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Difference between SAP Standard and IS- Retail

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Hi Gurus,

Can you please tell me , what is the difference between functionality of standard SAP SD and IS-Retail (SD).

How are the opportunities in IS- Retail.

regards

Sridhar.P

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Manoj_Mahajan78
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Sridhar,

IS Retail is part of solution packages provided by SAP for specific industry..Like IS Telecom,IS-Healthcare, Etc..

ITs designed keeping in view specific reqt and scenarios (unique in respective industry).

The SAP Enterprise Retail Suite is designed with the retailer

in mind, and offers a comprehensive set of features and

functions that target each area of your retail business. It

spans areas such as merchandise management, corporate

administration, store and retail operations, planning, as

well as supply chain management.

Many international retail chains have found success using

solutions within the SAP Enterprise Retail Suite.

SAP for Retail

SAP for Retail offers a large portfolio of solutions that will

enable you to run your retail business efficiently.

These include : Item management, Purchasing management, inventory management, Price management and execution.

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Regds

MM

Former Member
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IS RETAIL:

The SAP Enterprise Retail Suite is designed with the retailer

in mind, and offers a comprehensive set of features and

functions that target each area of your retail business. It

spans areas such as merchandise management, corporate

administration, store and retail operations, planning, as

well as supply chain management.

Many international retail chains have found success using

solutions within the SAP Enterprise Retail Suite. Satisfied

customers include grocery and drug-store chains Boots (UK),

and Spar (China); fashion apparel stores J.Crew (US) and

Petit Bateau (France); speciality stores Montblanc (Denmark)

and Indigo Books (Canada); general merchandise shops

OfficeMax (US) and Hornbach (Denmark); convenience

stores 7-Eleven (Australia) and Zabka (Poland); and postal

services in Switzerland and Germany.

SAP for Retail

SAP for Retail offers a large portfolio of solutions that will

enable you to run your retail business efficiently.

These include : Item management, Purchasing management, inventory management, Price management and execution.

<u><b>STANDARD SAP :</b></u>]

Functionality: The R/3 System offers you a software solution that covers all commercial processes and transactions commonly occurring in a company or group of companies.

Integration: All work processes within a company or group of companies are linked through data and functions using the R/3 System.

User Friendliness: The R/3 System has a uniform graphical user interface for all application areas.

Individual Solutions: System-controlled customizing procedures allow you to create solutions from a wide variety of prepared application variants to satisfy individual requirements.

Flexible Structure: Whether in a departmental organization or on the warehouse or factory floor, change is the only facet of your business that will not vary. Adaptability must be universal, and the R/3 System’s flexible structure and extensive integration helps make that easier.

Enterprise-Wide Integration: SAP’s enterprise-wide R/3 System solutions meet the needs of constantly changing, continually evolving businesses. The R/3 System’s application components are fully integrated. Transaction-related process chains trigger the next activity as needed from engineering to materials management, to production planning, to sales and distribution. The R/3 System’s full integration pulls your enterprise together, promoting data access, flexibility, and productivity. No other product or suite of products provides the R/3 System’s functional links between processes that multiply the power of each person’s work.

Real-Time Information: The R/3 System’s ability to “drill down” to whatever level of detail you need is legendary. More than any other product, the R/3 System provides up-to-the-minute, real-time information wherever and whenever you need it.

Mission-Critical Business Processes: SAP has more than 20 years of experience designing sophisticated application software for backbone and mission critical business processes. Nine of the top ten Fortune 500 companies use SAP software. SAP developed most of the R/3 System’s functionality in close cooperation with these customers. Consequently, it has integrated the best business practices of the world’s most successful companies into the R/3 System. The R/3 System’s business processes are flexible, pragmatic and well documented. Today they form a widely acknowledged standard for Business Process Reengineering (BPR).

Best of Breed: Users want standard software as well as standard business processes and guidance on how to implement them successfully. With the R/3 System you get the “best of breed” for all common business processes. You do not need to compromise on flexibility. If you need or want to fine tune or tailor your R/3 System, the capability is there.

Hope this provides you more clarity.

Regards

Srikanth.A

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Hi Gupta,

Please find some important point and Difference between SAP and IS Retail Below:

Standard sap will suits to any kind of business

and IS(industry specific) was made for specific industry like oil,banking and retail

Eg:- Pantaloon India has implemented SAP IS-Retail.

In this IS u will less enhancements and it like ready for use. That means here all structure are pre-created and as per the business requirements will go for small changes.

Whereas in standard SAP we have understand business process and then prepare doc like blue prints and on that based we will go to create ES, SALES DOC.

IS is nothing but Industry Solution for Retail/telecom/Oil..

Its designed for that specific industry by taking into consideration processes & scenarios..(In short they are ready to use like...)

As far as retail companies are concerned they are more into IS-Retail

which is nothing but Industry solutions for retail

This is similar to SD but more focused on retail industry needs

See this link

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/12/084110470311d1894a0000e8323352/frameset.htm

Most companies use both...to know about companies you can search in sap service website

SAP has got a separate industrial solution for Retailing called IS - Retail. so the chances of implementing SD for a retailing company are very remote as most of the functionality available under SD module doesn’t support Retailing industry.

Though there are quite a few differences between IS Retail and SD module but the basic processes more or less remain the same. It shouldn't be much of a difficulty in switching from SD to IS-Retail (Pricing, Promotions, Sales etc.. are quite similar). You need to comprehend the retail processes then you can know the differences by comparison.

SAP implementations among retailers in India is increasing. There're quite a few retailers in India who have implemented SAP IS Retail, Reliance being the biggest so far.

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Thanks and Regards,

Sateesh.Kandula

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Hi Gupta

Not an IS Retail or Retail industry expert. From what I have been exposed to... major differences I know of are:

- IS Retail was original develop to meet specific needs of Retail industry where standard SD/MM cannot.

- Significant functionality difference are:

- Store specific features are built into IS Retail where as it is not in

standard SD/MM.

- Mass processing of pricing (some of the retail features were

included as standard SAP as of 4.6)

- Assortment handling is not in standard SAP

There are other differences in inventory costing/valuation etc.

Retail valuation only available in SAP Retail.

What is known in the trade as the "retail inventory method" or the "retail method" involves valuating stocks at retail, often aggregated at merchandise category or departmental level.

Both the cost method and the retail method can be used in SAP Retail.

Actually IS-Retail is a combination of MM and SD plus other funtionalities speacially developed for the retail industry such as:

Promotions

Pricing

Assortments

Clasification

Merchandise category

Seasons

Is important to mention that all the funtionality of MM and SD is avialable in SAP IS-Retail with some diferences in some transactions:

Material master data (article in retail) has some diferences.

Vendor master data.

Site master data.

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