Markdown Types 
Markdown Types
Use
After you have created markdown rules, you create markdown types and assign rules to them. You can include a reference site, reference distribution chain, or reference price list in the markdown type, in which case the system will be able to suggest sales prices for articles in the markdown plan based on these references. If you do not enter this organizational data in the markdown type, the system will try to find the sales price for the distribution chain for the articles you selected. If it does not find this price, the system will not suggest any markdown sales prices.
Integration
You create these entries in Customizing for Retail. (Later when you create markdown plans, you will need to enter markdown types for them.)
You might define markdown types to distinguish between women’s fashions in your upscale department stores vs. your discount outlets:
|
Markdown type |
Markdown rule |
Sales org. |
Distribution channel |
|
005 |
WF-UP |
USA |
R1 |
|
006 |
WF-UP |
CAN |
R1 |
|
007 |
WF-DISC-US |
USA |
DU |
|
008 |
WF-DISC-CAN |
CAN |
DC |
In this example, your US and Canadian organizations would apply the same markdown rules for women’s fashions in upscale stores but would handle discount outlet markdowns differently.
The advantage of using markdown types is that default information is copied to each article, thus saving data entry time.