Creating a Markdown Plan (SAP Library

Creating a Markdown Plan

Procedure

On the Create Markdown Plan screen, enter the markdown type and choose Continue.

Select the distribution chains, articles, sites and/or price lists that you want to plan the markdown for.

Choose Execute.

Note

You can display a report showing errors that occurred during selection.

(Optional) Choose the Selection icon to extend the worklist selected in Step 2.

Enter a short text and assign a number (if the system does not do this) and validity period for the markdown plan. Check the default markdown rule proposed from the markdown type.

Check the Valid-from date for the articles. Enter a planned sales quantity, check the indicator for activating price point adjustment and define the final price.

(Optional) Enter the initial stock.

(Optional) You can choose Mass Maintenance to process a large number of articles at once. You can also use it to change markdown rules, if you wish.

(Optional) Display an overview of the distribution chains assigned to the markdown plan, along with sites and/or price lists and associated evaluations, by choosing the Distribution chains tabstrip.

(Optional) Double click on the article to display an overview of all the details on the article in the markdown plan You can also maintain quantities and prices here (at item and phase level).

Note

You can choose Goto ® Header data to view the organizational data relevant to price determination, the BW/RIS data that you need for a later target/actual comparison, and the default values from the markdown rule.

Go to the overview of article price phases by choosing the Detailed planning tabstrip.

Check the validity of each price phase for the articles, check the price change as a percentage of the original price or enter the final price for each phase. The system will calculate the change.

Check or enter the planned sales quantity, or enter a share of the quantity sold for each phase and the system calculates the sales quantity.

(Optional) For each article price phase, article or group of articles, simulate sales price calculation by selecting the required items (or have a report do this) and choose Test price calculation at the bottom of the screen.

Note

If errors occur, these must be corrected before you can activate prices.

For each article price phase, article or group of articles, activate sales prices by selecting the required items (or have a report do this) and choose Activate sales prices.

Do one of the following:

If you answer ‘Yes’ to whether you want to activate correctly calculated sales prices, the system creates condition records and saves the markdown plan.
If you answer ‘No’ to this question, the sales prices are not activated and you change and save the markdown plan.

(Optional) Choose Plan/act. to view a comparison of target and actual data for an article or article price phases, and then adjust article price phases if necessary.

(Optional) To check whether articles are listed in any other markdown plans or promotions during the same time frame, choose Select chosen items to select the articles and execute the check function.

You can use the mass maintenance tool for price phases, just as you can on the main markdown planning screen. You can change data for several articles at once; for example, you can change the markdown percentage for all articles in a given merchandise category.