Planning Workbench 

 

Use

The Planning Workbench is a working environment for stock planners. It includes the Online Planning function and a connection to Internet Services. The stock planner can use the Online Planning function to order merchandise from external vendors. Using the ordering days (order cycle) defined, you can have the system suggest which vendors to order from and display the purchase orders that have already been created for the vendor. You can then decide whether additional quantities or articles have to be ordered.

The Planning Workbench provides you with a worklist, from which you can go directly to the application (such as the Online Planning application) at the click of the mouse. The worklist is easy to navigate through and can be displayed in a number of formats to suit yourself, as can the application.

Prerequisites

You can only use the Planning Workbench if you use SAP Retail.

Features

The main features of the Planning Workbench include:

·        Use of the Online Planning application

·        Display of the worklist in tree format (navigation is simple)

·        Display of additional information for entries in the worklist (for example, you can go from Online Planning directly to site and vendor master data)

·        Display of a personal selection of Internet links in the worklist and execute the links directly

·        Display of a personal selection of mail addresses in the worklist and execute the mail program directly

·        Worklist can be displayed in different formats, including:

¡        Switching off of headers

¡        Switching off of selection parameters

¡        Variable structure

¡        Variable sort sequence of the entries in the worklist

·        The application can be displayed in different formats (for example, generic articles can be displayed in exploded form)

·        Each user’s personal settings can be saved (start variant) and displayed automatically the next time the Planning Workbench is opened