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Stamps
We have written interfaces for stamps to several diffent ERP packages. The overall guidelines to forecast stamps are below. Depending upon which ERP you are interfacing, not all steps may be needed.
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Identify supplier IDs and product IDs.
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Identify tax jurisditions. Do any need to by bypassed?
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Set stamp products to use a weekly forecast interval.
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Collect demand. This value may need to be calculated based on cigarette demand by tax jurisdiction.
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Considerations for Supplier Settings as needed:
set up a fixed cycle and/or daily replenishment; exclude from lead time updates
- Considerations for Product settings as needed:
override the buy mutliple, override the purchase increment, set a manual maximum order in days for the products
