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Table of content1 SAP Fashion Management1.1 What's New1.2 Segmentation (LO-SGT)1.3 Enhancements to Retail1.4 Enhancements to Fashion Master Data1.5 Cross-Application Components1.5.1 Season1.5.1.1 Season Workbench1.5.2 Characteristic Value Conversion1.5.3 Split Valuation1.5.4 Value-Added Services1.5.4.1 Value-Added Service Articles1.5.4.2 Controlling Value-Added Services With Conditions1.5.4.3 Value-Added Services in Delivery Documents1.6 Materials Management1.6.1 Segmentation: Purchasing Documents1.6.2 Determination of Seasons in Purchasing Documents1.6.2.1 Determination of Seasons in Purchase Orders1.6.2.2 Determination of Seasons in Stock Transport Order1.6.2.3 Determination of Seasons During Goods Movement1.6.3 Value-Added Services in Purchasing Documents1.6.4 Characteristic Value Conversion in Purchasing Documents1.6.5 Stock Overview for Generic Article1.6.5.1 Viewing Stock Overview for Generic Article1.6.5.1.1 Example: Stock Overview of Generic Article1.6.6 Split Valuation in Purchasing Documents1.6.7 Stock Transport Order for Articles with Segmentation1.6.8 Reporting in Purchasing1.7 Sales and Distribution1.7.1 Segmentation in Sales Documents1.7.2 Characteristic Value Conversion in Sales Documents1.7.3 Determination of Seasons in Sales Documents1.7.4 Value-Added Services in Sales Documents1.7.5 Mass Season Processing1.7.6 Special Business Processes in Sales1.7.6.1 Consignment Processing1.7.6.2 Third-Party Order (TPO) Processing1.7.6.3 Purchase-to-Order (PTO) Procurement1.8 Production Planning and Control1.8.1 Planned Independent Requirements (PIRs) with Segmentation1.8.1.1 Creating Planned Independent Requirements for Articles with Segm1.8.2 Materials Requirement Planning1.9 Order Allocation Run1.9.1 Steps in Order Allocation Run1.9.1.1 Selection Rules1.9.1.1.1 Dynamic Open to Delivery Date Adjustment1.9.1.2 Requirement Filter1.9.1.3 Requirement Grouping1.9.1.3.1 General Requirements Grouping1.9.1.4 Requirements and Stock Sorting1.9.1.5 Allocation1.9.1.5.1 Allocation Rule1.9.1.5.1.1 Delivery Scheduling1.9.1.5.1.1.1 Example: Delivery Scheduling1.9.1.5.2 Dynamic Stock Prioritization1.9.1.5.3 Allocation Against Future Receipts1.9.1.6 Release Rule1.9.1.6.1 Release Check for Delivery Groups1.9.1.6.2 Allocating Value-Added Service (VAS) Articles1.9.1.6.3 Allocating Bill of Material (BOM) Articles


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1.9.1.6.4 Logic to Determine Release Rule1.9.1.7 Log Rule1.9.2 Execution of Order Allocation Run1.9.3 Background Processing (Batch ARun)1.9.4 Order Allocation Run Workbench1.9.4.1 Creating Custom Reports in Order Allocation Run Workbench1.9.4.2 Configuring Levels in Order Allocation Run Workbench1.9.5 Using Variants in Online and Batch ARun1.9.6 Stock Protection in Order Allocation Run1.9.7 Authorizations in Order Allocation Run1.9.8 Special Order Types1.9.8.1 Rush Order1.9.8.2 Consignment Orders1.9.8.3 Purchase-to-Order (PTO) Procurement1.9.8.4 Allocation Against SD Contracts1.9.9 Cross-Applications in Order Allocation Run1.9.9.1 Changing Sales Orders1.9.9.2 Changing Stock Transport Orders1.9.9.3 Changing Purchase Orders1.9.9.4 Changes During Goods Receipt1.9.9.5 Changes During Goods Issue1.9.9.6 Quantities Reserved by Order Allocation Run in MRP1.9.9.7 Quantities Reserved by Order Allocation Run in ATP1.10 Mass Maintenance of Fashion Master Data1.11 Product Number Creation1.12 Adjusting Screen Sequences in Fashion Management


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1 SAP Fashion Management

Product InformationProduct SAP Fashion ManagementRelease 1.0Documentation Published June 2014

Today customers manage their vertical fashion companies as two different business processes design, develop, buy and sell to wholesale customers and tocustomers through their own retail channels using two different SAP systems. Both systems use different data models and concepts and are integrated throughdata interfaces.SAP Fashion Management is an integrated solution to bring the processes for vertical fashion companies into one system. This solution enables them to managetheir business processes across one large data system landscape. It also enables the companies in the fashion industry to use the power of in-memorycomputing to analyze large data volumes for a fast and accurate overview of products. This results in greater efficiency, quicker time to market, and betterinventory control.

Implementation ConsiderationsYou can implement this solution as an add-on to SAP ERP for SAP Retail. You must install SAP Enhancement Package 7 for SAP ERP 6.0, Support Package04 on HANA Database.To use this solution, you must activate the business function FASHION_01 after installing the add-on.To activate the business function FASHION_01, you must activate the following business functions:

Other Enhancements for SAP Retail (ISR_RETAILSYSTEM)Retail (EA-RET)Material Segmentation Across Logistics (LOG_SEGMENTATION)

IntegrationThe solution is based on the SAP components Materials Management (MM) , Sales and Distribution (SD) , and Logistics - General (LO) .

