Generating Last Time Buy Recommendations
1. Enter Last Time Buy Recommendations in the Go to box to search for the page, then select the page from the resulting list of matches.
2. Select a SKU.
3. If you are creating a new recommendation:
1. From the General tab, select a part and location for the Last Time Buy.
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The location must support procurement orders.
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2. Click the New button 
. The Last Time Buy - New Part and Monitor Data page appears. Complete the page as necessary and click the Save button 
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. The Last Time Buy - New Part and Monitor Data page appears. Complete the page as necessary and click the Save button . [view field definitions].4. Modify the settings on the General tab as necessary and click the Save button . [view field definitions].
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If you created a recommendation in the previous step, you only need to modify the Last Time Buy Recommendations section.
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5. If you selected Global Last Time Buy and Allocation to Locations when you set up the Last Time Buy recommendation on the General tab, the Allocation tab is available and you have the option of managing the allocations to each location that has demand for the part. Select the Allocation tab.
You can do any of the following to change the allocation:
◦ To change the allocation percentage for a location listed: Enter or change the amount in the Allocation % box. Then, click the Push All button 
. Results appear in the Push Qty boxes. You can change these amounts.
. Results appear in the Push Qty boxes. You can change these amounts.◦ To add a new location to the list: Click the New button . The Last Time Buy - New Allocation Location page appears. Select the location and click the Save button . The Allocation tab reappears with the new location added to the list.
. The Last Time Buy - New Allocation Location page appears. Select the location and click the Save button . The Allocation tab reappears with the new location added to the list.◦ To delete a location from the list: Select it and click the Delete button 
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.6. If the selected part is on the bill of materials for a product, you can view the product shipment schedule as it is affected by the Last Time Buy on the Product tab. Change these values as necessary and click the Save button . [view field definitions].
. [view field definitions].7. On the Part Shipment tab, you can select a shipment service factor profile to generate Shipment Based Leading Indicator (SBLI). The resulting SBLI is used to generate the shipment based forecast.
Change the values on this tab as necessary and click the Generate SBLI button 
to update part shipment information. [view field definitions].
to update part shipment information. [view field definitions].Click the Save button when you are finished.
when you are finished.8. On the Decay Rate tab, you can select up to 3 parts to get comparison decay rates for the part for the Last Time Buy. Then you can use one of the decay rates or an average decay rate in your Last Time Buy recommendation.
1. From the Decay Rate tab, click the New button . The Last Time Buy - New Like Part page appears.
. The Last Time Buy - New Like Part page appears.2. Select the like part and click the Save button . The Decay Rate tab reappears with the like part added to the list.
. The Decay Rate tab reappears with the like part added to the list.3. Continue to add like parts to the list as necessary.
4. When you are finished, you can select a decay rate to use in the current recommendation. Select one of the individual decay rates or select the average decay rate and click the Process Changes button . The decay rate you selected is automatically inserted in the Forecast Decay Rate field on the General tab for the current recommendation.
. The decay rate you selected is automatically inserted in the Forecast Decay Rate field on the General tab for the current recommendation.9. To see a summary of results for the current Last Time Buy recommendation, select the Total LTB tab.
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The Total LTB tab does not appear if you have selected Global Last Time Buy and Allocation to Locations on the General tab. The Allocation tab appears instead.
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10. If you need to add a note to the recommendation, click the Edit Note button 
. The Last Time Buy - Note page appears. Enter the note and click the Save button .
. The Last Time Buy - Note page appears. Enter the note and click the Save button .11. Click the Process Changes button to run the recommendation. The Last Time Buy process completes and results of your analysis are displayed. Note that Servigistics' recommendation for the Last Time Buy is in the Recommended Qty box in the Last Time Buy Recommendations section.
to run the recommendation. The Last Time Buy process completes and results of your analysis are displayed. Note that Servigistics' recommendation for the Last Time Buy is in the Recommended Qty box in the Last Time Buy Recommendations section.|
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You can also run Last Time Buy from the AutoPilot. To run Last Time Buy , run the AutoPilot manually or schedule a job for the Last Time Buy AutoPilot processes. Run the Calculate Decay Rate AutoPilot process first and then run the Last Time Buy process.
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You can change any of your settings on any tabs as you like, clicking the Process Changes button at any time to update your results.
12. When you have achieved the results you want, click the Approve button 
and then click the Save button . Last Time Buy Status changes to Approved. Based on the Last Time Buy recommendation, a Last Time Buy procurement order will be generated the next time the AutoPilot runs. If location allocations are defined, Last Time Buy replenishment orders will be generated with the allocation location being the destination location and the location of the Last Time Buy being the source.
and then click the Save button . Last Time Buy Status changes to Approved. Based on the Last Time Buy recommendation, a Last Time Buy procurement order will be generated the next time the AutoPilot runs. If location allocations are defined, Last Time Buy replenishment orders will be generated with the allocation location being the destination location and the location of the Last Time Buy being the source.