Retail Terminology 
Retail Terminology
The SAP system is developed exclusively using terminology that is standard throughout the system and industry sector. In the retail industry, however, some terms are used in some languages that differ from the standard terms used in the SAP system. SAP therefore offers customers working in these languages a tool for replacing the standard terms used in the system with the terms specific to the retail industry throughout the entire user interface. This tool is used for what is referred to as "Short Text Replacement."
The SAP Retail documentation is based on the assumption that you have replaced the short texts in your SAP Retail system. When you follow links from the SAP Retail documentation to other parts of the R/3 documentation, please note that standard SAP terminology is used and not the terms specific to the retail industry.
The following terms differ depending on where you are in the documentation:
SAP Retail |
Other parts of the documentation |
Article |
Material |
Site |
Plant |
Logistics calendar |
Factory calendar |
Merchandise category |
Material group |
Requirements planning (RP) |
Material requirements planning (MRP) / materials planning |
Stock planner |
MRP controller/materials planner |
For a list of the languages for which you can replace the terminology in SAP Retail, see BC – Short Text Replacement:
Replacement Data Available.
Terminology is only replaced in the user interface. In certain situations – such as in the F1 help – the terminology of the general documentation (material, plant, etc.) is used and not the terminology specific to retail (article, site, etc.). Standard SAP system terminology is used, in particular, in the Implementation Guide (IMG).
For information on how to replace the interface terminology in your system, see the documentation BC – Short Text Replacement
Replacing Short Texts.