FeaturesSAP Fashion Management aims at harmonizing the following processes:

Master data concepts for articlesPlanning and ProcurementInventory ManagementATP or Re-Scheduling and Allocation Run

The solution provides the following features:Flexible data processing: The solution supports companies to handle accurate end-to-end flow of material across all relevant procurement applications. Italso enables data processing based on the characteristic values such as style, color, size, and season, and other flexible segmentation characteristicssuch as seasons, sales channels, and so on.Segmentation: The solution allows you to categorize materials or articles based on their physical and logical characteristics. For example, color and size arephysical characteristics of a fashion article, quality and country of origin are logical characteristics of a fashion article. Requirement segment is important insales, for example in sales orders and planned independent requirements. Stock segments are used for the logical distribution of the existing physicalstock and the future receipts or procurement proposals, such as purchase requisitions.Multichannel planning: You can forecast future demand and procure supplies for multiple sales channels. You can also manage the demand of differentchannels separately, for example retail, wholesale, e-commerce, or franchise, according to the channel-specific processes. MRP on HANA now supportsmaterials (articles in Retail) with segmentation. For materials with segmentation, the system executes the MRP processes based on the rules defined in thesegmentation strategy. MRP run happens at the variant level of the generic article. As a result, separate documents (purchase requisitions) are created foreach of the variant belonging to the same generic article to fulfill the open requirements at variant level. And the planner or user must spend lot of timechecking or going through multiple documents for variants belonging to the same generic article. You can enable grouping of purchase requisitionfunctionality, and during the MRP run the system groups the variants belonging to same generic article into a single document based on the certain criteria.ATP with segmentation: With advanced methods of requirement segmentation and availability check, you can ensure that high priority channels receivetheir planned quantities even if their demand is delayed.Season management: You can define the production of fashion wear according to the season for which it is manufactured. Summer and winter are fewexamples of seasons. In the fashion industry, a season belongs to a season year and have collections associated with it. The collections in turn havethemes associated with them. You can define a validity period for every season. The seasons assigned to the articles are used or determined in both thesales and the purchasing documents. These seasons can then be transferred to the follow-on documents such as, outbound or inbound delivery and billingdocument.Characteristic value conversion: You can represent the value of few characteristics of a fashion article on different scales for different countries or region.Apart from defining base characteristic values, the feature allows you to define characteristic values in different country scales. You can maintaincharacteristic conversion type controls which can be country or region-specific identifiers. You can define the characteristic conversion IDs for an article,customer or vendor, and a user parameter.Value added services (VAS): You can request for special labels, packing according to certain criteria, or other special services for their goods. Dependingon the service requested, additional articles or additional personnel/labour or special skills are required. These services increase the value of the finishedgoods, which are being delivered. You can handle these services including the costs through value added services in the fashion industry. You can assign


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the information related to different services using conditions. Later, the services are determined in the application documents (sales order, stock transportorder, purchase order). During the special business processes in sales, such as Third Party Order (TPO) and Purchase-to-Order (PTO), the VASinformation is copied to the purchasing documents from the sales documents and you cannot change the values in the purchasing documents.Order allocation run: The unique situation in the fashion industry necessitates an optimized assignment of existing stock to open requirements (sales ordersand stock transport orders). For example, the allocation run ensures an assignment of the available stock to the open requirements according to yourbusiness requirements when there is a shortage of stock. The allocation run creates a fixed assignment between the requirement records, physical stock(batch managed or non-batch managed) and future receipts. You can only manually undo this assignment. The allocation run is a process based on rules.You can use the settings to sort the stock or requirements, release the allocation to decide when each individual requirement should be processed and thepriority.

ConstraintsFor information about release restrictions for SAP Fashion Management 1.0, see SAP Note 1983386.

1.1 What's New 1.2 Segmentation (LO-SGT) Businesses compete today in an increasingly customer-oriented market. Therefore, it becomes necessary to streamline internal processes and logistics aroundthe needs of each market and its unique requirements through appropriate sourcing, planning, and supply of goods to meet market demands.Some materials are expected to support large volumes of data. Segmentation can be used to order such materials by logically categorizing them based on certaincriteria or characteristics.For example, in the fashion industry, you can distinguish a fashion material such as a t-shirt based on the size and the color. This t-shirt in a particular size andcolor is called a material variant. You can enter a specific item line for a material variant. Using segmentation, you can also order material variants of differentquality levels, for different customer channels, and from different countries of origin.

In material master, you can segment a material using segmentation structure and segmentation strategy.

Implementation ConsiderationsThese functions are a part of the business function Material Segmentation across Logistics (SD, MM, PP, IM, LE) (LOG_SEGMENTATION).

IntegrationSegmentation is integrated in the following applications:

LO Material MasterSD SalesMM Purchasing

You can assign segments to a material using segmentation structure and segmentation strategy in the material master. You can configure these settings forsegmentation in Customizing for Segmentation under SAP Implementation Guide Logistics - General .


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FeaturesThere are two types of segments:

Requirement segmentsStock segments

Requirement segments are important for sales documents such as sales orders, planned independent requirements and dependent requirements.

ExampleThe incoming requirements such as sales orders are divided based on the requested quality - Quality 1, Quality 2, or Quality 3, and by customer channel -Store, Wholesale, or E-Commerce.

