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Role
The business analyst is focused on the customer’s needs, as well as on the development organization’s ability to fill those needs with a software solution. The business analyst often is a line-of-business departmental expert who defines and tests business rules and policies.
The business analyst identifies customer and business needs, captures requirements and creates business use cases. The analyst then models the business use cases using IBM ILOG Inventory Analyst and looks for areas of optimization, especially those that can be automated by software.
The business analysts uses IBM ILOG Inventory Analyst, a part of the LogicTools Product Suite, to improve profitability by focusing on both strategic and tactical inventory objectives.
Assumptions
It is assumed that the individual following this roadmap has basic skills in the following areas:
- General understanding of supply chain business practices
- Basic knowledge of Microsoft® Excel and Microsoft® Access
Objectives
After completing this training, students should be able to:
- Understand best practices for project methodology
- Become familiar with the data model
- Practice building data models using the eight steps
- Learn to use scenarios to make strategic and tactical inventory management decisions
