Article Phase-out

Background

During 2019-2020 there was an initiative discovering the business requirements for this purpose.
There are documentation available describing the findings. These documents are linked to the user story https://ahlsell.atlassian.net/browse/VIV-176.
However it is important that when this initiative starts, a new discovery is conducted with involvment from product and also store organization.

Executive summary of finding from previous investigation.

• Too rigid rules to start the phasing out process.

• There can't be any movement (e.g. open order) on the item to start the phasing out

• No possibility to define, manage & follow up "phasing out projects"

• At present, it is impossible to select and follow up a group of items that a responsible person has initiated. ==> Suggestion: Phasing out governance at project level instead of item level

• Too complex and non-transparent automatic rules ==>
  Suggestion: Timed phasing out actions at project level

• Insufficient information about ongoing movements ==>
  Suggestion: Address activities (e.g. finalize open orders) to the right person, through a structured data model

• Phasing out items is an iterative process rather than a linear process