Nodes considered

You can see all the nodes that were considered for shipping a particular item on the Order Summary page.

The information that is displayed for the nodes that are considered for shipping the item includes:

Node consideration parameters	Description
Node ID	The node identifier.
Node type	The type of the node that is considered. The node type can be a Store, Distribution group (DG), or Vendor. For more information about the nodes and node types, see Node and node types.
Cost at node	A summation of various cost factors minus the markdown avoidance cost. The cost at each node is calculated as follows: Cost at node= (Processing cost + Node balancing cost + Stockout avoidance cost + Distance penalty + Delay penalty) - Markdown avoidance cost
Available quantity	The item quantity that is available for purchase at the node. The available quantity is calculated as follows: Available quantity = On-hand quantity - Reserved quantity
Shipping distance	The distance for shipping the item. By default, the distance is measured in meters.
Node balancing cost	The cost of balancing various node balancing values or coefficients. For more information about node balancing coefficients and node balancing cost, see Node-balancing values.
Stockout avoidance cost	The cost associated with the avoidance of stockout. For more information about the stockout avoidance and associated cost, see Optimization objective: Avoiding stockouts.
Markdown avoidance cost	The cost associated with the avoidance of markdown. For more information about markdown avoidance and associated cost, see Optimization objective: Avoiding markdowns.
Distance penalty	The distance penalty that is a tiebreaker when two or more nodes have the same cost to serve. For more information about the Distance penalty, see Optimization penalties.
Input ship date	The shipping date that is suggested by the Order Management System.
Estimated ship date	The shipping date that is estimated by the Optimization service.
Backlog days	The backlog days that are calculated when the capacity utilization at a node is greater than the available capacity processing plan for the day. The backlog days show the amount of days that the operations at a node are running behind.
Carrier service options	The available carrier services for shipping the order from a node.
Days to deliver	The number of days that are remaining to deliver the order. The Optimization service calculates the days to deliver by using the following calculation: Days to deliver = Delivery date - Ship date
Estimated delivery date	The delivery date that is estimated by the Optimization service.
SLA days	The number of days that determine the delivery timeline based on the service level agreement (SLA).
Node cutoff time	The cutoff time at a node for order fulfillment.
Delay days	The number of days that the shipping is delayed at a node.
Expected replenishment date	The expected number of days to restock the inventory.
Delay penalty	The penalty cost applied when the delay at the node exceeds the number of days that are agreed in the SLA.
Cancellation risk cost	The cost associated with the order cancellation at a node. For more information about the cost of order cancellation at a node in a real-time scenario, see Scenario: Monitoring node performance.
Rescheduling risk cost	The cost associated with the order rescheduling at a node. For more information about the cost of order rescheduling at a node in a real-time scenario, see Scenario: Monitoring node performance.
Online price	The selling price of the item online at the time when the optimization process is run.
Markdown price	The reduced retail price that an item is sold for during a markdown event.
Store price	The baseline shelf or ticket price for an item at the store node at the time of optimization.