SAS® Inventory Optimization

Automate and optimize inventory distribution by balancing resources and costs against service level goals. SAS Inventory Optimization enables you to calculate optimal order quantities at every SKU, level and location so you can more efficiently maintain stock levels, reduce response times, free up working capital, and increase customer satisfaction.

The most recent release is SAS Inventory Optimization 5.4.

What's New

The user interface has been removed from SAS Inventory Optimization.

Adobe announced that it intends to end support for Flash technology and will cease to update and distribute the Flash Player at the end of 2020. Browser vendors will disable Flash by default in 2019. For more information about Adobe Flash end-of-life, see SAS Software and Its Use of the Adobe Flash Player.

Although there is no longer a user interface, you can integrate the output of SAS Inventory Optimization into SAS® Visual Analytics. By using the following tables, you can use SAS Inventory Optimization data in SAS Visual Analytics to create reports in order to analyze the data:

  •  FORECASTED_DEMAND
  • ORDER_DETAILS
  • PROMO_VENDOR_ORDER_DTLS
  •  PROMO_STORE_ALLOC_ORDER_DTLS
  •  Inventory Performance-Related Tables 

For more information, see “Integrating SAS Inventory Optimization with SAS Visual Analytics” in SAS Inventory Optimization 5.4: Administrator’s Guide.

Documentation

Find user's guides and other technical documentation for SAS Inventory Optimization. 


The user interface has been removed from SAS Inventory Optimization.  Please see the details in the What's New section above.

SAS Inventory Optimization 5.4

The documentation for SAS Inventory Optimization 5.4 is intended for use by existing customers and requires an access key. You can obtain the access key from your SAS consultant or by contacting SAS Technical Support. To expedite your request, please include SAS Inventory Optimization in the subject field of the form. Be sure to provide the SAS Site Number for your software license along with your request.


Previous Versions

5.X

SAS Inventory Optimization Workbench 5.3
  • SAS Inventory Optimization Workbench 5.3: User's Guide, Second Edition PDF
  • Accessibility Features of SAS Inventory Optimization Workbench 5.3 HTML
  • SAS Inventory Optimization Workbench 5.3: Administrator's Guide, Second Edition PDF
  • SAS Inventory Optimization Workbench 5.3: Upgrade and Migration Guide, Second Edition PDF
  • SAS Inventory Optimization Workbench 5.3: Data Reference Guide, Second Edition PDF
  • System Requirements--SAS Inventory Optimization Workbench 5.3 HTML

Related Documentation

  • SAS Demand Classification and Clustering 6.1: User's Guide, Second Edition PDF

SAS Inventory Optimization Workbench 5.2  

  • SAS Inventory Optimization Workbench 5.2: User's Guide, Second Edition PDF
  • Accessibility Features of SAS Inventory Optimization Workbench 5.2 HTML
  • SAS Inventory Optimization Workbench 5.2: Administrator's Guide, Second Edition PDF
  • SAS Inventory Optimization Workbench 5.2: Upgrade and Migration Guide PDF
  • SAS Inventory Optimization Workbench 5.2: Data Reference Guide, Second Edition PDF
  • System Requirements--SAS Inventory Optimization Workbench 5.2: (Distributed Mode) HTML
  • System Requirements--SAS Inventory Optimization Workbench 5.2: (Non-distributed Mode) HTML

Related Documentation

  • SAS Inventory Replenishment Planning 2.3: User's Guide PDF
  • SAS Demand Classification and Clustering 6.1: User's Guide PDF

SAS Inventory Optimization 5.1

  • SAS Inventory Optimization 5.1: System Administration Guide PDF
  • SAS Inventory Optimization 5.1: Data Administration Guide PDF
  • SAS Inventory Optimization 5.1: User’s Guide PDF
  • SAS Inventory Optimization 5.1: Data Reference Guide PDF

Hot Fixes

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