• Customer-Centric Merchandising
  • SAP Merchandising for Retail
    • Inventory Valuation (e.g. Retail Method of Accounting)
    • Perishables Procurement
  • SAP Planning for Retail
  • SAP Price Optimization 
  • SAP Promotion Management for Retail
• Customer-Driven Supply Chain
  • SAP Merchandising for Retail
  • SAP Extended Warehouse Management
  • SAP Forecasting & Replenishment
• Unified Customer Experience
  • Business Process of Shopper Experience Management
  • SAP Point of Sale
  • SAP Point of Sale Data Management
  • SAP Workforce Management
  • In-Store Merchandise and Inventory Management & Mobile Employee Facing
  • Analytics for SAP for Retail
  • Loss Pevention Analytics for Retail
  • In Store Fresh Item Management 
  • Enterprise Data Warehouse Service for POS
• Corporate Operations
• Business Process Platform
  • IDOC based Integration for SAP for Retail 
  • SOA based Integration and Connectivity Kits for Retail

Cross Topics

• Customer Activity Repository (NEW)
• Master Data in Retail
• Direct Store Delivery for Retail

Special Topics

• Global Data Synchronization
• ASAP Business Add-ons for Retail: Help to Lower Implementation Costs 
• Run SAP for Retail - Best Practices for Solution Operations
• SAP Retail Technology Facts and Retail Switch
• Consequences of Activating the BF Set SAP Retail

 

 

 

 

Retail Value Map:
 

Customer-Centric Marketing and Merchandising

Build personalized shopping experiences with your customers. Develop targeted promotions and pricing strategies that give a high return on investment, while lowering inventory costs

Sourcing, Buying and Private Label

Efficiently source, buy, or produce products by collaborating with a global network of business partners

Supply Chain

Optimize customer service and profitability by balancing supply and inventory to meet dynamic demand at optimum cost

Omnicommerce Customer Experience

Truly understand customer needs to increase brand awareness, improve interaction, and utilize customer interaction channels that are consistent, personalized, and enjoyable

 

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SAP for Retail Wiki - Table of Contents

• Customer-Centric Merchandising
  • SAP Merchandising for Retail
    • Inventory Valuation (e.g. Retail Method of Accounting)
    • Perishables Procurement
  • SAP Planning for Retail
  • SAP Price Optimization 
  • SAP Promotion Management for Retail
• Customer-Driven Supply Chain
  • SAP Merchandising for Retail
  • SAP Extended Warehouse Management
  • SAP Forecasting & Replenishment
• Unified Customer Experience
  • Business Process of Shopper Experience Management
  • SAP Point of Sale
  • SAP Point of Sale Data Management
  • SAP Workforce Management
  • In-Store Merchandise and Inventory Management & Mobile Employee Facing
  • Analytics for SAP for Retail
  • Loss Pevention Analytics for Retail
  • In Store Fresh Item Management 
  • Enterprise Data Warehouse Service for POS
• Corporate Operations
• Business Process Platform
  • IDOC based Integration for SAP for Retail 
  • SOA based Integration and Connectivity Kits for Retail

Cross Topics

• Customer Activity Repository (NEW)
• Master Data in Retail
• Direct Store Delivery for Retail

Special Topics

• Global Data Synchronization
• ASAP Business Add-ons for Retail: Help to Lower Implementation Costs 
• Run SAP for Retail - Best Practices for Solution Operations
• SAP Retail Technology Facts and Retail Switch
• Consequences of Activating the BF Set SAP Retail

SAP for Retail Community Contributions

Whether they are best practices, lessons learned or success stories, share your experience with us.  If you don't know where to start, please have a look at existing SAP for Retail Community page contributions (see the box SAP for Retail Community Contributions on the right side) to see what has been created by members of our Retail on SCN community.

Also, before you begin, read our page on  how you can contribute so you can begin positioning yourself with your knowledge. Remember, it's you who makes the BPX community thrive! We welcome your input.

 

SAP Merchandising for Retail

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SAP Merchandising for Retail

SAP Merchandising for Retail is a real-time integrated solution for merchandise management that enables head office, stores as well as trading partners access to information and transactions that support best practice business processes across the entire retail merchandise lifecycle. It is based on SAP ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning).

