Fixtures 

Use

A fixture is an optional enhancement to the layout concept that allows you to arrange your assortments on a placement-oriented basis. Fixtures are used to present goods in the sales area available. The sales space you have available only allows for a limited number of fixtures. Fixtures are assigned to layout module versions. Examples of fixtures are:

·        Shelves

·        Pegs

·        Wall-mounted containers

·        Rounders

·        Freezers

Fixtures contain the following basic data:

·        Fixture number (alphanumeric, 10 digits)

·        Fixture description (alphanumeric, 40 characters, can be entered in different languages)

·        Picture or outline (stored with the fixture object using document management)

·        Fixture category, for example, rounders

You can define the permitted fixture categories in Customizing.

·        Measurements: Height, width, depth

·        Default capacity

This is used as a default value when assigning a fixture to a layout module version.

A layout module version consists of one or more fixtures.

Prerequisites

If you want to calculate the total capacity of a layout module version, the capacities of the assigned fixtures must have the same unit of measure. If the units of measure differ (for example, fixture 1 is in meters and fixture 2 is in liters) the system does not display any capacity at the level of the layout module version.

Features

·        You can use BAdI WRF_WLAY_X_LMVF2_E to include additional attributes in the basic data view.

You can include attributes such as brand or fixture type.

·        Depending on the layout module version, you can fill a fixture differently and assign it more than once to a layout module version. The system maps this with an assignment number. If you only assign a fixture once to a layout module version, the assignment number is not relevant.

·        To allow different capacities for each layout module to be maintained differently for the same fixture, the capacity is set when a fixture is assigned to a layout module version. The system first proposes the default capacity of the fixture that is defined in the basic data.

For a rounder fixture, capacity can depend on the season. It is not possible to hang as many winter coats on a fixture as summer coats.

·        A layout module version consists of one or more fixtures. The dimensions of a fixture are irrelevant. Fixtures (one or more) are therefore always assigned to a layout module version, independently of their measurements. When articles are assigned to layout module versions, the fixture ID replaces the existing shelf information. The use of fixtures is kept as flexible as possible to allow users the freedom to arrange their shelves in numerous different ways.

·        Maintaining the assignment of fixtures to layout module versions is only available in layout module version maintenance. It is not available in the fixture master. You can, however, define an additional tab in the fixture master for the assignment of fixtures to layout module versions using the WRF_WLAY_X_LMVF1_E BAdI.

Activities

If you want to use fixtures in your operational processes, you must make the appropriate settings in Customizing.

Once you have made a selection it cannot be undone.

If you have already used layout objects operationally and you want to use fixtures after an upgrade to a new release, you start the conversion program RWRF_LAYOBJ_REORG (transaction WLOR). It performs the following functions:

·        It converts the article assignments to layout module version and in doing so automatically creates the fixture category Shelf Section and replaces the old shelf section with the New Shelf Section fixture. To allow articles to be assigned to fixtures, for each shelf section the program assigns a fixture to the relevant layout module versions. When it does this it does not describe the new fixture. If necessary, you should do this manually.

·        This releases all the above transactions for operational use of fixtures.