Inventory Optimization presents challenging diagnosis because the symptom you notice on a SKU may or may not be caused by inputs for that SKU. There are common SKU results and causes that get detected by the impact to aggregate metrics. To facilitate analyzing exceptions, these example workflows provide the steps to diagnose some of the more common, unexpected SKU results, and suggestions for mitigating those unexpected SKU results.

Since there are so many variables that can affect how you approach tasks, these workflows are general guidelines, or best practice recommendations. The intention of a sample workflow is to assist you with the generic tasks and guide you while you apply your business knowledge and experience to resolve the variable pieces.