Merchandise Financial Planning
Targets, budget, margin and inventory connected to commercial operations.
Merchandising, Planning & Supply Chain
How much capital is sitting where demand isn't?
Planning, assortment, buying, allocation and replenishment need to work as one cycle — because every decision affects inventory, margin and capital.
Why it matters
A planning decision is a financial decision.
Each of these decisions looks operational when it is made, but it shows up in the results as a financial decision.
Idle inventory is idle capital.
A stockout is a lost sale — and it doesn't come back next month.
The wrong assortment is sacrificed margin, because the exit is markdown.
Operational decisions show up in financial results.
The decision cycle
Planning is a connected discipline.
- Plan margin
- Define assortment
- Forecast demand
- Buy
- Allocate
- Replenish
- Measure
When these decisions don't talk to each other, the error spreads across the whole cycle.
Capability fronts
Assortment Planning
Mix by category, region, store and demand profile.
Demand Forecast & Replenishment
Forecasting, availability, replenishment and the balance between stockouts and overstock.
Allocation & Supply Chain
The right product, in the right place, at the right time.
Value created
- Fewer stockouts
- Less overstock
- Better turnover
- Better-fit assortment
- Faster decisions
Planning Fast
Advanced planning in months, not years.
AIF
~4
months
MFP
~5
months
MFP + AP
~5
months
IPO
~6
months
Reference timelines. Scope, integrations and data maturity influence every project.
Technology behind it
Technology to sustain decisions at scale.
Technology is the means to execute the business decision — not the starting point.
Oracle Retail Planning & Merchandising
MFP · AP · IPO · AIF · Allocation
Integrations
Oracle or legacy ERPs.
Data & AI
Sales, inventory, price and promotion feeding decisions.
Experience in this capability
10+ years in production
RMS, Allocation, RDF, AIP, RSIM and RFM.
Experience with RMS, MFP, analytics and Planning modules.
Experience with IPO, AIF and Planning–Merchandising integration.
How we deliver
From diagnosis to sustainment.
- 01
Consulting
Diagnosis, design, roadmap and decision support.
- 02
Implementation
Structured implementation projects.
- 03
Fast Track
Accelerated, prescriptive approach.
- 04
AMS
Application Management Services — sustainment, evolution and ongoing support.
- 05
Development & Integration
Extensions, APIs and integrations.
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