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Item Management (711)
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Business Process Documentation
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Contents
1 Purpose ................................................................................................................................... 6
2 Prerequisites............................................................................................................................ 6
2.1 Master Data and Organizational Data .............................................................................. 6
2.2 Checking User Parameters .............................................................................................. 7
2.3 Roles ................................................................................................................................ 7
3 Process Overview Table ......................................................................................................... 8
4 Article Maintenance ............................................................................................................... 11
4.1 Process Flow .................................................................................................................. 12
4.2 Single Article .................................................................................................................. 13
4.2.1 Creating a Single Article (Manually) ....................................................................... 13
4.2.2 Process the Single Article ....................................................................................... 16
4.3 Reference Handling In the Article Master ...................................................................... 20
4.3.1 Reference Article as Copy Template ...................................................................... 21
4.3.2 Article Data with Client-Wide Validity ...................................................................... 21
4.3.3 Determining Organizational Levels for an Article ................................................... 22
4.3.4 Comment on Mass Maintenance of Article Data for Same Org. Levels ................. 23
4.3.5 Work with Maintenance Groups .............................................................................. 27
4.3.6 Store Characteristic Values .................................................................................... 45
4.4 Generic Article ................................................................................................................ 52
4.4.1 Creating a Generic Article with Variants ................................................................. 52
4.4.2 Process the Generic Article .................................................................................... 55
4.4.3 Reference Handling For Generic Article Variants ................................................... 56
4.4.4 Matrix Maintenance for Generic Articles ................................................................. 58
4.5 Prepack .......................................................................................................................... 62
4.5.1 Creating A Prepack ................................................................................................. 62
4.5.2 Processing the Prepack .......................................................................................... 65
4.5.3 Determining Valuation Prices for Prepack Components ........................................ 67
4.5.4 Goods Receipt without References ........................................................................ 68
4.6 Sales Set ........................................................................................................................ 70
4.6.1 Creating a Sales Set ............................................................................................... 70
4.6.2 Processing a Sales Set ........................................................................................... 71
4.6.3 Goods Receipt without References ........................................................................ 75
4.6.4 Setting up Structured Article ................................................................................... 76
4.7 Display ............................................................................................................................ 78
4.7.1 Creating Display ...................................................................................................... 78
4.7.2 Process Display ...................................................................................................... 80
4.7.3 Goods Receipt without References ........................................................................ 84
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4.8 Department Store/ Shop Concept .................................................................................. 86
4.9 Price Level Groups ......................................................................................................... 87
4.10 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) ....................................................................................... 88
4.10.1 Creating Supply Relationship ................................................................................. 88
4.10.2 Copying Supply Relationship .................................................................................. 90
4.10.3 Changing Purchase/Sales Price ............................................................................. 91
4.10.4 Creating Purchase Order ........................................................................................ 93
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