Stock segments are used for logical distribution of existing and planned stock. Therefore, stock segments are assigned to both the physical stock andprocurement proposals such as planned orders, production orders, purchase requisitions, and purchase orders.

ExampleYou can divide your stock based on the same criteria as the requirement, that is, by quality - Quality 1, Quality 2, or Quality 3 and by countries of origin -India, China, or Germany.

The segments influence the entire logistics chain. You can assign segments to a material using segmentation structure and segmentation strategy in the materialmaster.

More InformationSegmentation StructureSegmentation Strategy

1.3 Enhancements to Retail 1.4 Enhancements to Fashion Master Data SAP Fashion Management has made changes related to master data in the article master to support features related to maintenance of fashion attributes,seasons, material conversion ID, and order allocation run (ARun). These changes can be broadly divided into changes made to client data and changes made tosite data.

Features

Client DataFashion AttributesYou can maintain fashion attributes for an article at the client level. The system allows you to maintain up to three fashion attributes at any time.The description of these fashion attributes are maintained in the Customizing for Maintain Descriptions of Fashion Attributes under SAP ImplementationGuide Logistics - General SAP Fashion Management . For example, fabric, style, and color can be your fashion attributes.The values of these fashion attributes can be maintained using the report program Maintain Fashion Attributes .To access this report, on the SAP Easy Access Retailing (transaction W10M ) menu, choose SAP Fashion Management Fashion Attributes MaintainFashion Attributes . You can also use the transaction FSH_MG_ATTRI to execute the report.Fashion attributes can be used to search articles. The attributes maintained for an article also apply to all the variants of the article.SeasonsSeasons form an important aspect in the product life cycle for the fashion industry. The production of fashion wear is determined or varies qualitatively according tothe season for which it is manufactured.A season type helps in determining the listing period of an article. You maintain the default season type to be assigned to a season in the Customizing forMaintain Default Season Type under SAP Implementation Guide Logistics - General SAP Fashion Management Seasons .

Season UsageYou can maintain Season Usage as one of the Additional data of the article. Based on this, season information is updated in the corresponding sales andpurchase documents.Season can be assigned to a generic article. This assignment is inherited by the variants of the article. You can also add or change a season for a variant.You can use one of the following levels at which an article can use season data:

Do not use Season Year/SeasonSeason Year/SeasonSeason Year/Season/CollectionSeason Year/Season/Collection/Theme

Season Active in Inventory Management and Batch ManagementSeason active in inventory management indicates season processing is active in inventory management. It stores season, collection, and theme information instock tables, batch master and in material movement documents. It also validates the season information in goods movement.


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You have maintained Season Act. IM as one of the Additional data of the article. By selecting the Season Act. IM checkbox, you also make season active ininventory management option available for sites.Material Conversion IDThe material conversion ID controls the characteristic value conversion based on individual articles. In addition to material ID, you can also control characteristicvalue conversion using user conversion ID and customer/vendor conversion ID. You maintain Mat.Conv. ID for an article.For more information, see Characteristic Value Conversion.

Site DataSeason Active in Inventory Management and Batch ManagementIf Season Active in Inventory Management checkbox is selected for an article, that is, at the site level, then batch management becomes mandatory and theBatch management checkbox in the General control parameters is automatically selected by the system. This will also result in an automatic check to be

carried out on the article. Batch management maintained for an article is copied to its variants.Season active in inventory management is available at the site level only if has been maintained at the client level, that is, if you have maintained Season Act.IM as one of the Additional data of the article.

NoteSeason Active in IM can also be maintained for the site master. This will be taken into consideration during listing. If it is maintained at the site master level,

the same is adopted by all the relevant sites. Seaon active in inventory management can be maintained at the site level only if is maintained at the clientlevel.If you have maintained season active in IM for a variant of a generic article, the same is copied to all the variants of the article in the distribution center (DC).Also, season active in IM can be changed for a DC in the change mode only if batch is not created for an article in the DC.

Batch management also results in generation of batch numbers in sales and purchasing documents. If you want to generate unique batch numbers during batchmanagement, you can do so by selecting the Discrete Batch No. checkbox. This checkbox cannot be used on its own. It can only be used in combination withthe Batch Management checkbox. The choice you make for the article is applied to all its variants.Order Allocation Run (ARun)Order allocation run (ARun) does optimized assignment of existing stock to open sales order requirements. When there is a stock shortage, for example, theallocation run ensures an automatic assignment of the available stock to the open requirements according to your business requirements.Order Allocation Run can also be maintained at the site master level. In case of generic articles, you can either maintain the distribution profile of the article in a

site or ARun, you cannot maintain both at the same time. ARun should always be not relevant for reference CD, reference and non-reference stores.You can choose to make a variant of a generic article relevant in the Order ARun field. This setting will also apply to all the other variants of the generic article inthat DC. This setting can be made only for variants of an article in a non-referenced DC.

NoteARun can be maitained only for variants of non-reference DCs. If you have maintained ARun setting for a variant of a generic article, the same is copied to allthe variants of the article in the non-reference DC.

More InformationSeasonCharacteristic Value ConversionOrder Allocation Run

1.5 Cross-Application Components 1.5.1 Season Seasons form an important aspect in the product life cycle for the fashion industry. The production of fashion wear is determined or varies qualitatively according tothe season for which it is manufactured. An example of seasons would be summer, winter and others. The reason for such a demarcation of a years productionschedule on the basis of seasonal requirement is understandable, as the demand of fashion wear is almost always seasonal. For instance, woolen garments arein demand only in winter. So, to ensure that the production lifecycles are aligned with the demand, we have the concept of seasons as an intrinsic framework oftime, on which the production schedule is based.

