system, in order to save the high cost of transfers from the group warehouses to the warehouses set up specifically for third-party business. The client system acts as the order system and sends stock inquiries, which inventory management manages without a reference to an order. The client’s stock inquiries are supplied from the free stocks of inventory in group warehouses in an equitable manner, together with inquiries from other clients and inquiries from the group’s own order system. The client combines multiple customer companies, some of whom may access different warehouses.