The IBM Omni-Channel Merchandising OpenLink Category Mapping training course provides the skills required to map customer category structures into IBM DemandTec solutions.
In IBM Omni-Channel Merchandising Shopper Insights training course, you will learn to use Shopper Insights dashboards to make proactive merchandising and marketing decisions using advanced analytics.
The IBM Omni-Channel Merchandising Product Linking training course teaches you how to give their new products coefficients for inclusion in DemandTec forecasts in the Price and Promotion Optimization solutions.
The IBM Omni-Channel Merchandising Price Optimization training course covers how to create scenarios in order to impact pricing actions that will create a set of optimized prices to improve overall Category results.
The IBM Omni-Channel Merchandising User Administration training course will teach the fundamentals of user administration in the IBM DemandTec Assortment solution.
By attending IBM Omni-Channel Merchandising OpenLink Category Mapping workshop, delegates will learn to:
- Explain Category Mapping data file types and options
- Import the Category Map
- Create DemandTec categories manually
- Update category map with new categories
- Apply the new category map to existing products
- Explain why products become uncategorized
- Find Lost products
By attending IBM Omni-Channel Merchandising Shopper Insights workshop, delegates will learn to:
- Navigate through Shopper Insights solution to pull desired Dashboards
- Explain Shopper Insights data and the hierarchy for Their solution
- Customize fields, as appropriate
- Create Product and Store Groups
- Explain Top dashboards and the use for each
By attending IBM Omni-Channel Merchandising Product Linking workshop, delegates will learn to:
- Explain what is Linked
- Differentiate between Product Linking vs Product Relationships
- Apply Demand Groups and identify Model categories
- Link a product to a similar product in the same Demand group
- Make Volume or Share adjustments if needed
- Explain common linking examples
- Set up automatic Unlinking
- Demonstrate how to manually unlink products
- Set the Number of weeks to retire Links
- Import Links
By attending IBM Omni-Channel Merchandising Price Optimization workshop, delegates will learn to:
- Explain the benefits of the IBM DemandTec Price Optimization application
- Review data in DemandTec Reporting to review for anomalies
- Pre-price and Price-lock products that should not change during rules pricing or optimization
- Explain Product Status and products included in the pricing action
- Create data to support IBM DemandTec Price Optimization rules such as Size Families/Classes, Brand Families/Classes and Other Families/Classes
- Create Product and Store groups for rules and CPIs
- Create and calculate CPIs weighted and non-weighted CPIs
- Explain Competitive and Compliance data
- Import and Export data into and from IBM DemandTec Price Optimization
- Differentiate between Rules Priced and Optimized scenarios
- Use DemandTec rules to support category strategies
- Create scenarios and add rules strategically
- Run "what if" scenarios to compare the projected financial implications of various pricing strategies
- Review summary-level optimized prices using Scenario Summary and Compare Scenario features
- Review Scenario Results reports and Compare Scenario Details functionality
- Use the PRA to answer price change questions
- Research price change causals
- Investigate Rule Relaxations using the rule relaxation methodology
- Override prices and re-forecast benefits
- Approve and send prices to stores
By attending IBM Omni-Channel Merchandising User Administration workshop, delegates will learn to:
- Create new users
- Assign solution access to users
- Create roles and assign permissions
- Assign roles to users
- Review roles and users
- Explain first time login procedure
- Explain all permissions associated with the Assortment Optimization solution Access Control Lists (ACLs)
- Experience working with spreadsheets and reports