FeaturesThis function offers the following options:

Relevance of Articles in SeasonsThe relevance of an article to a season determines whether the article is planned for a season. Woolen fabric is an example of a seasonal article which is relevantonly for the winters and hence form a part of the production lifecycle for the winter season. But, there are some articles that experience consistent demandthroughout the year, for example, vests, and hence are produced normally without being categorized as an article that is relevant for a particular season.

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There is no fixed method by which a years schedule is demarcated into a number of seasons. You can determine the relevant seasons depending on the kind ofarticles produced, the customers discretion and the demand cycles. There can also be a scenario wherein two seasons overlap. For example, there can be anevent like, football season, which creates the demand for apparel associated with the event. You can define this as different season altogether and have specificmerchandise associated with it. Also, this football season can overlap over one or more existing seasons.

Further ClassificationIn the fashion industry, a season belongs to a season year and can have collections associated with it. Collections can in turn have themes associated with them.Every season has a validity period. The presence of these features help in further classification of the offering for a season apart from providing a concept for eachsegment of product offering.The concept of seasons in SAP Fashion Management is seamlessly integrated with the processes of sales and distribution, and purchasing.You use the Season Workbench (transaction FSH_SWB) to create relevant seasons with season year and the corresponding collections and themes beneaththem. These four characteristics are arranged in a hierarchy as shown in the graphic below, and are the basis for creation of any season attribute.

NoteThere is the dependency of an entity in the hierarchy to the one above it. For example, a collection has to be associated to a season and, likewise, a themehas to be associated to a collection. Hence, a collection or a theme cannot be defined as a stand-alone entity in the hierarchy mentioned above. Also, aseason cannot be created without a season year.

You create these entities to define time frame as the elementary attribute, which indicates its applicability in a year. You can also see the hierarchy through theuser menu and can define the period at any of the three levels. A sales period or a purchasing period, as shown below, defines the time frame within which thatparticular entity (season, collection and theme) is valid in the respective application document.


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Activities

Season ProcessingYou must perform the following activities during the season processing:

1. Create new SeasonYou must create new seasons that are used in the season processing by using the Season Workbench (transaction FSH_SWB). A season can have one ormore collections and each collection have one or more themes associated with it.

NoteA season cannot be created without a season year.You can also create a new season by copying data from an existing season. When you try to copy data from an existing season, you have to specifythe target season and season year. The sales and the purchase periods for the new season (target) are calculated and proposed by the system, byderiving the difference between the Valid From and Valid To dates of the source season and those of the new season (target). You cannot create anew season using the copy reference functionality without changing the season and season year for the new season. When you use copy reference, insome cases, the sales or the purchase periods calculated using both the Valid From and Valid To dates might not be logically correct. For example,the Order Date To date might be earlier than the Order Date From . In such cases, system uses only the Valid From date to calculate sales orpurchase periods.

2. Assign Season to the Fashion Article MasterYou must assign the season indicator created above, to the fashion article master. You can assign several seasons to the article master in Basis Data:Fashion. Before you assign a season to the article master, you have to ensure that the season types are defined in the Customizing activity MaintainDefault Season Type under SAP Customizing Implementation Guide Logistics - General SAP Fashion Management Seasons and a defaultseason type is selected. The periods associated with the default season type are used during listing of the article master. For example, you can definecreation Season, roll-out Season and fading Season as the season types and select Fading Season as the default season type.

3. Create PeriodsYou can create periods for a season at different levels for sales (sales organization, country, region, customer group, and customer) and purchasing(purchase organization, purchase group and vendor). You have to assign order window and delivery window while creating periods. Periods can bemaintained at any one of the following levels:

Season year with seasonSeason year with season and collectionSeason year with season, collection and theme

It is specified in which period incoming orders are taken into account and which period is designated for delivery for the articles associated with a season.Periods can also be maintained when the sales organization or purchase organization details are blank.

NoteYou cannot delete a season that has an article associated with it.

1.5.1.1 Season Workbench Season workbench is a one stop shop to manage seasons. You use this function to not only define, change, and delete season year, season, collection, andtheme, you also use it to assign articles (single articles, generic articles, and structured articles), and maintain sales and purchasing views for seasons.


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IntegrationThe season workbench is integrated with the sales and purchasing processes.

FeaturesMultiple ViewsThe season workbench offers you the following three different views:

Full screen viewTree viewGrid view

By default, the full screen view is displayed. The full screen view contains the tree view on the left side of the screen and the grid view on the right side of thescreen. You can then choose to display only the tree view or only the grid view using the appropriate icons. Season maintenance can be carried out using anyone of the views.Create Season Year, Season, Collection, and ThemeYou can create a new season with a season year, and then assign collections and themes to that season. A new season can be create using either the createoption or the copy option. In case of create new season, you create a season by providing new season information. In case of the copy function, you can copyseason information from an existing season.

NoteWhen you create a season using the copy functionality, the system not only copies season information maintained at the node level of the source season, italso copies all the season information maintained in the sub nodes. For example, if you copy a season year, the system will automatically copy all theseason, collection, and theme information maintained for that season year.

