1. EBS Update Mr. Robert Comer Program Executive Officer
American Logistics Association 68th Annual Convention
Mr. Robert Comer
Program Executive Officer
October 28, 2015

2. EBS Fundamental Principles
Implement commercial industry best practices to optimize operations & service member benefits
Implement a COTS solution that is used in the commercial grocery industry that will allow DeCA to adopt a 21st century solution
Standardize processes and procedures across CONUS and OCONUS locations – eliminating all stove piped process
Eliminate manual processes and automate data exchanges with vendors
Provide maximum flexibility (with minimal cost and disruption) to keep up with commercial industry advancements

3. Enterprise Business Solution Increments
Increment 1 – Merchandising ( )
Increment 2 – Replenishment ( )
Increment 3 – Sales Channel ( )
Increment 4 – (2018)
Power HQ
Purchasing and Vendors
Vendor Portal
Items and Assortments
Pricing and Promotions
Retalix 10 Inventory Manager with DDR
Retalix 10 Store & Sales, Retail One C&M, and Power+ Financials
Forecasting / Optimization
Inventory Accounting
Inventory Management
Transfers, Returns, Adjusts
Mobile
Ordering and Receiving
Power Enterprise Advanced (Power+)
Planogramming
Mob. Shopper
eCommerce
POS
Kiosks
Mobile POS
SCO
Scales
Self Scan
Store Manager and Mobile
RTI Labels
Purchasing / Warehouse Replenishment
Warehouse Management
Dock Scheduling
Transportation Optimiz.
Yard Management
Order Management and Billing (OMB)
Cat. Analyzer & Bill Backs
JRS
Interface - Scales
Loyalty
Campaigns
Promotions and Coupons
Customers
Personal.
Financial Info Mgmt (FIM) 3

4. System/Product Overview
Power HQ is the central catalog containing DeCA’s item master file and vendor data. All perishable and semi perishable items will be centrally managed.
Pricing – All Regular and promotional cost of items will be managed and input into the central tool. Both EDI (879 for Regular cost and 889 for Promotional cost) will be loaded. Web based pricing will also be available.
Promotions - Power HQ will allow category managers to centrally manage all promotions, local and national, at all stores. Category managers will be able to establish promotional calendars and approve all promotions.
Power HQ Vendor Portal is a web-based application designed to increase collaboration between Category Managers, Contracting, and its vendors/suppliers. Authorized users (Vendors) will log into an appropriate profile, which determines their roles, permissions and menu options as assigned
Increment 1

5. System/Product Overview
Planogramming - The Galleria planogramming solution combines merchandising strategy with sales data and store fixture information which then produce automated and optimized planograms at a variety of levels. Store-specific or store-cluster planograms contain the right products, merchandised in the right place, with optimal quantities to suit the demand of customers.
Category Analyzer tool delivers the critical sales and Patron savings information that DeCA Category Management teams need to make decisions that can reduce inventory, increase sales, raise patron savings, and create better merchandise strategies.
Bill Back Manager provides DeCA with a quick and efficient method for entering and generating invoices to brokers, manufacturers, and DSD vendors for various types of promotional activities. This capability includes the creation of agreements at any time during the deal life cycle: past, present, or future. Item-based agreements can be entered by UPC, item code, price link, or simple copy/paste.

6. System/Product Overview
Invatron’s E-Plum Enterprise Scale Manager - Invatron’s E-Plum will interface between Power HQ and the in-store scales to ensure item data, pricing, label formats, barcode formats, allergen information, and country of origin information.
E-Plum’s web-based system will enable DeCA complete visibility of the scale printer network across all stores. E-Plum offers timely exception-based reporting of any problems that can result in a loss of data integrity.

7. EBS Increment 1

8. Increment 1 Project Schedule

9. Industry Discovery Sessions
Key Topics
Vendor Portal Onboarding
Business model diversity
Roles and Responsibilities
Communication
Training Requirements
FAQ’s
Participants
A total of 17 Industry Partners
Manufacturers
Brokers
Selling brokers
Direct Store Delivery (DSD) vendors
Service Contractors
Supply Contractors
Matrix /Criteria Used
Contract Vehicles
Supply Chain Models
Business Size
Store Support levels in CONUS and OCONUS
Cross Representation across all categories
Overall Findings
The strategy to use SAM data for the Vendor Portal onboarding process will work as planned
Industry will be able to adapt to the Vendor Portal roles and permissions with minimal impact to their Organizational structure at a Sales Level
Over 200 Industry questions captured during the sessions.
100% positive feedback from Industry
Recommend meeting with Distributors next

10. Impact to DeCA Suppliers – Increment 1
All DeCA vendors will be using the Supplier / Vendor Portal for item and cost submissions based on predefined roles
Contracts will also be handled through the Vendor Portal
DeCA will use 879’s for regular cost submissions; 889’s will be used for promotional cost submissions
Unit movement by vendor will be displayed on the Vendor Portal
All perishable and semi perishable items will be managed centrally

11. Next Steps DeCA Industry FAQs will be released in Oct/Nov 2015
Industry day will be announced soon. Discussions will include:
Process changes and impact to vendors
Contracting and onboarding processes
The EDI transaction sets will be provided (879 and 889)
Distributor discovery sessions to be conducted in Nov 2015
Planogramming data exchange will be discussed in early 2016