Master Data 

Purpose

Master data contains all the most important information on sites, vendors, and customers as well as on all the articles you want to carry in your assortment. This information also includes pricing and cycle control data and is stored in the system as master records for retrieval when the user processes business transactions. When master data is maintained in full and correctly, the time required to process transactions can be dramatically reduced, as the system automatically copies the master data you have already maintained to the relevant fields.

Integration

The following types of master data exist in SAP Retail:

The site master contains data on sites such as the address, assignment to other organizational units, size, opening hours, control information, classification information, departments, merchandise categories, and receiving points.

Business partners are vendors and customers.

The vendor master contains information on vendors. Typical vendor data includes the name and address, the currency in which the vendor works, and the vendor number (used in SAP Retail as the account number).

Master data can be stored for each individual customer. This includes general data (such as the address), sales data (such as departments, merchandise categories and unloading points) and accounting data (such as bank details).

The article master contains data on all the individual articles that a company purchases, sells or produces. An article master record includes information such as the unit of measure and the description of the article. Other SAP components access the data contained in the article master.

Articles can be grouped together into merchandise categories. These groups can serve as a basis for Inventory Management, analyses, and other logistics functions.

Conditions contain information on arrangements used for pricing in purchasing and sales. These can be freely defined and stored at a number of levels with relevant periods of validity.

All types of master data can be grouped together in the Classification System and analyzed.

 

See also:

Organizational Structure

Classification

Archiving

Season

POS Interface - Outbound