SAP Merchandising helps retailers execute the intelligent merchandising decisions that will set them apart from the competition. By understanding their customers and anticipating new trends, retailers can respond rapidly to consumer demands in ways that inspire customers to return to their stores, Website or call center - again and again. And with all the insight they need to make the best merchandising decisions, retailers can grow their business profitably.

Key Functions and Features

Key function	Target in SAP Library	Target in Solution Map for Retail	Business Scenario
Key function	Target in SAP Library	Target in Solution Map for Retail	Business Scenario
Operational Buying	Purchasing	Supply Chain Management → Operational Buying	Processing Purchase Orders in ERP
•  Source of Supply	Supply Source Determination	Supply Chain Management → Operational Buying	Processing Purchase Orders in ERP
•  Purchase Orders	Ordering	Supply Chain Management → Operational Buying	Processing Purchase Orders in ERP
◊  Collective Purchase Orders	Collective Purchase Order	Supply Chain Management → Operational Buying	Collective Purchase Orders with Subitems
◊  Requirements Processing for Request for Quotations	RFQ and Quotation	Supply Chain Management → Operational Buying	Processing Purchase Orders in ERP
◊  Processing Purchase Orders for Subcontracting	Subcontracting in Purchasing	Supply Chain Management → Operational Buying	Procurement of Subcontracted Production
◊  Seasonal Procurement	Seasonal Procurement	Supply Chain Management → Operational Buying	Seasonal Procurement - Plan driven Seasonal Procurement
◊  Perishables Procurement	Perishables Procurement	Supply Chain Management → Operational Buying
•  Order Optimization	Order Optimizing	Supply Chain Management → Operational Buying	Order Optimizing
•  Open to Buy	Open-To-Buy (OTB)	Supply Chain Management → Operational Buying
•  Invoicing	Invoice Verification	Supply Chain Management → Operational Buying	Verifying Logistics Invoices (Online/In Background) - Retail
•  Vendor Rebate Arrangements	Subsequent Settlement	Supply Chain Management → Operational Buying
•  Consignment	Vendor Consignment	Supply Chain Management → Operational Buying
•  Retail Price Management & Execution	Pricing	Merchandise Lifecycle → Retail Price Management	Retail Pricing
•  Promotion Management & Execution	Promotion	Merchandise Lifecycle → Promotion Management
•  Markdown Management & Execution	Slow Seller Management	Merchandise Lifecycle → Markdown Management	Price Planning
Distribution	Merchandise Distribution	Supply Chain Management → Replenishment and Inventory Opt.
•  Allocation	Allocation	Supply Chain Management -> Replenishment and Inventory Opt. -> Allocation	Manual Processing of Allocation Table Automatic Processing of Allocation Table
•  Basic Replenishment	Replenishment	Supply Chain Management -> Replenishment and Inventory Opt. -> Requirements Planning and Replenishment
•  Stock Relocation	Goods movement
Inventory Management	Inventory Management	Supply Chain Management -> Replenishment and Inventory Opt. -> Chain Wide Inventory Management
•  Stock Management	Inventory Management
•  Inventory Valuation	Valuation
•  Retail Method of Accounting (RMA)	Retail Method of Accounting		Inventory Valuation for Retail Method of Accounting Inventory Analytics for Retail Method of Accounting Inventory Valuation for Extended Retail Method of Accounting Inventory Analytics for Extended Retail Method of Accounting
•  Stock Ledger (Cost, Retail, Hybrid)	Stock Ledger Analytics
•   Stock Relocation	Inventory Management: Transactions
•  Returns Management	Return Delivery
•   Physical Inventory	Physical Inventory

 

Getting started with SAP Merchandising for Retail

• SAP Retail Technology Facts of SAP Retail configuration (SMP credentials required): The objective of this document is to provide a solid understanding of the SAP Retail technology facts in the current release SAP ERP 6.0: activitation of SAP Retail with corresponding business function set, the enterprise extension Retail and the provision of innovations with Retail-related enterprise business function in enhancement packages. The document adresses business consultants and SAP customers to acquire deeper understanding of SAP Retail. Thus specialized knowledge about system installation or programming is not a prerequisite for reading this document.