Allocation
Leverage advanced science to modernize inventory allocation decisions.
Allocation: Seamless Unification for Omnichannel Success
In the rapidly evolving world of omnichannel retail, inventory is consumed in ways that planners and allocators could never have imagined a decade ago. To stay competitive, retailers need more than traditional, siloed allocation solutions. Manhattan Active® Supply Chain Planning (SCP) unifies demand forecasting, replenishment, and allocation, ensuring that every inventory decision is seamlessly integrated across the entire supply chain.
No More Trade-offs: Replenishment and Allocation Together
With Manhattan Active SCP, retailers no longer need to choose between replenishment and allocation. Our platform enables you to leverage allocation for both in-season replenishment and end-of-season inventory management. Experience real-time scenario overviews and make informed decisions—all within a unified, cloud-based solution.
Enable a Single, Integrated Process
Detect disruptions early and drive automated demand and supply adjustments with intelligent evaluation of resolution options. Manhattan Active SCP integrates allocation, replenishment, and demand forecasting into a cohesive process, ensuring a unified approach to inventory management.
Maximize Allocation Efficiency with AI-Driven Insights
Utilize initial allocation strategies for in-season replenishment and end-of-season inventory placement, all within one streamlined process. Analyze assortment plans, forecasting data; and item-store affinity to receive AI-driven recommendations and explore ‘what-if’ scenarios, enhancing allocation productivity and accuracy.
Continuous Improvement with Post-Launch Monitoring
Seamlessly integrate post-launch performance feedback by combining internal and external data into actionable insights. Manhattan Active SCP helps you continuously refine your allocation strategies, ensuring optimal inventory positioning throughout the product lifecycle.
Leverage AI and Machine Learning
Manhattan Active® Allocation leans into AI and machine learning to calculate your optimal allocation.
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Understand What Sizes Sell
Size-optimization algorithms help you align inventory with consumer demand.
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Understand Store Clustering
Advanced machine learning groups stores—all the way down to the style/color level.
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Understand Prepack Selection
Retail allocation software selects the best prepacks for each store based on expected demand patterns and size optimization.
Meet Demand Across All Channels
Access—and optimize—your entire network of inventory, demand patterns, traditional DC, and store-based fulfillment.
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Incorporate Store-Based Fulfillment
Inventory distribution that factors in store-based fulfillment of digital demand.
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See Fulfillment Impact
Segmentation of the impact of each store fulfillment on your inventory allocation.
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Integrate with Order Management
Real-time integration—via microservice APIs—to Manhattan Active® Order Management for optimal performance or any order management system.
Improve Your Demand Forecasting
Gain a better prediction of demand—even for short lifecycle products like fashion.
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Simplified Modeling
Calculate the distinctive demand patterns of short-lifecycle merchandise.
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Infused Intelligence
When no demand history is available, machine learning identifies the demand patterns of similar items.
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Dynamic Feedback
Use embedded visual analytics to compare the forecast against actual sales.
Synergy Between Allocation and Order Management
Historically, solutions have been fragmented, often relying on outdated sales plans and disconnected processes. With Manhattan Active SCP, allocation is no longer an isolated task. Instead, it works in real-time with demand forecasting and replenishment, continuously aligning inventory placement with omnichannel strategies to optimize profitability and customer satisfaction.
Coupling allocation with Manhattan Active® Order Management provides retailers with real-time insights into inventory needs across all channels, ensuring that products are available where and when they are needed most. This holistic approach minimizes inefficiencies, reduces costly end-of-season markdowns, and enhances the overall customer experience.
The Competitive Edge of Unified Allocation
Manhattan Active SCP offers a significant competitive advantage by fully unifying allocation with demand forecasting and replenishment. This integration delivers real-time responsiveness, omnichannel precision, and data-driven intelligence. Allocation decisions are dynamically adjusted based on the latest data, allowing retailers to align inventory across all channels, maximize sales, minimize waste, and enhance customer satisfaction.
Seamlessly adjust allocation strategies based on the latest sales data, inventory levels, and demand forecasts.
Ensure optimal inventory distribution across stores, distribution centers, and online channels.
Continuously refine allocation strategies to maximize sales and minimize waste.
Simulate different allocation strategies and gain insights before committing to decisions.
Automate routine tasks and customize allocation to meet the needs of different fulfillment experiences.
The Manhattan Active® Platform
A cloud-native, evergreen, and extensible foundation engineered to handle the most complex supply chain commerce networks in the world.
Composable Microservices
A cloud-native, evergreen, and extensible foundation engineered to handle the most complex supply chain networks in the world.
Innovation Independence
Our low code, no code, your code development strategy means you pick what method of configuration and customization works best for you—with as much support as you want or need.
Continuous Updates
Every 90 days, all Manhattan Active solutions automatically receive new features and enhancements.
Unified Supply Chain Planning
This is not just an evolution in supply chain planning—it’s a revolution.
Demand Forecasting
A hybrid approach to forecasting that seamlessly blends the power of proven statistical models with cutting-edge AI.
Replenishment
Seamlessly integrates AI-driven insights with real-time data to autonomously optimize inventory levels across all channels, ensuring the right products are always in the right place at the right time, without the need for manual intervention.
Allocation
Maximize sales opportunities, minimize stockouts, and optimize inventory across all locations and channels with unparalleled precision. Powered by cutting-edge AI and machine learning, our solution ensures your products are always in the right place at the right time.