Clusters
To view all lanes associated with a specific combo in the "Cluster Setup" page, you must search by this specific identification number rather than the vendor number.
What is the Proc (Procurement) Number?
This o9 term replaces the legacy concept of "MinSS" (Minimum Safety Stock); it is a manual entry that the system compares against the MEIO Safety Stock, using the higher of the two to determine your inventory floor.
What is Presentation Stock?
This specific percentage, visible on the PO Approval line, helps a buyer determine how much of the truck consists of items that absolutely need to be ordered today to avoid dipping into safety stock.
What is the Must Go Percentage?
If a perishable lane is set to "Build to Min" but fails to meet the vendor's required weight or case count even after looking ahead the entire Pull In Horizon, it lands on this exception report.
What is the Build to Minimum Exception?
This o9 field replaces the legacy term "IncDRP" and always displays the ordering increment in cases, even if the item is configured to be bought by the pallet.
What is Lot Size Increment?
This build strategy is primarily used to ensure firm vendor minimums are met; it attempts to minimize "non-must-go" items on the truck
What is Build to Min?
This value can be referred to as the reorder point for an item.
What is min target inventory?
Located right next to the approval column in the buying screen, this specific checkbox visually alerts a planner that the lane they are viewing is part of a multi-lane cluster.
What is the Combo Flag?
This exception report displays any items projecting a balance of zero or less (excluding inflow cases)
What is the Stockout Exception?
The process where large actual sales orders replace the typical forecasted demand for that day
What is Demand Netting?
When a multi-lane cluster (combo) is set to this strategy, the system ignores individual lane minimums and instead uses the largest maximum among the vendors as the total truck limit.
What is Build to Max?
This is the formula used to calculate the Ending Stock?
What is Beginning Stock - Total Outflow + Total Inflow?
If a high-volume vendor requires multiple trucks for a single order day, this specific column on the PO Approval screen distinguishes between the first truck, second truck, and so on.
What is the Sequence Number?
f a lane is set to "Build to Max" but fails to meet the 20% fill threshold, it will not appear on the PO Approval screen, but will instead appear on this specific exception report.
What is the Min Fill Rate Exception (or Minfill Threshold Exception)?
The column labeled "Expiry Date" on the "On Hand/On Hold" screen actually refers to this GFS-specific date.
What is the Pull Date?
Even if a lane is set to "Build to Min," the system still requires you to enter this parameter to prevent o9 from building an unlimited single purchase order.
What is a Max Constraint (or Maximum Weight/Volume/Pallets)?
In the third widget, dates that fall within the vendor's lead time are classified as this zone, indicating it is generally too late to place a new order for that date.
What is the Firm Zone?
This day of the week buyers will need change the Time Scope Filter to include Current Week or Next 14 Days so orders are not missed.
What is Friday?
This exception report identifies both Open POs and suggested "TLB lots" that are projected to result in liquidation because the incoming quantity exceeds the demand over the remaining shelf life.
What is the Open PO Over Shelf Life Exception?
o9's deployment plan acts as a shopping list based on this specific date, which is calculated by backing up from the receive date by the lead time.
What is the Order Date?
You must navigate to this specific screen to select your strategy (Build to Min vs. Build to Max) and define your weight or volume constraints.
What is the Cluster Parameters page?
This setting controls demand reduction by defining how many days of missed demand the system should replenish.
What is the Build Late Limit?
Removing this specific column from your layout—even if you don't use it—will turn the Approval Flag white and prevent you from releasing any POs.
What is the "Ambient Truck" (or Trans Mode/Truck) column?
This report flags items where the system suggests bringing in a new PO before an existing open PO is scheduled to arrive,.
What is the PO Alert Exception (or Expected Receipt / ER Alert Exception)?
To avoid negative numbers and inaccurate data, o9 calculates shelf-life exceptions using this specific new value, defined as the greater of the Min Shelf Life or the Calculated Min Shelf Life.
What is Remaining Shelf Life Days?