Store Order 

Use

A store order triggers the procurement of goods, for which follow-on documents can be created in the following ways:

·        In dialog mode (online)

·        In the background (offline)

¡        By external request

Store orders are transferred to SAP Retail either as IDocs or using the methods of the business objects "Store Order Service".

¡        By internal request

Various other functions (such as replenishment planning) call offline store order processing to create follow-on documents.

When store ordered are processed offline, the system checks the data received and adds any missing data. Once the data is complete, follow-on documents are generated. Purchase requisitions, purchase orders, deliveries without reference and sales orders are possible follow-on documents.

Integration

Offline store order processing is called from other areas. The documents generated include:

·        Follow-on documents in replenishment planning

·        Additionals purchase orders

·        Purchase orders or purchase requisitions for investment buying

·        Purchase orders during load building

·        Follow-on documents during store order processing in SAP Retail Store

·        Purchase orders, purchase requisitions, or deliveries for perishables planning

Prerequisites

A customer master record for the store or customer in question must exist in the central ERP system before a store order can be initiated. A customer master record usually exists already for stores, but one must usually be created for an external customer.

Features

There are no separate functions for creating a store order online. Existing transactions are used to create the document. To create a purchase order, for example, you use the transaction for creating a purchase order in Material Management. The remainder of this section therefore describes the functions for processing store orders offline and generating store order documents. These functions comprise the following:

·        Processing store orders sent as IDocs

·        Processing store orders sent using the methods of the business object "Store Order Service".

·        Adding missing data where possible (for example, unit of measure or source of supply) in the store order IDocs.

·        Creating a confirmation for the sender of a store order IDoc.

·        Automatically generating or changing follow-on documents

·        Creating a log for store order processing that can be evaluated via the POS interface monitor.

·        Triggering workflow for documents that cannot be processed.

See also:

Ordering