Why we made this change
Previously, Receipt Units Plan in Assortment Plan behaved dynamically — it changed as you created or approved RPOs. That made it difficult to compare with Merchandise Plan, where receipt metrics represent a fixed “total” rather than a fluctuating incremental need.
This update brings both modules into alignment and introduces clearer, more stable definitions for receipt-related metrics.
What’s changed
Metric | Previous Definition in AP | New Definition in AP |
Receipt Units Plan | (Total Receipts Need) − (On Order Plan) | Total Receipts Need |
On Order Act | Actual open units from PO data | Actual open units from PO data (unchanged) |
On Order Plan | (Approved Units from RPO) + (On Order Act) | (Approved Units from RPO) + (On Order Act) (unchanged) |
Open to Buy Units Plan | — | (Total Receipts Need − On Order Act) |
Additional Receipt Units | — | (Total Receipts Need − On Order Plan) |
Approved RPO Units | — | Total approved but not issued units from RPO |
How to think about it
Now, Receipt Units Plan is a fixed number representing your total receipt need.
It doesn’t change when you approve or create new RPOs — it only changes if your underlying plans (like sales or inventory) change (assuming you re-run receipt generation).
3 new metrics help track progress against that fixed need:
Open to Buy: how much you still need to spend/issue in Purchase Orders (actual purchases outstanding)
Additional Receipt Units: how much you still need to commit/approve via Recommended Purchase Orders. This is what the Receipts Metrics in New AP used to represent up until now.
Approved RPO Units: how much you've approved via RPOs - this has always been taken into account via On Order Units plan, but now we are increasing the visibility.
Example
Let’s say your total receipt need is 1,000 units.
Step | Approved RPOs | On-Order Act | On-Order Plan | Open to Buy | Additional Receipt Units Plan | Receipt Units Plan |
Start | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
Approve 500 units via RPO | 500 | 0 | 500 | 1,000 | 500 | 1,000 |
Finalize the 500 units and import via PO data | 0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 1,000 |
Approve another 300 units via RPO | 300 | 500 | 800 | 500 | 200 | 1,000 |
Your receipt plan stays fixed at 1,000 units throughout.
The difference between Open to Buy and Additional Receipt Units tells you how much you’ve committed but not yet purchased.
What this means for you
Your receipt totals in Assortment Plan and Merchandise Plan will now match
Open to Buy and Additional Receipt Units give you a clearer view of your purchasing progress.
You’ll have an easier time reconciling between plans without your receipt values shifting as you approve RPOs.