Assign Season to ArticlesA season can be assigned to articles based on the article number and the article group. You can assign an article to a season at any one the following threelevels:

Season year/SeasonCollectionTheme

The article assignment is based on the Season Usage maintained in the article master.You can only assign generic articles, structured articles, and single articles to a season. Season assignment cannot be made at the variant level.Delete Season Year, Season, Collection, and ThemeYou can delete a season year, season, collection, and theme using the delete button. In the tree view, you can right click the relevant season information, andselect Delete Node with subnodes .

NoteIf an article is assigned to a season, you cannot delete that season or any of its subnodes.

Maintain Sales and Purchasing ViewsYou can assign season year, season, collection, and theme to sales and purchasing views. You can specify the order, delivery, and sales windows for sales,and the order and delivery windows for purchasing.

ActivitiesTo launch the season workbench, on the SAP Easy Access Retailing (transaction W10M) screen choose SAP Fashion Management Seasons SeasonWorkbench You can directly access the season workbench using the transaction FSH_SWB.

1.5.2 Characteristic Value Conversion A characteristic of a fashion article can be measured using different standards or scales in different countries or geographical regions. For example, a shoe of thesame size is considered size 9 in the UK while it is considered size 10 in the US. Hence, the shoe has both the sizes marked on it. To facilitate this, acharacteristic conversion mechanism is necessary to ensure that on every fashion article, sizes in all the relevant size standards are correctly marked.Characteristic value conversion only applies to variant creating characteristics that are attached to the article master.

PrerequisitesUse transaction CT04 to define variant creating characteristic. Maintain 2 as the variant creating characteristic relevance indicator. For more information, seeMaintain Segmentation Relevance for FunctionsUse transaction WRFCHVAL to maintain base values for the variant creating characteristics.


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ActivitiesFor successful characteristic conversion to take place, you have to first create a conversion logic. This conversion logic defines when the conversion has to takeplace and how the system converts each individual value with a specific conversion type based on certain rules.

1. You define a conversion type in the Customizing activity Define Conversion Types under SAP Customizing Implementation Guide Logistics General SAP Fashion Management Characteristic Value Conversion . Once you define the conversion type, you then maintain the conversionsspecific to variant values in the same customizing activity.

2. Characteristic value conversion can be carried out based on any one of the following criterion:ArticleCustomer/vendorUser defined parameterItem based conversion. For example, sales orders

Hence, based on your requirement, you have to associate conversion ID to with one or more of the above. You do this in the following manner:ArticleIn the article master, you have to maintain the Mat. Conv. ID to associate a conversion ID with an article.Customer/VendorIn the customer master, under Sales Area Data , maintain the Customer/Vendor ID using the Fashion specific data pushbutton.User ParameterUse transaction SU3. In the Parameters tab, maintain a unique value that represents a conversion indicator.Item Based ConversionCharacteristic value conversion is available in sales and purchase documents. You use the characteristic value conversion pushbutton to carry outcharacteristic value conversion of articles in the sales order.The Item Overview tab can have more than one item. Multiple variant creating characteristics can be associated with an article. Hence, afterapplying characteristic value conversion on such articles, the output for these articles would be the concatenation of the converted characteristicvalues and displayed in the description column in the sales documents.

On successful conversion, conversion description column is updated. You can then change the conversion description using the Conversion pushbutton.The conversion description will be changed to the description maintained for the conversion type. You can also manually change the conversiondescriptions at the variant level.

NoteYou can maintain conversion of numerical characters. Conversion of textual characteristics is handled based on the descriptions maintained for thearticle in the logon language.

3. You then define the conversion indicators and assign conversion types using the Customizing activity Control Conversion Type Determination under SAP Customizing Implementation Guide Logistics General Fashion in Retail Conversion .In this Customizing activity, you can specify whether each conversion ID is a material indicator or a customer/vendor indicator. You then specify theconversion types that can be used based on the combination of material ID, customer/vendor ID and user indicators.

1.5.3 Split Valuation For certain articles, it is necessary to individually valuate the various stocks in a particular valuation area. If an article is subject to split valuation, then the articleis managed as several partial stock and each partial stock is valuated separately.Every transaction that is relevant for valuation, be it a goods receipt, goods issue, invoice receipt or physical inventory, is executed at the level of the partial stock.When you process one of these transactions, you must always specify which partial stock is involved. This is to ensure that only the partial stock in question isaffected by a change in value, the other partial stocks remain unaffected. Along with the partial stock, the total stock is also updated. The calculation of the value ofthe total stock results from the total of the stock values and stock quantities of the partial stock. Using split valuation, separate valuation of partial quantities of amaterial can be carried out.

PrerequisitesYou define whether an article is subject to split valuation on the accounting view of the article master record. You do so using these two fields:

Valuation category specifies the criterion to be used as the basis for differentiating between the various partial stock.Valuation type specifies an individual characteristic of a partial stock.

NoteSplit valuation types can be maintained for an article at that distribution centerl (DC) level only after the fixing of segmentation is done at the DC level. Eachvariant and segmentation value combination can have its own valuation type.

You have to enable split valuation for your plants. You do this in the Customizing for Configure Split Valuation under SAP Customizing Implementation GuideMaterials Management Valuation and Account Assignment Split valuation.

In the the Article Master, enter X as the Valuation Category under Accounting .Also, enter V as the Price control and a Moving price .

NoteIf the article is a generic article, then valuation type has to be filled for all its variants at their corresponding DCs.

