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We're always working to advance our service offerings to empower our retail partners and their suppliers. Browse below to find information on new features, site updates, tips and more! You can also use the search bar below to directly locate a topic.

Order Generator Enhancements

Chad Blackwelder posted on Nov 01, 2023

We are excited to unveil several new time-saving options that have been added to our Order Generator tool. As our community of users has grown, we have received numerous suggestions and feedback on ways to improve the flexibility and efficiency of our tool. Based on this feedback, we have implemented several new filtering tools and options with maximum efficiency in mind. We have added 3 new options to enhance the user’s ability to organize and streamline the order writing process.…

Track Your Lowe's Shipments With Report 143

Daniel Fitzpatrick posted on May 02, 2022

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/h53kT2qfq_B4wFA6f0Bsg35ljTkp_RhXeabzW7vEEgMVrwbhW-HhNV0rOKt8dMRXT8tjyobukihyYI3gc3OMivi65vmgi6ggx5fPXkO2FYCbkORSAuqmdUHmvhA7Dk2rlmDtCFYmwakgVgwrqw If you ship products to Lowe’s stores, you know how frustrating it is to learn that the orders you’ve shipped have not been received at the store. Chasing down these missing or delayed shipments can be time-consuming and can cause lost sales.…

New Updates to the Order Generation Tool

Daniel Fitzpatrick posted on Apr 25, 2022

Based on feedback from our customers, we’ve added several new features to the order generation tool. We hope these enhancements will allow you to use the tool more efficiently. https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/ZJOUrQw9YzG_9VjNyFld6hGCeEP-zic1WhboJtmRK9fyBN1GzanwfS6U4zyEy0e35sF-IuXMN3oY-w1iHNljXhX3XEC1mfGN4WncWASe6aa4ro6yq2kU-67VEzmDOayHCQ1iznT1fBJYI8quyg You can now turn the left- and right-hand flyouts off or on, so that you can see more of the data in the output screen.…

Use Store Exceptions to Manage Excess Inventory

Daniel Fitzpatrick posted on Mar 28, 2022

Sometimes you need to limit the inventory that gets shipped to a store to prevent building inventory that is not needed, or allow product to sell down before reordering. In our order generation tool, we offer you a way to exclude items from orders for specific locations during a specific timeframe. Setting up exclusions involves a simple upload.…

New Order Generator Fields Supporting Initial Orders

Daniel Fitzpatrick posted on Mar 14, 2022

When using the Order Generator, it’s important to see the ‘whole picture’ when deciding which items and quantities should be ordered for stores, especially for initial orders each season. After recent analysis, we determined there may be instances where retailers (particularly Lowe's) may not immediately receive items which were just shipped. Days and sometimes a week or two can go by before the recently shipped items will show up in the store's 'on hand' quantity. When this happens,…

Do I Have the Right Inventory to Start the Season?

Daniel Fitzpatrick posted on Feb 24, 2022

Are you ready to get your stores properly stocked and ready for the spring season? . Fortunately, our reporting can help you see the inventory levels you need to ship with the intention to be ready for the initial sales. Insight Panel 106 under ‘Sales Insights’ will show you what inventory you had on hand by week last year. You can use this as a model for building your inventory this year.…

Where's the Item I Want to Order?

Daniel Fitzpatrick posted on Feb 15, 2022

As you start receiving new MP files from Lowe’s and 531 reports from Home Depot, with new items being activated, it can be a lot to keep up with. Luckily, we have an “Easy” button that can highlight item setup data you may have missed before you get deep into writing an order and ask yourself, “Where is the item I want to order?” A helpful feature of the order generation tool is the ability to check for maintenance errors before you start ordering.…

Use Store Attributes to Improve Your Ordering

Daniel Fitzpatrick posted on Jan 25, 2022

A really helpful feature in our order generation tool is the ability to set up custom store attributes. By utilizing this you can easily add custom data to your order results to allow filtering of stores based on common user-specific values such as: rank, sales rep, corral, or any other attribute that might be important to you. Features: Link stores with up to 5 unique attributes (ABC Rank, Hardiness, Size, etc.…

Frequently Requested Features Now Available in Order Template Results!

Daniel Fitzpatrick posted on Jan 17, 2022

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/T6cR_KG4qB94JOg-Y4rGfsg1N6SrpBv11ZeSbs1Z91DazUEnqkhqEHll7n6zivHB777idgFgrzNJmOTrna5xHZXseKQlw490HEstsiT7k9Wscz6ISLVgFnfn9vXqrxSANV06T8Og Many customers have asked that we add category inventory to the order generation tool to allow them to better manage store-level inventories. We are excited to announce that we have added this feature along with 2 additional features showing warehouse inventory information!…

Lowe's New VPP Program

Daniel Fitzpatrick posted on Dec 20, 2021

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/PCKM1luAc_vTSELn6CX7zDq0erl0ciUvbrDP7fQKWgNj9GoUeesfGnQlhWcF1RLSoL2EO8Ez7vNVYzBWE3dNdgSBU968TA44vsFIGvYeg_WYBX_vGkVCKpMkSh9cZH0FTwNE2z8n If you’re a Lowe’s supplier you’ve no doubt received emails regarding the VPP (Vendor Partner Plus) replacing Dart as a data reporting tool. Recently several of our clients inquired about an email limiting/ending third party vendor data sharing and whether this will impact our services for them.…

Report History

Daniel Fitzpatrick posted on Nov 12, 2021

Report History is a very simple and helpful feature that automatically tracks all of your reports that you have run and stores them in one handy place on the Avantalytics website. From this page, you can re-run, schedule and favorite reports. You can also check the report parameters for any report without rerunning the report! To access Avantalytics' Report History feature: Navigate to Reporting > Report History (click all images to expand): https://lh6.googleusercontent.…

Updated Filtering in Store Totals Reporting

Daniel Fitzpatrick posted on Sept 28, 2021

To help you get to the stores you want to review quickly, we've updated the steps for selecting stores: To edit a single store's order - Hold down the Shift Key and double-click on the store order; this will bring up the order details for that store. To select multiple store orders for review - Hold down the Shift Key and single-click on the stores you want to review. Once you have selected all the stores you want to review,…

New! Rack Allocation Now Available In Order Generation Tool

Daniel Fitzpatrick posted on Sept 27, 2021

Now you can get a report of what racks were created when you create orders using the Order Generation Tool. After you finalize and order and it is finished processing, you can click on the Rack Allocate button on the right hand menu. This will create an Excel file listing all the items ordered and how the racks were built. This can be very helpful for the people who are building the orders. image2021-9-27_16-41-21.png image2021-9-28_14-33-46.png

Lowe's WOS Metric Added to Order Generation Tool

Daniel Fitzpatrick posted on Sept 24, 2021

We have added the Lowe's WOS calculation to the order generation output. This allows you to see how our tool's calculation compares to Lowe's numbers. This can be very helpful when you are trying to maintain a target WOS level based on Lowe's direction. image2021-9-24_15-13-52.png You can add this metric to any new or existing order template. Go to the User Preferences tab on the main Order Generation Tool,…

Large Markdowns -- Getting Alerted!

Avantalytics Support posted on May 02, 2020

Published 5/1/2020 – In a pay-by-scan world, managing inventory and markdowns can be challenging. With our mobility app, you can enable your field teams to utilize barcode scanning. But how can you track when particularly large markdowns are being taken? The answer is through Setting and Managing Notifications. In particular, you would want to utilize Notification 21 – Perpetual Count Adjustment. As shown below,…

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