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Assortment Operations

SAP Best Practices for Retail

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Purpose, Benefits, and Key Process Steps

Purpose

The aim of assortment management is to define which articles are to be listed for a site or site group. Articles are listed based on a validity period.

Assortments are separate objects in SAP Retail, which are used for managing assortments. The assignment of articles to assortments determines which assortments and therefore which articles a store can buy and sell. Articles can be assigned to the assortments automatically during article or assortment maintenance as the result of check rules. Alternatively, articles can be assigned manually to assortment layout modules, which are then assigned to the assortments. In both cases, the system automatically generates listing conditions for every valid combination of articles and assortments.

Benefits

Assortment Planning brings effective planning processes to your entire organization. And it extends beyond the four key areas – strategic, location, merchandise, and assortment planning – to link to markdown planning, shelf optimization, style management, purchasing, and allocation functionality. By connecting these planning and execution processes, you are ideally placed to maximize profits and adapt quickly to changing market conditions.


Purpose, Benefits, and Key Process Steps

Key Process Steps

Define fixtures

Define a general assortment (and layout module)

Create a layout module version and assign a fixture to it

Assign articles to the layout module version

Assign assortment users to the assortment (layout module)

Release layout module version and create listing conditions

More features of the layout workbench

Deleting layout listing conditions


Required SAP Applications and Company Roles

Required SAP Applications

SAP Enhancement Package 7 for SAP ERP 6.0

Company Roles

Retail Assortment Planner

Retail Seasonal Purchaser


Process Flow DiagramAssortment Operations

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lan

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Define FixturesCreate a General

Assortment

Assignment of articles to layout module

version

Create a LayoutModule Version and assigning a fixture

Assignment of assortment users to

the assortment (layout module)

Release the layout module version and

creating listing conditions

Delete layout listing conditions

More features of the layout workbench


Assortment Management/Listing

Article

Assortment-Module A

Assortment-Module B

Listing

Listing

conditions

Assortment


Assortment Management with the General Assortment

Article

Assortment-Module A

Assortment-Module B

ListingAssortment

user

N:M

M:1

Listing

conditions FilialeStore

DC

KundeCustomer

VerteilzentrumReference site

Assortment


Assortment Management with a Reference Site

Article

Assortment-

Module A

Assortment-

Module B

FilialeStore

DC

ListingAssortment

user

VerteilzentrumReference site

1:M

M:1

Listing

conditions

Assortment

KundeCustomer


Listing Data Model (1:1- Assignment)

WRF1

Site DataWRS1

Assortment Data

Site AssortmentWRSZ

Assortment User

WRF6

Site/Merch. Cat.WRS6

Merch. Cat. in Assort.


Listing Data Model (N:M- Assignment)

ASSORTMENT

WRF1

Site Data

WRF6

Site / Merch. Cat.

WRSZ

Assortment User

WRS1

Assortment Data

WRS6

Merch.Cat in Assort.

WREFA

Assign Site to

REFSITE

Site

N:M


Relisting via Changes of Master Data

Select range of assortment

Select master data change

area

Select date, listing options

amd listing procedure for

each change area

Affectetd articles are

listed /discontinued

Read change

documents matching

the selection criteria

Execute


Overview – Integration for Basic articles

ERP

Strategic planBW

Store plan

Store clustering

Assortment-

Definition

Layoutworkbench

Merchandise plan

strat. Assortment plan

Capacity plan

Purchase Order

Replenishment

Master Data

Assortments /

Store AssignmentsOperational Assortment

Planning and Control

Price Planning WB

Price Reduction Third party


Assortment Management Basic – Integrated process

Creation of planned assortments etc.

(inbound process, triggered by the release process in BW)

Assignment of articles to layout module versions

Release of a layout module version (status)

• Maintenance of placement data

• Capacity check (internal capacity)

• Maintenance of the flag for the OAPC

Shelf optimization

Maintenance of the (internal) capacity of assigned

fixtures (if necessary)

ERP200

6

BWAssortment planning basic

Master data Replenishment OAPC


Assortment Management Basic – ad hoc process

Creation of layout module versions

(with assignment of fixtures)

Creation of assortments

Assignment of articles to layout module versions

Assignment of assortments to shops

including capacity check (external capacity)

Release of a layout module version (status)

• Maintenance of placement data

• Capacity check (internal capacity)

• Maintenance of the flag for the OAPC

Maintenance of the (internal) capacity of assigned

fixtures (if necessary)

ERP20

06

Master data Replenishment OAPC

Shelf optimizationCapacity

planning

required for

capacity

check


Fixtures: Master Data Object

Number, description

Fixture type (for example, rounder, pyramid, table, multivario)

Picture, outline

Height, width, depth

Function:

Use in BW/BPS (capacity planning)

Use for article assignment in the layout module (LM) (internal capacity)


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