You are the Marshalls Allocation Analyst for the Ladies Activewear department. It is currently the end of April and your department is transitioning into warm weather product, however weather across the country has still been colder than seasonal norms. Currently this department has a stock-to-sales ratio (SSR)* of 4.5 weeks and you are needing to ship 5,000 units to stores this week. The department is made up of several different commodities: - Fleece sweatshirts SSR 6.0 (this commodity historically is not shipped past April) - Active bottoms SSR 4.0 - Swimwear SSR 12.0 (shipping started 2 weeks ago for this commodity) - Short sleeve tops SSR 5.0 Using the data in the table below come up with the shipping strategy for the week based on a total department target of approximately 5,000 units. (note that you must ship the total # of units for each product, you cannot ship partial units) Come prepared to discuss what product you decided to ship for this week and the reason for that decision.

Additional information to consider: - All Marshalls stores are located in A & B markets (metropolitan & adjacent areas) - There are 100 Marshalls stores - *Stock to Sales ratio (SSR) The SSR measures the health of a business by comparing how quickly a product is selling relative to how much we have in store inventory. A high SSR number indicates that an item is selling more slowly than a lower SSR number for example: a turn of 3.2 means the current stock will sell out in just over 3 weeks, a turn of 6.5 means the product will sell out in just over 6 weeks.

\begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|l|l|} \hline Vendor & Commodity & Product & # of units & \begin{tabular}{l} Vendor SSR (if \\ applicable) \end{tabular} \\ \hline Nike & \begin{tabular}{l} Active \\ bottoms \end{tabular} & Black biker shorts & 1500 & 5.0 \\ \hline Adidas & \begin{tabular}{l} Active \\ bottoms \end{tabular} & 7/8 length floral yoga pants & 1000 & 3.0 \\ \hline Lole & \begin{tabular}{l} Active \\ bottoms \end{tabular} & Navy blue running shorts & 2000 & New vendor \\ \hline Champion & \begin{tabular}{l} Fleece \\ sweatshirt \end{tabular} & White with logo & 600 & 7.5 \\ \hline Speedo & Swimwear & \begin{tabular}{l} 1 piece red high neck \\ racerback \end{tabular} & 300 & New vendor \\ \hline Roxy & Swimwear & 2 piece striped bathing suit & 750 & New vendor \\ \hline RBX & \begin{tabular}{l} Short sleeve \\ tops \end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}{l} Pink short sleeve moisture \\ wicking \end{tabular} & 400 & New vendor \\ \hline Yogalicious & \begin{tabular}{l} Short sleeve \\ tops \end{tabular} & Black comfort t-shirt & 1800 & 4.8 \\ \hline \end{tabular}