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1. On the SAP Easy Access Retailing menu (transactionW10M), choose Master Data Material Data Material Create/Change Valuation Type Level. Alternatively, you can use the transaction SGT_MAINTAIN_VALT.

2. Enter a Material and a Plant .3. Execute the report.

If you select Generate Accounting View , the entries will be saved in the Material Valuation (MBEW) and the Segmentation Dependent Valuation data(SGT_MADKA) database tables. If you do not select Generate Accounting View , then the entries will only be saved in the Segmentation DependentValuation data (SGT_MADKA) mapping table database.If you select Test Run , then split valuation is only simulated, databases are not updated.

NoteYou can maintain new valuation data based on the segmentation values for an article or for the variants of the generic article. If no valuation type is assigned toa variant and a segment combination, such entries will not be stored in the Segmentation Dependent Valuation data (SGT_MADKA) database.

1.5.4 Value-Added Services Customers frequently request price labels, packing in a certain manner, or any other special services for their ordered fashion articles. These special servicesare added to the fashion articles before they are delivered to the customers. Depending on the kind of service and its complexity, you will need articles, expertise,and/or more personnel to provide the service. These services increase the value of the fashion articles that you will finally deliver to the customer, and are referredto as value-added services (VAS).You can map these specific customer requirements, including the costs involved in servicing the requirements, as value-added services (VAS) in the SAPFashion Management system. All the different information related to these different services are assigned using conditions and are determined in the applicationdocuments such as sales order, stock transport order, and purchase order later. This way you always have the information about what services which customerwants and for which fashion articles, during the complete customer-order process. This information can also be added manually in the above documents in someexceptional scenarios.During order processing, all the necessary specific services, related information including prices are present in the documents and they would be transferred tothe follow-on documents like outbound delivery, inbound delivery, etc. This is done to help the warehouse personnel to carry out the special tasks needed beforedelivering the goods in a timely manner and with precision. Additional ability to maintain the freely definable information fields during the condition maintenance canbe used to pass the necessary information to an external system such as warehouse management, if needed. During special sales business transactions likethird party order (TPO) and purchase-to-order (PTO) processing, VAS information is sent from the sales documents to the purchasing documents. This informationcannot be changed in the purchasing department. This is to ensure that the external vendors would perform the necessary special services, if needed, beforedelivering the goods directly to the customer or store.

NoteVAS articles are not enabled for segmentation and seasons.

IntegrationVAS is fully integrated with the sales and purchasing processes.

FeaturesValue-added service in SAP Fashion Management provides you the flexibility to create any number of service types and subservice types. You can create anddefine your own maintenance groups for the context FASHION based on the services frequently requested by your customers. You can create maintenancegroups based on service types such as ticketing/labeling, packing, special service and so on.

NoteA customer orders slacks and skirts and wants to receive them packed separately. Since the skirts are made of a more delicate article, you are asked topack no more than ten in one carton. For this, you can define a condition maintenance group and specify in the system a packing as the service type and themaximum number of skirts per carton. In the application, you assign the service type packing to the relevant articles and also specify the maximum numberof skirts for this packing type.

Activities1. Create service type and subservice type for VAS in the Customizing for Maintain Service Types and Subservice Types under SAP Customizing

Implementation Guide Logistics - General SAP Fashion Management Value-Added Services (VAS) , you define the service types and thesubservice types..

2. Create the corresponding conditions for the value-added services3. If necessary, create the articles that are required for certain value-added services. You do this either because you yourself need the articles on a regular

basis, or the customer provides them to you.

NoteValue-added service articles make use of standard article pricing.

1.5.4.1 Value-Added Service ArticlesPUBLIC 2014 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved.

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A customer not only wants you to generally label, package, or otherwise service their goods, but also has very specific instructions that require special articles tobe delivered with the originally ordered goods.

ExampleYour customer may want to have a very special label that you find easier to create to their exact specifications and carry it as a article which you enter in thiscustomer's orders manually.

Especially when goods are delivered directly to a retail store to be offered for sale there, your customer may provide you all necessary articles for labeling,packing or other services. You are then requested to prepare the order for sale by using those articles.In this case it may be important for you to know at any time how much of the customers stock is still available at your site so that you can ask for replenishmentwhen needed. You can do this when you carry such articles as VAS articles in stock. With the proper settings for the availability check, the system not onlycontrols the stock of the ordered goods, but also that of the VAS articles.

PrerequisitesYou have maintained all the Customizing under SAP Customizing Implementation Guide Logistics - General SAP Fashion Management Value-AddedServices (VAS) Controls for VAS Determination

ActivitiesValue-added service article should be of the article type Additional . This article type can be configured using Material Types (transaction OMS2). This articletypes should have 5 Material type for additionals as the Material type ID .

NoteVAS articles are not enabled for segmentation and seasons.

1.5.4.2 Controlling Value-Added Services With Conditions If some of your customers require value-added services either on a regular or on an article-specific basis, you can define these as conditions. The system checkswhether conditions are present each time you create a sales or purchase document. If there are, the condition records data is copied automatically into thedocument. This avoids having to manually enter the same value-added services every time you create a document.You can put a time limit on each condition if, for example, your customer requires certain value-added services on a seasonal basis.

PrerequisitesYou have made the settings in the following Customizing for SAP Customizing Implementation Guide Logistics - General SAP Fashion Management Value-Added Services (VAS) Controls for VAS Determination .

