Item Management

SAP Best Practices for Retail (India)

SAP Best Practices

Scenario Overview 1

Purpose Within the scenario Item Management, Article creation of single, Generic and

structured articles will be displayed in the process for article maintenance. This scenario also addresses the principal features of creating listing conditions using integrated article maintenance and reference handling in the article master.

Benefits Manage all business related master data Efficient, consistent master data handling including mass data handling and

high integration Efficient discontinuation of item data

Key process flows covered Create and process a single article Create and process a generic article Create and process a prepack Create and process a sales set Create and process a display

Purpose and Benefits:

Scenario Overview 2

Required SAP EHP3 for SAP ERP 6.0

Company roles involved in process flows Retail Master Data Manager Retail Assortment Planner Retail Pricing Manager Retail Non – Seasonal Purchaser Retail Store Manager Retail Non-Seasonal Purchaser - Power User

SAP Applications Required:

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Create Single Article

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Implement Listing

Create a maintenance

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Maintain Logistics Data for All DCs /

Stores

Extension of a maintenance group by a template

Create Core Master Article with Template

Mass Maintenance

using the Article Monitor

Mass Maintenance Using Mass Maintenance

Tools

Mass Maintenance

using Refernce Sites

Check the Article Creation

Alternative Data Maintenance (Alternative

Organizational Levels)

Displaying a Generated

Assortment Module

Article copy to create a new

Article

Check the Article Creation for the Copied

Article

Display the Profile Module for Store M001

using Assortment

Menu

Article Discontinuation

Create Article List

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Create a Characteristic Profile with the

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Follow up and Replacement

Articles

Store Characteristic

Values

Characteristic Value Grouping

Assign the Characteristic

Profile to a Merchandise

Category

Reference Handling for

Generic Article Variants

Process the Generic Article

Create a Generic Article with Variants

Process PrepackCreate Prepack

Matrix Handling for Master Data Fields for the

Generic Article

Price Matrix for Variants of

Generic Articles

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Determine Valuation

Prices for the Prepack

Components

Goods Receipt without

References

Process Sales Set

Create a Sales set Create Display Process

Display Price Level Groups

Department Store / Shop

Concept

Goods Receipt without

References

Goods Receipt without

References

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Set up a Structured

Article

Article Creation

Article Maintenance/ Listing: Types of Article

The relevant types of articles for Retail are:

Shoe-Prepack

=Prepack

Amount arrangementof the variants

of an articleGenericarticle

Singlearticle

Case set

=Sales setGroups of

articleswith specialsales price

Sockes

=Display

articlecombined

with an particularpacking

Generic Article/Variants

Variants - Article, which are only different in particular characteristics (for example, colour, value )

Variants of the articles are combined under a generic article Own master record for every inventory-managed variant.

Generic article Variants

Creation of a Generic Article in SAP Retail

Selection of the relevant variants in matrix

Creation of an article with art. category generic article to merch. cat

Qualifier of the char. as variants-forming

Assignment of char./profile char. of the merchandise category

Definition merchandise category

Sales-Set

Vendor Vendor DCDC StoreStore

Consumer

Consumer

Case, ca. 77/54/25 cm, black-brown 89.90 +

Case, ca. 69/46/24 cm, black-brown 59.90 +

Travelling bag, ca. 63/32/29 cm. black-brown 39.90

Set: Case and travelling bagthreepart case-set 169.90

Constitution of the sales sets with articles ofdifferent merchandise category is possible

standard sales price only in the store

Component = independent article

Display

Vendor Vendor DCDC StoreStore

consumer consumer

Display consists of a header article and the components

Components = independent article

Prepack

Vendor Vendor DCDC StoreStore

Consumer

Consumer

All Components of the prepack are variants of a generic article -> same merchandise category

Vendor allows information about components Point of the cancellation (referring to the stock) of the prepack

adjustable

5 Pieces x size 365 Pieces x size 3710 Pieces x size 3810 Pieces x size 3910 Pieces x size 405 Pieces x size 415 Pieces x size 42

Inventory Management: Structured u. Generic Article

„Alternative“Inventory Management

Inventory Management

LieferantObjekt DC Site

Prepack

Display

Price-/ Sales-Set

Generic article-> variants

Structured material in logistic procedure

Reference Handling

Reference Article

Merchandize category

generic article

Merchandize category

generic article

gives reference data for

New Article Creation

Explicitreference article

Explicitreference article

RefsiteRefsite

ArticleArticle

Generic Article

Explicitreference article

Explicitreference article

Merchandize categoryreference article

Merchandize categoryreference article

Changes

copy

gives reference data for

Generic article

ArticleArticle

VariantsArticleArticle

Reference Data

Regular VendorRegular Vendor

Master DataMaster Data

Reference article (merchandise category, reference article, explicit reference article)Reference article (merchandise category, reference article, explicit reference article)

SeasonSeason

Purchasing-data

Purchasing-data

General. Listing data

General. Listing data Sales-dataSales-data POS DataPOS Data

Log. data Refsite

Log. data Refsite

Listing data distribution

channel

Listing data distribution

channel

Log. data other siteLog. data other site

Customizing / ConstantsCustomizing / Constants

Copy of changesReference data only by generation

Listing

Listing Procedure

Process to assign an article to a general assortment of a store or a distribution center via assortment module

Process to assign an article to a general assortment of a store or a distribution center via assortment module

By the listing you define whether and when the article can be ordered, delivered and sold.

By the listing you define whether and when the article can be ordered, delivered and sold.

Assortment Objects

Assortment-module

Assortment-module

ArticleArticle

AssortmentDC

South-West

AssortmentStoreLondon

General assortment 1

Generalassortment 2

Assortment-module

Assortment-module

Assortment-module

Assortment-module

Assortment-module

Assortment-module

Assortment -module

Assortment -module

DC South-WestDC South-West

CustomerCustomer

Store LondonStore London

Assortment Description

Listingprocess

Article

IDoc

Promotion

Assignment table

Manual Modules

Listing conditions

Assortment function

(General) Assortment

Store DC Customer

Assortment Level Rules

who keeps in what scale the merchandise category "recorder"

Assortment-level

House type / Customer type

Store Bath

Store Nottingham

Store Manchester

Store London

Deluxe-Assortment

Special-Assortment

Advanced Assortment

Base-Assortment

Process of the classification rule check

Store London

Article attribute:

Style

fashionable classic

"*" (all)

Merchandise category blouses

Store Manchester Store Bath

classicmodishSite attribute:

Style

Listing Procedure: Process of the Layout Check

Layout modulesLayout modules

Article

Store Manchester Store London

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