Standard R/3 Functions Possible For Articles in SAP Retail (SAP Library

Standard R/3 Functions Possible For Articles in SAP Retail

You can also use the following standard R/3 functions with articles. Certain retail-specific processes for generic articles (for example, matrix maintenance) are, however, not supported by all functions.

MM – Materials Management

All functions

SD – Sales and Distribution

All functions

PP - Production Planning

PP - bills of material with single articles and generic article variants
Product groups
Cost estimates

Prerequisite for Release 4.5B: costing data was integrated in the article master as it could not be created for articles directly from the cost estimate itself.
The cost estimate can also be used as the basis for calculating sales prices.

Material requirements planning (MRP)

The special procurement key can be used, for example, when manufacturing goods in another plant.

Planned orders
Conversion of planned order to production orders

Prerequisite: note 117823 or work scheduling data integrated in the article master.

Confirmation of production orders
Discrete manufacturing of single articles and generic article variants

SM - Service Management

All functions
Prerequisite: notes 105793 and 117122

QM - Quality Management

All functions
Restriction: Maintenance for QM inspection data only available for retail articles using transaction QA08. The display function is integrated in the article master.

Nota fiscal (Brazilian taxes)

Additional tax fields and category fields are required for goods movements in Brazil. These fields cannot currently be maintained in the article master. They can, however, be easily integrated using the customized article master.