Maintain Field CatalogCreate Condition TablesCreate Access Sequences

FeaturesCondition Types and Key CombinationsYou use condition types to determine whether your condition records for VAS are valid for articles, sales documents, and purchasing documents. You can alsocreate your own condition type.You make these settings in the Customizing for Create Condition Types under SAP Customizing Implementation Guide Logistics - General SAP FashionManagement Value-Added Services (VAS) Controls for VAS Determination .You can specify the condition types you need for the determination of VAS conditions and you can assign the previously defined access sequences to thecondition types. You use the condition type to define the properties, field combinations and business importance of condition records.SAP Fashion Management provides the following condition types:

01MG02MM03SD

Access sequences with same names are entered for these condition types.You use these condition types to determine whether your condition records for VAS are valid for articles, sales documents, and purchasing documents. You canalso create your own condition type.VAS ConditionsIn the VAS condition you specify:

the validity period of the conditionthe VAS articles you want to usethe key combination and usage


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the VAS details such as the service type and subservice type, article, requirement relevance, procurement relevance, and VAS incrementIn addition to the above, in case of sales documents you can specify the customer, customer group, distribution center, division and sales organization and incase of purchasing documents, you can specify the purchasing organization, purchasing group, and vendor.You can also use the Create with reference to create a new condition record by making use of an existing condition record as a reference.You can not only create new conditions, you can also change existing conditions.Determination Process in DocumentsWhen you create a document, the system checks whether determination is enabled for the document, if enabled, the system checks if VAS condition exists for allthe combinations based on the validity period. If the conditions are found, and if the necessary customizing is maintained, then VAS condition is copied into thedocument.VAS Data in Document, OverviewThe overview of the VAS data in the document (sales and purchasing) shows you the VAS data that exists in the document.

ActivitiesTo define VAS conditions, on SAP Easy Access Retailing Menu (transaction W10M), choose SAP Fashion Management Value-Added Services (VAS) You can create a condition records based on the condition types. You have the following options:

VAS Condition Maintenance Specific to ArticleVAS Condition Maintenance for Sales DocumentsVAS Condition Maintenance for Purchasing Documents

1.5.4.3 Value-Added Services in Delivery Documents Consumption of value-added services (VAS) in delivery documents is necessary for VAS information (data or item) to flow across logistics cycle like order-to-cash(O2C) or procure-to-pay (P2P) scenarios so that they can be applied to the articles before they are delivered.

PrerequisitesIn the Customizing for Define Delivery Types for Fashion Management under SAP Implementation Guide Logistics - Execution Shipping Deliveries , you have selected the VAS Active Flag to enable VAS determination option for delivery documents and assigned the Determination

Procedure to the document type created using VAS condition maintenance.In the Customizing for Define Item Categories for Deliveries in Fashion Management under SAP Implementation Guide Logistics - Execution Shipping Deliveries , you maintain the VAS Determination Mode at the item category level.

In the Customizing for Specify Copy Control for Deliveries under SAP Implementation Guide Logistics - Execution Shipping Copying Control ,you specify what data needs to be copied when a delivery document is created with reference to a sales document. In this Customizing, along with otherdata, you maintain a VAS related setting to decide whether VAS data needs to be copied from the sales order or fresh determination of VAS has to takeplace in the delivery document. Here, you choose between Do not copy VAS Data and Item and Copy VAS Data and Item, No new Determination .

NoteThe item category and copy control customizing are the prerequisites only for outbound deliveries. They do not apply to inbound deliveries.

FeaturesManual Entry of Value-Added Services in Delivery DocumentsIn addition to the option of defining value-added services as conditions, you can enter the VAS data manually in a delivery documents for line items. This isespecially useful for a new customer who requests value-added services. Before you define conditions for such a customer, you probably want to see howbusiness with this customer develops.The manual entry of VAS data also makes sense for a customer who only requests value-added services occasionally or for one specific delivery, for customerswho require differing services for each document, or want identical ticketing/labeling, packing or other services only for part of the items in the document.You can maintain manual entries of VAS in the delivery documents using the VAS button. VAS item generation is not possible through manual entry in deliverydocuments.Inbound DeliveryIn case of inbound deliveries, VAS data or items are directly copied from purchase orders.Outbound DeliveryVAS data or items are either copied to an outbound delivery document based on the settings in the customizing for copy control or fresh VAS determination takesplace in the system based on the VAS conditions maintained.The following are the possible scenarios:

When VAS data is not copied from preceding sales documents, and if the VAS Active Flag in order type is not maintained, and if the VAS DeterminationMode is not maintained for item categories, then VAS determination will not happen inside the delivery document.When VAS data is not copied from preceding sales documents, and if the VAS Active Flag in order type is maintained, and if the VAS DeterminationMode is also maintained for item categories, then new VAS determination will happen and the VAS data will be determined in the delivery item. No VASitem will be generated in the outbound delivery even when Req Relevance is selected in the VAS conditions.If VAS data or item is copied from preceding sales documents using the copy control customizing, VAS determination does not happen inside the deliveryas copy control customizing has precedence over the order type customizing.

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corresponding VAS items are also deleted.

