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VCS requires the replacement of its existing Store Inventory Management (SIM) system, that will transform the current antiquated collection of disparate systems and processes. The SIM maintains the fo... VCS requires the replacement of its existing Store Inventory Management (SIM) system, that will transform the current antiquated collection of disparate systems and processes. The SIM maintains the foundational organizational and merchandise hierarchy data and is a comprehensive set of integrated, modular solutions that support buying, pricing, inventory management and inventory valuation. Additionally, it stores inventory information including suppliers, purchase orders, replenishment, store inventory management, price management, sales audit, invoice match, business intelligence reporting and data warehouse. The current SIM system utilizes Oracle Retail software application and interfaces with Oracle Financials as its on-premises solution. The current Oracle Retail solution includes the Retail Data Warehouse (RDW) that maintains sales and inventory information from the Oracle retail merchandising system (RMS), a module of the Oracle Retail Solution. This SIM solution is end of life and the current version is no longer approved for use under the Technical Reference Model (TRM) or is supported by Oracle and has been required by VA IT to replace the current SIM system. Additionally, the current SIM solution lacks a centralized database that consolidates both financial and inventory information, lacks budgeting capabilities, and utilizes manual Excel driven processes to collect and analyze. Current procurement challenges include lack of allocation module, end-to-end supply chain management (SCM) and limited reporting and dashboards. Store level inventory visibility is limited to manual lookup by stock keeping unit (SKU) with no real-time merchandise hierarchy visibility. Enterprise level reports are antiquated with limited dashboard reports, no exception reporting or ability to burst information to end users. VCS requires a new SIM solution that will effectively reduce or eliminate manual driven processes and increase data digital transformation, automation, and efficiencies to enable effective planning and execution of financial, inventory and supply chain management. The new SIM solution will support more efficient driven decisions based on real-time information, predictive analysis and demand forecasting. Additionally, the new SIM solution shall have minimized store receiving errors and allow for increased visibility into the end-to-end supply chain management processes to ensure the right product is at the right place at the right time. Additionally, as part of VCS’s vision to drive towards holistic solutions, VCS seeks the replacement of its existing handheld scanner, printer and associated peripherals that are used to manage in-store inventory management processes and exchange vending machine sales data. The solution is an integral part of the store’s retail inventory management and VCS is looking for opportunities to maximize the supply chain, create in-store efficiencies, streamline processes, automate existing manual processes and improve the associate experience. The existing Handheld Scanner has a mobile software application to process a variety of retail inventory management transactions including receiving, transfers, inventory adjustments and stock counts and these transactions are transmitted to the existing Oracle Store Inventory Management (SIM) application. Store personnel scan barcodes or manually enter data to perform retail inventory management transactions. The printer is used to manually print item and shelf labels and prints only one label at a time. Store personnel then manually update items and shelves with updated labels. Label item and price updates are downloaded through a custom-built VCS Offline Application. In addition, there is not an automated process to capture food, coffee and vending end of month inventory. Food, coffee and vending end of month inventory counts are recorded manually using pen and paper, typed onto an Excel spreadsheet and then manually reported on a web-based form on a SharePoint site. The existing scanner is also used to data exchange (DEX) vending machines to capture sales data, using a DEX fob. The DEX fob is an accessory that uses Bluetooth to transmit the data wirelessly. The existing scanner’s operating system is end of life in 2025 and will need to be replaced with a supportable solution. Both the handheld scanner and printer are managed by mobile device management (MDM) applications that are hosted in the VA Enterprise Cloud (VAEC). Avalanche is the current brand MDM application used to manage the scanners. The Zebra brand Printer Profile Manager Enterprise (PPME) is the current MDM application used to manage the printers. Avalanche and PPME are used to manage the scanner and printer estate, respectively, and push system updates. VCS requires a modernized and holistic SIM solution. The solution may be a Software as a Service (SaaS) or a VAEC cloud hosted solution.