In-Store Merchandise and Inventory Management SAP Best Practices

In-Store Merchandise and Inventory Management SAP Best Practices for Retail

Purpose, Benefits, and Key Process Steps Purpose These components of the SAPECC Retail System are used in the store. Together with the central SAPECC, they form a complete retailing system. Procurement, goods movement and sales postings make up the mass business of a store. With In-Store Merchandise and Inventory Management, these postings can be executed by employees directly in the store. Benefits Low running costs and hardware requirements Use of standard technologies Intuitive, easy-to-use user interface Business processes designed for store needs Integration into central merchandising & accounting system © 2014 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. 2

Purpose, Benefits, and Key Process Steps n n n Purchasing Store to store stock transfer Physical inventory count Goods movements Goods receipt Inventory Lookup © 2014 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. 3

Required SAP Applications and Company Roles Required SAP Applications SAP Enhancement Package 7 for SAP ERP 6. 0 Company Roles Retail Store Manager Retail Warehouse Manager Retail Buyer (Invoice Verification) © 2014 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. 4

Process Flow Diagram Retail Warehouse Manager Retail Store Manager In-store Merchandise and Inventory Management Store order (direct) Create store order (stock transfer) Create Delivery for store order External Purchase order Post goods return Store order & vendor determined by system Change delivery © 2014 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Return purchase order Stock transfer purchase order Post goods issue 5

Process Flow Diagram In-store Merchandise and Inventory Management Stock transfer Misc. goods movement Create goods receipt for delivery With reference (Article document) Initial entry of inventory data Create goods receipt without reference documents With reference (PO) Create document in in-store merchandise & inventory management Create goods receipt with reference documents Retail Store Manager Create goods receipt for PO Create return delivery without reference doc. Entering count © 2014 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Sales order Difference values - purchasing Editing differences 6

In-Store Merchandise and Inventory management Landscape MIM purchasing activities inventory management customer order management promotion IDES Smart Retailer Inc. Sales data cashier statistics POS Server converter at night: article and price EAN vendor © 2014 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. 7

Purchasing process of the store Order data Head Office Store Purchase requisition, purchase or delivery n picking n goods issue n invoice DC © 2014 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. delivery Vendor 8

Replenishment in MIM Head Office Replenishment run Purchase requisition SAP Retail Store Quantity Stock Open receipts Material 10, 000 100, 000 R 100013 9, 000 0, 000 90, 000 R 100014 8, 00 Store Quantity proposal 8, 000 0, 000 R 100015 Planning by visual inspection © 2014 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. 9

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Goods movements in the store movement Store Head Office stock store 1 xxx stock

Inventory in MIM counting articles Store Head Office inventory result inventory xxx physical inventory count © 2014 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. = ? book inventory xxx scanner inventory count 12

Sales process sales order Store order Vendor Head Office delivery DC © 2014 SAP

Promotion information bonus buy external systems Business Information Warehouse requirement s planning coupons order free-goods discount goods receipt conditions promotion volume-rebate arrangements inventory management Price calculation goods issue additional catalog processing assortments © 2014 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. POS incoming outgoing order processing 14

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