Different types of planning in SAP IS-retail

[Former Member]

Dear Friends

What are the available planning tools in SAP IS-retail , and how they are different ?

I saw many planning like below and confused how they are related or classified

1. SAP Merchandise and assortment planning

2. SAP Retail Planning

3. OAPC planning (Operational assortment planning and control)

4. OTB planning (Open to Buy)

5. SOP planning (Sales and operational planning)

Thanks

Regards

Kishor

[ramesh_duraisamy]

Hi Kishore,

Yes, you are right. The above are the different types of planning available in our Retail landscape.

All the above can be derived using MAP.

Now MAP has a new avatar, the new BI content can provide you SAP Retail Merchandise Planning, which covers functional as well as process enhancements. From a functional perspective, all planning functions have moved from the Excel table into the ribbon of SAP Business Objects Analysis, Edition for Microsoft Office, which allows users to better navigate between the planning functions without losing focus on the planning table. Additionally, the franchise concept has been corrected in order to guarantee a smooth integration with the SAP Retail system. From a process perspective, the solution has been enhanced for the following processes: Financial Channel Plan going down to division and department level, bottom-up planning processes for all planning scenarios, and integration of OTB and markdown budget for Slow Seller Management.

Flowing are some of the flat files used for initial configuration,

0RP_FP_01_CFO_ChannelMix.xlsm

0RP_FP_02_StoreAreaPlan_Retail.xlsm

0RP_FP_03_DF_ChannelPlan_Retail.xlsm

0RP_FP_05_InvMng_Retail.xlsm

0RP_FP_05_InvMng_Retail_Report_Reconciliation.xlsm

0RP_MP_01_VPOTB_Retail.xlsm

0RP_MP_04_DirectorPlan_Retail.xlsm

0RP_C01.csv

0RP_C02_InvMngRtl_MerchMix_CDT2level_2010.csv

0RP_C02_InvMngRtl_MerchMix_CDT2level_2011.csv

0RP_C02_ChannelPlan.csv

0RP_RC02_STORE_AREA.csv

0RP_C12_MerchPlan_2010_000.csv

0RP_C12_MerchPlan_2011_000.csv

0CM_CDT1_TEXT.csv

0CM_CDT2_TEXT.csv

0CM_CDT3_TEXT.csv

0CM_CDT4_TEXT.csv

0SALESORG_TEXT.csv

0REGION_TEXT.csv

0PLANT_TEXT.csv

0VERSION_TEXT.csv Thanks and Regards, Ramesh D

[Former Member]

Hi Ramesh

Where do I find these files ? Can you please provide me the MAP relevant infocubes ?

Thanks

Kishore

[ramesh_duraisamy · Accepted solution]

Hi Kishore,

SAP MAP is composed of the following components:

Strategic Planning

Merchandise Planning

Assortment Planning

Slow Seller Management

Location Planning

Release Workbench

The Release Workbench allows you to monitor planning data and master data created during planning and transfer of this data to operative applications.

The following diagram represents the merchandise and assortment planning architecture.

Cubes can be created accroding to the requriement. All the planning is based upon BI-IP and BPS.

Thanks and Regards,

Ramesh D

[Former Member]

Hi Kishor,

My high level understanding of SAP IS-Retail is:

SAP brought in Planning via BI content in the ECC 6 and above.

My understanding layman understanding that might help you:

1. SAP Merchandise and assortment planning

Lot of details already given by Ramesh D.

2. SAP Retail Planning

I believe 2 type exist, Push and Pull planning. I might be bit off in understanding this type of Planning.

3. OAPC planning (Operational assortment planning and control)

This planning is used if you plan Store wise.  Exmaple is you have defined multiple stores and each store control there Safety stock and and ordering process.

4. OTB planning (Open to Buy)

This planning is used when Corporate team decides how much to buy based on budget and target.

5. SOP planning (Sales and operational planning)

This type of planning is used when a sales team forecast and operations team capacity to meet the forecast differ and the company needs to take a collaborative approach.

Hope this helps.

Best Regards,

MJ