Hi

[Former Member]

What is meaning of MAP in IS retail. is there any specific module is there, what MAP consultant do in retail.

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gvmk

[Former Member]

Hi,

MAP mean Merchandise Assortment Planning.

SAP Merchandise and Assortment Planning provides metrics on every level of the hierarchy, helping decision makers find the ideal balance between the two extremes. You can evaluate sales, margins, markdowns, shrinkage, purchasing, inventory levels, and other key performance indicators u2013 on screen, in seconds.

MAP enables you to plan on a value-basis and a quantity-basis. Planning can be done on any hierarchy level, for example, purchasing organization, store or product. You can, for example, define your strategic targets and then transfer them step by step to segment, assortment or product level

Go through the following link for detailed information.

http://www.sap.com/industries/retail/pdf/BWP_MAP.pdf

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2004/helpdata/en/16/2872376d3bfa2be10000009b38f8cf/frameset.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/46/1f7e792d1b4250e10000000a1553f6/frameset.htm

SAP Conducts workshop for SAP (W26MIP) Duration:3 days

Hope it helps.

Regards,

Anirban Roy

[Former Member]

SAP Merchandise and Assortment Planning (SAP MAP), based on the SAP Business Information Warehouse (SAP BW), provides the Retail industry with an integrated planning solution. It provides planning and analysis (or reporting) tools on a single platform and supports both top-down and bottom-up processes. On the one hand, flexible capacity management allows control of the entire process chain and merchandise, on a requirement and time-dependent basis.

Refer the sdn url for further info [MAP|]