EIDX Distributor Scenario 3
Price Protection

Overview (Use Case) Diagram  

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Narration

STEP	DISTRIBUTOR	TRANSACTION	Direction	SUPPLIER
1	Receives Price Catalog and select product from price catalog which are coded for a price protection claim.	Price Catalog (832)	←	Price Change Notification
2	Special Inventory Reporting – Creates an Inventory Report for the price protected products which are identified in the Price Catalog. – Inventory count should be taken at the close of the business day before the price effective date.	Inventory Report (846)	→	Compares inventory from distributor to their own inventory records.
3	Applies price changes (increases and decreases) to open orders	Price Change Acknowledgment (865)	←	(Same day as 2) Re-evaluate prices on distributor's open orders and issue re-acknowledgments
4	Applies price changes (increases and decreases) to catalog.	Price Catalog (832)	←	Evaluate and update price catalog.
5a	Create debit Memo using inventory counts. - Use the product list from the 846 Inventory Report or the 832 price catalog	Debit Claim or Request Credit (812)	→	Reviews Debit Memo to their calculated credit memo. - In-Transit products not accommodated at this time.
5b	Reviews the debit claims/credit memo(s).	Issue credit (812) (include rejects), debit approvals, and denials.	←	Issue credit memo(s)
6a	Create additional debit memo due to discrepancies	Request credit (812) (Discrepancies)	→	Review subsequent debit memo(s)
6b	Review the actual credit memo or reason for denial	Issue/deny credit (812) (subsequent)	←	Issue more credit memos or denials
Repeat steps 6a and 6b as necessary.

Process Activities
Few companies automate an entire business process all at once.  SSD business process may be implemented in multiple steps, as represented by the component business models contained in the scenario.  Some companies may decide not to automate some parts of the process if an ROI analysis indicates that automating that part is not cost-effective.

Activity Diagram

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Data Requirements for Distributor Scenarios

• Data Requirements for Pre-Order Components
  • Meet Competition Quote Process
  • Ship-from-Stock and Debit
  • Design Win
• Data Requirements for Inventory Management Components
• Data Requirements for Debits and Credits Components
• Ship-from-Stock and Debit
• Design Win

• Business Documents for Pre-Order Components
  • Ship-from-Stock and Debit
    • Pre-Order Model 6 - Discrete SSD Authorization
    • Pre-Order Model 7 - Blanket SSD Authorization
    • Pre-Order Model 8 - SSD Authorization Status
  • Design Win
  • Pre-Order Model 9 - Design Win Eligible Products List
  • Pre-Order Model 10 - Design Win Registration
  • Pre-Order Model 11 - Design Win Registration Status
• Sales Reporting Scenarios
  • Business Documents for Inventory Management Components
    • Inventory Model 2 - Report Transfer/Resale with Customer Detail
  • Financial Scenarios
• Business Documents for Debit and Credit Components
  • Debits and Credits Model 5 - Debit Claim
  • Debits and Credits Model 6 - Debit Award
  • Debits and Credits Model 7 - Credit Claim (Bill-up to Book)
  • Debits and Credits Model 8 - Credit Notification
  • Debits and Credits Model 9 - Design Win Claims