Executive Summary

Welcome to the 20.1 Release of DemandTec by Acoustic.

Some of the key enhancements that are delivered in this release include:

• The DemandTec merchandising applications are transitioning from IBM to Acoustic. As the transition progresses, you will notice changes to the user interface which includes updating the look and improvements to how the user interacts with the application.
• Deal Management introduces a new messaging feature that can be used by retailers and vendors to discuss deal-related topics within the application without changing the status of a deal.
• Deal Management introduces an update to cost changes that gives you the ability to make multiple price updates for an item that is sold in multiple locations in a single cost change submission.
• Markdown Optimization introduces new division and hierarchy filters that can be applied to the Workspace page.
• Markdown Optimization introduces an update to the Liability Items panel on the Workspace page which opens the Liability Report in Ad Hoc Analytics.
• Markdown Optimization introduces a new Allowable last digits by bracket price range selection
• Price Management introduces a new override comment field that can be used to store comments on why a price override is being performed.
• Price Management introduces an update to Express Price Run which is updated to support more UPCs, line groups, and Client IDs.
• Promotion Planning and Optimization adds Pricing, Products, Location Groups, and Location Group Classes fields to the Create Promotion API.
• Promotion Execution introduces an update to the Events (Html) page to update and improve usability and browser compatibility with the Event Definition, Proofing, Campaign, and Proofing tabs.