Assortment Operations

1. Assortment Operations SAP Best Practices for Retail

2. 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.

3. 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

4. Required SAP Applications and Company Roles • Required SAP Applications • SAP SAP enhancement package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0 • Company Roles • Retail Assortment Planner

5. Process Flow Diagram Assortment Operations Retail Assortment Planner Define Fixtures Create a General Assortment Create a Layout Module Version and assigning a fixture Assignment of articles to layout module version Assignment of assortment users to the assortment (layout module) Delete layout listing conditions More features of the layout workbench Release the layout module version and creating listing conditions

6. Assortment Management/Listing Article Listing Assortment- Module A Assortment Assortment- Module B Listing conditions

7. Assortment Management with the General Assortment Assortment user Article Listing N:M Assortment- Module A Customer Kunde Assortment Assortment- Module B M:1 DC Listing conditions Reference site Verteilzentrum Store Filiale

8. Assortment Management with a Reference Site Assortment user Article Listing Assortment- Module A Customer Kunde Assortment Assortment- Module B M:1 DC 1:M Listing conditions Reference site Verteilzentrum Store Filiale

9. Listing Data Model (1:1- Assignment) WRF1Site Data WRS1Assortment Data WRSZAssortment User Site Assortment WRF6Site/Merch. Cat. WRS6Merch. Cat. in Assort.

10. Listing Data Model (N:M- Assignment)

11. 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 Read change documents matching the selection criteria Execute Affectetd articles are listed /discontinued

12. Overview – Integration for Basic articles BW Strategic plan Store plan Merchandise plan Capacity plan Store clusteringAssortment-Definition strat. Assortment plan Layoutworkbench Operational Assortment Planning and Control Assortments / Store Assignments Third party Price Reduction Price Planning WB Master Data Purchase Order ERP Replenishment

13. Assortment Management Basic – Integrated process Assortment planning basic BW ERP2006 Creation of planned assortments etc. (inbound process, triggered by the release process in BW) Maintenance of the (internal) capacity of assignedfixtures (if necessary) Assignment of articles to layout module versions • Maintenance of placement data • Capacity check (internal capacity) • Maintenance of the flag for the OAPC Shelf optimization Release of a layout module version (status) Replenishment OAPC Master data

14. Assortment Management Basic – ad hoc process ERP2006 Creation of assortments Creation of layout module versions(with assignment of fixtures) Maintenance of the (internal) capacity of assignedfixtures (if necessary) Assignment of articles to layout module versions Capacity planning required for capacity check • Maintenance of placement data • Capacity check (internal capacity) • Maintenance of the flag for the OAPC Shelf optimization Assignment of assortments to shopsincluding capacity check (external capacity) Release of a layout module version (status) Replenishment OAPC Master data

15. 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)