Demand Planning
PSP 101
Warehouse Operations
Production Planning
Blue Yonder
Logistics
100

What does Lag 2 mean in demand planning?

What the forecast was 2 weeks ago
100

What is required for an LTO Delete or XMRP to be turned off in the AML?

Branch has less than $200 in inventory. 

100

What does FIFO mean?

First in, First Out

100

When are production schedules due for next week?

Due the previous Wednesday

100

Camden introduced several Blue Yonder pages in the last training session - name three?

CCCI_SKU EXCEPTION WORKSPACE

Late purch order 

Exception Stock High

Late STO FE

4200 Stocked out skus

Intranstock High

Firm Planned Stock High

Exception TMS

100

Currently what is the fuel surcharge on a per mile basis

$ .43 per mile

200

What is the under forecast threshold below zero?

Over the previous 7 days, forecast accuracy was below -20%

200

How often do you review high inventory at DCs and what page do you use to do so?

Bi-weekly & High_Inventory

200

What piece of equipment in the warehouse helps them build layers ahead of time?

Tygard / Hijaw

200

What is the lead time for specialty cans?

Due the 15th of the current month for next month 

200

What does the ActualInTransin column mean?

The STO has been shipped and completed but not received into the Destination warehouse.

200

What does a dedicated carrier mean?

A dedicated carrier is an asset-based carrier. That we lease the rights of the trailer and driver.


Only current dedicated carrier: Cowan


300

What is reconciliation?

Base package forecast is less than the total needed forecast. Then the remainder of the forecast is spread across the remainder packages in the group

300

What is the cut off date for clubs?

40 days for Sam's

42 days for BJ's

45 days for Costco / Restaurant Depot 

300

How many are of our DCs have vertique?

6


Erlanger, LaVergne, Charlotte, Clayton, Whitestown, Rickenbacker 

300

Which of our production facilities cannot produce .5L club in hicone?

Roanoke

300

What is the switch called that will stop inventory from planning?

U_KEEP INV

300

What is a standard TONU Charge?

$150

400

What are timelines for preloads/prebooks?

Supposed to be in 2 weeks before the orders hit.

400

Who are our copackers for club?

SOJO

Bonded


400

What does RFIO do in our warehouses?

Scans the pallets into Inventory and tracks the bin locations and BBE dates. 

400

How many lines do we have and how many are specialty?

41 lines


Specialty: 5

Indy, Twinsburg, Roanoke, Charlotte and Baltimore.

400

What was Blue Yonder's prior name?

JDA

400

Who creates the raw material loads and who plans the loads into production centers? There are 2 answers

Raw material coordinators are PCs

PSP Logistics team schedules them

500

How does the allocation calendar work?

The % of a weekly forecast by each day of the week

500

How many functions are in Product Supply Planning?


12

Demand 

Fulfillment

Production

ILS

IBP

Club

Deposits

Raw Materials

Bottler Sales

Logistics

Network 

Strategy

500

What does a palletizer do in a DC/PC?

This machine is used at our vertique and production sites to automate building pallets

500

What is the purpose of a blend matrix?

It determines run order to maximize line efficiency.

500

What is the approved process on updating a standard BY page?

Trick question

Copy and create your own page

500

What does SCAC mean?

Standard Carrier Alpha Code

600

Does the Demand Team forecast Bottler Sales customers?

no

600

What departments fall under Product Supply, not just Product Supply Planning?

Warehouse, Manufacturing, Product Supply, Red Classic, QA, Engineering 

600

If product is delivered from a vendor close dated. What does the warehouse need to submit?

BRF (Bottler Resolution Form)

600

Which of our facilities is set up to blend sucrose? 

Indy for Ale 8

600

What column in Planned Analysis shows you your true projected available needs?

ConstMetDmdProjOH

600

How many pallets have to be down for a lumper to be called in?

6