BAT Assessment – Study Guide, Practice Questions & Exam Preparation
PMM Product Vendor (status, case pack info, promo forecast, forecast start dates), RWB, Sales
and Inventory - ANS ✔✔Name some of the system inputs that flow into Anglistics for ordering.
Monday? (2) Wednesday (5) - ANS ✔✔Order groups - If you order on Monday and Wednesday,
what will your Must Go Days be on Monday? Wednesday?
Yes - ANS ✔✔Is it possible to change products and quantities when reviewing orders in
Manugistics?
Replenishable Status at product and case pack (ACT, DPO, VEN), they have to be eligible ( on an
APF), must be on a valid Order Group, *Product case pack must have weight and cube set.* -
ANS ✔✔What is the criteria for a Product to be Replenishable?*
True - ANS ✔✔T/F: Manu plans to be at or above safety stock value in Plan Analysis at the end
of the day.
Plan Analysis - ANS ✔✔Where can you view your inventory plan within Manugistics?
Solution- Go to Readiness Scorecard to see Manu issues on forecast, mean, etc. You would go to
*Manu/ Demand Exceptions* to see items without no starting mean or forecast. - ANS ✔✔You
want to ensure that all of your new items have a forecast before they hit the floor. Where do
you go to find items without a forecast?*
Like sku match, casepack and product status active, forecast tuned, order group created - ANS
✔✔Name a few key steps to help prepare for new products and transition*
,False - Baseline only - ANS ✔✔True or False - StatSS is calculated based on all demand - baseline
and promo
MDQ, StatSS, Promo Prebuild, & Any safety stock templates - ANS ✔✔In Plan Analysis what
values are included in the safety stock value?**
True - ANS ✔✔True/False: DDE's are entered in history or forecast and identify a quantity that
should not be repeated
Reconciliation process to push the all store forecast to store level. - ANS ✔✔If a product is
tuned, what happens that night in the Manu batch?
Pid, UPC, Retail, Casepacks, Hierarchy - ANS ✔✔What are key features of Product
Management?
Trapped inventory and bonus packs - ANS ✔✔Why do we use product subs?
True - ANS ✔✔The Pricing team will still execute clearance price requests if the products are not
yet in ACT or if there's a valid business reason to violate rules in ACT that don't have override
capabilities.
True - ANS ✔✔Softlines Planning Managers and Inventory Managers are able to change the
suggested markdown dates and percents, based on hierarchy levels.
All of the answers are correct - ANS ✔✔Why you would see an alert inside of ACT include:
Product that had a suggested markdown in ACT has been added back to the POG
Products currently on clearance (or with pending markdowns) are on future POG's
, More than 25% of a POG is suggested to go clearance
True - ANS ✔✔You need approval for a clearance mark to be effective 5 days from today?
True - ANS ✔✔Products in the ACT Tool that are expiring from one stores planograms, may be
active on other stores planograms.
All of the answers are correct - ANS ✔✔Products with suggested marks in ACT may need
clearance marks. Reasons why products would not go to clearance include:
Products are Return to Vendor
Products are moving forward and the new POG's are not yet pending.
Planning manager agrees boh and rate of sale do not warrant markdowns
True - ANS ✔✔When selecting pre-build in Replenisher Workbench, this step designates a
product to arrive earlier than the normal replenishment or fulfillment.
False. (Buyer Configs can be set at the L-4 Category, L-3 SubCategory or the L-2 Class. The
system will ALLOW you to create an L-1Config however it will not work. Set Configs at lower
levels where needed for most accurate store level forecast) - ANS ✔✔The Buyer Config settings
in Replenisher Workbench can be set at an L1-Product ID Level.
False - ANS ✔✔If a Product has history copied within Manugistics that history automatically
passes over to Replenisher Workbench.
PMM Product Vendor (status, case pack info, promo forecast, forecast start dates), RWB, Sales
and Inventory - ANS ✔✔Name some of the system inputs that flow into Anglistics for ordering.
Monday? (2) Wednesday (5) - ANS ✔✔Order groups - If you order on Monday and Wednesday,
what will your Must Go Days be on Monday? Wednesday?
Yes - ANS ✔✔Is it possible to change products and quantities when reviewing orders in
Manugistics?
Replenishable Status at product and case pack (ACT, DPO, VEN), they have to be eligible ( on an
APF), must be on a valid Order Group, *Product case pack must have weight and cube set.* -
ANS ✔✔What is the criteria for a Product to be Replenishable?*
True - ANS ✔✔T/F: Manu plans to be at or above safety stock value in Plan Analysis at the end
of the day.
Plan Analysis - ANS ✔✔Where can you view your inventory plan within Manugistics?
Solution- Go to Readiness Scorecard to see Manu issues on forecast, mean, etc. You would go to
*Manu/ Demand Exceptions* to see items without no starting mean or forecast. - ANS ✔✔You
want to ensure that all of your new items have a forecast before they hit the floor. Where do
you go to find items without a forecast?*
Like sku match, casepack and product status active, forecast tuned, order group created - ANS
✔✔Name a few key steps to help prepare for new products and transition*
,False - Baseline only - ANS ✔✔True or False - StatSS is calculated based on all demand - baseline
and promo
MDQ, StatSS, Promo Prebuild, & Any safety stock templates - ANS ✔✔In Plan Analysis what
values are included in the safety stock value?**
True - ANS ✔✔True/False: DDE's are entered in history or forecast and identify a quantity that
should not be repeated
Reconciliation process to push the all store forecast to store level. - ANS ✔✔If a product is
tuned, what happens that night in the Manu batch?
Pid, UPC, Retail, Casepacks, Hierarchy - ANS ✔✔What are key features of Product
Management?
Trapped inventory and bonus packs - ANS ✔✔Why do we use product subs?
True - ANS ✔✔The Pricing team will still execute clearance price requests if the products are not
yet in ACT or if there's a valid business reason to violate rules in ACT that don't have override
capabilities.
True - ANS ✔✔Softlines Planning Managers and Inventory Managers are able to change the
suggested markdown dates and percents, based on hierarchy levels.
All of the answers are correct - ANS ✔✔Why you would see an alert inside of ACT include:
Product that had a suggested markdown in ACT has been added back to the POG
Products currently on clearance (or with pending markdowns) are on future POG's
, More than 25% of a POG is suggested to go clearance
True - ANS ✔✔You need approval for a clearance mark to be effective 5 days from today?
True - ANS ✔✔Products in the ACT Tool that are expiring from one stores planograms, may be
active on other stores planograms.
All of the answers are correct - ANS ✔✔Products with suggested marks in ACT may need
clearance marks. Reasons why products would not go to clearance include:
Products are Return to Vendor
Products are moving forward and the new POG's are not yet pending.
Planning manager agrees boh and rate of sale do not warrant markdowns
True - ANS ✔✔When selecting pre-build in Replenisher Workbench, this step designates a
product to arrive earlier than the normal replenishment or fulfillment.
False. (Buyer Configs can be set at the L-4 Category, L-3 SubCategory or the L-2 Class. The
system will ALLOW you to create an L-1Config however it will not work. Set Configs at lower
levels where needed for most accurate store level forecast) - ANS ✔✔The Buyer Config settings
in Replenisher Workbench can be set at an L1-Product ID Level.
False - ANS ✔✔If a Product has history copied within Manugistics that history automatically
passes over to Replenisher Workbench.
