🍳 Your Recipe for Better Reporting

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⬆️ How the SupplierWiki team feels about serving you Scintilla insights

Let’s Get Baking 🥣

Like any good baker, we’ll start by mastering the basics before moving on to the more complex recipes.

To build any report, you need at least:

1 Dimension: The category or data you want to analyze.
1 Metric: The measurable value, like sales or inventory levels.
A Filter for Time: Specify the time range to ensure your report is relevant.

📖 Bonus Recipe: How to Pull the Supplier Scorecard

But if building reports from scratch makes you feel like this ⬆️ …the good news is that Scintilla has many datasets to help you get started.

If you’ve used Scintilla, you know there’s a lot of data to pull. But let’s talk about why accessing this data can support your business.

Firstly, login to Scintilla > click New Report > select Walmart Dataset to access the following datasets:

Store Sales & Inventory: Evaluate store-level sales and inventory performance from the past 104 weeks. This data can help you identify overstock, stockouts, and opportunities to optimize replenishment strategies.

DC Metrics: Examine supplier-to-DC performance over the last 104 weeks to uncover supply chain bottlenecks, improve inventory flow, and ensure consistent fulfillment.

Modular Plan Metrics: Track product placement and modular assignments across stores. This helps you ensure your products are in the right place at the right time to drive visibility and sales.

Store Demand Forecast: Review Walmart’s projections for store sales in the coming weeks. Use this to align your inventory and production planning with expected demand to avoid stockouts or overages.

Order Forecast: Analyze upcoming order projections to stay ahead of Walmart’s purchase plans. This data helps you streamline production schedules, reduce lead times, and efficiently meet Walmart’s needs.

Store Market and Markdowns: Explore markups and markdowns from the last 104 weeks. Analyze this data to better understand promotional impacts and refine future pricing strategies.

eComm Sales: Examine your eCommerce sales metrics for the past 104 weeks to identify the top-performing items online and fine-tune your digital strategy.

eComm Inventory: Investigate eComm inventory metrics at the fulfillment center level to address stock issues, improve availability, and ensure a positive shopping experience for your customers.

📖 Bonus Recipe: If you’re missing DSS and need help understanding Scintilla’s verbiage, check out this article on DSS aliases.

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Let’s Circle Back 🔄

Before you go, let’s take a sweet detour! If you want to try some real-life recipes (not just report-building ones), check out the Great British Bake Off recipes! Whether you're into baking showstoppers or simple treats, the iconic show has a treasure trove of delicious ideas to try at home.

One-Click Rick is already planning his next bake-off challenge (but he’s pretty sure he’ll keep it simple—no soggy bottoms allowed)!

♥️ Sincerely, Your Friends in Vendorville