1.6 Materials Management Materials Management in the SAP Fashion Management system is a comprehensive solution for mapping logistical processes in the fashion industry. MRP ,Purchasing , Goods Receipt , Inventory Management , and Invoice Verification are tools in Materials Management that support you during the entire

procurement process and in inventory management.You can procure and manage articles at the level of segmentation during the entire procurement process. Reports and screens have been adjusted and masterdata has been enhanced so that you can manage articles with characteristics (such as sizes and colors) and segmentation (such as various qualities and countryof origin).In addition, the following features are available in the procurement process and inventory management:

Seasonal procurementCharacteristic value conversionValue added services

1.6.1 Segmentation: Purchasing Documents Segmentation allows you to logically segment articles based on certain attributes, for example, Quality or Customer segment . When you use articles withsegmentation, you can also process quantities and conditions in purchasing documents for the individual stock segments of the variants.For more information about processing of purchasing documents in the standard ERP system, see Purchasing (MM-PUR).

PrerequisitesYou have done the following:

Created characteristics for segmentation using transaction CT04Defined the segmentation structure in Customizing for Logistics General Segmentation Define Segmentation Structures or using transactionSGTSDefined the segmentation strategy in Customizing for Logistics General Segmentation Define Segmentation Strategies or using transactionSGTCCreated articles and assigned a segmentation strategy in the Basic Data: Fashion tab of the article master (using transaction MM41)

FeaturesTo procure articles with segmentation, the system allows you to maintain data in the purchasing documents for the corresponding stock segment. You canmaintain stock segment for the following articles in the purchasing documents:

Single articleGeneric articleYou can manually enter the stock segment or the system copies from various sources such as other purchasing documents, or the system determinesduring MRP. The stock segment you select for a generic article is copied to all the variants. You can also change the stock segment for one or morevariants. However, the new stock segment must be valid for the generic article. In addition, the segmentation structure for all the variants is the same that isassigned for the generic article.Structured articleThe stock segment you select for the structured article at the header level is not copied to its components. When you process these articles in thepurchasing documents, the system only considers the stock segment assigned at the header level. If the components have different stock segments, theyare not displayed and considered for processing. The system uses the BAdI BADI_SGT_DET_STRUC_ART, if you have defined the BOM explosion for thestructured article during goods receipt in Customizing for Logistics General Material Master Retail-Specific Settings Settings for StructuredArticles Structured Material in Logistics Process . The BAdI defines the mapping of segments to the components.

The system does not allow you to enter or maintain stock segment for an article when one of the following is true:Article is not relevant for segmentationPlant is not relevant for segmentationArticle is relevant for segmentation but segmentation strategy and segmentation structure are not assigned and fixed for the articleScope in the segmentation strategy is defined as Only Requirement Segments Maintained

More InformationSegmentation (LO-SGT)

1.6.2 Determination of Seasons in Purchasing Documents You manufacture fashion wear according to the season in which you want to sell it. In purchasing documents, the system determines season at the document leveland displays the details at the item level. In documents such as purchase order and stock transport order, the system determines season based on the seasonassignment in the article master and the settings in the following Customizing activities:

Maintain Purchasing Document Types for Fashion ManagementMaintain Purchase Order Types per Purchasing Area for Fashion ManagementMaintain Stock Transport Order Types per Purchasing Area for Fashion Mgmt


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Whenever you mention the supplying plant, the system considers the sales periods for season determination.

PrerequisitesYou must have done the following settings for successful season determination:

You have assigned a season to the article in the article master. For more information, see Season Workbench.You have set the order dates and the delivery dates so that they are within the date range you have specified in the season master data.You have maintained the season determination process in the following customizing activities under Materials Management Purchasing PurchaseOrder

Maintain Purchasing Document Types for Fashion ManagementMaintain Purchase Order Types per Purchasing Area for Fashion ManagementMaintain Stock Transport Order Types per Purchasing Area for Fashion Mgmt

FeaturesThe system validates the information regarding season, collection, and theme during goods movement. When you create invoice verification with reference topurchase order, the system copies the season information for the article from the reference purchase order.In the following documents, the system copies the season information from the reference document, such as purchase order:

Inbound deliveryInvoice verification

In the following documents, the system determines season based on the batches assigned or determined for an article and only if you select Season Act. IMoption in the article master:

Physical inventoryCorrection postingsTransfer postingsBatch masterStock overview

Season Determination in Manually Created DocumentsWhen you enter a generic article and delivery date in purchasing documents such as purchase order, the system automatically determines the relevant seasonfor the article. However, if there is more than one valid season, you can select a different season. After you select the season, it becomes the proposed season forall variants in the document having the same combination of season and delivery date.If you change the season, the collection, or the theme in a document, the system triggers a new season determination. If the new season data is not valid, thesystem displays a message and you can choose a different set of valid seasons, collections, and themes.If you change a delivery date, the system checks for the corresponding season, collection, and theme and automatically determines the best match for theseason.

Season Determination in Follow-on DocumentsIf you generate an inbound delivery with reference to a purchase order, the system copies the season, the collection, and the theme from purchase order. Youcannot change the season in inbound delivery. However, you can view the list of valid seasons.

Mass Season ProcessingFor more information about mass season processing, see Mass Season Processing

More InformationSeason

1.6.2.1 Determination of Seasons in Purchase Orders In purchase orders, for articles with season, the system determines season based on the Customizing activity Maintain Purchase Order Types per PurchasingArea for Fashion Management and the season validity periods for purchasing. The season information is displayed at the item level.

FeaturesWhen you create a purchase order for an article with season, the system determines season based on the customizing and the following information:The system copies the season information from the reference document, such as purchase order, into the following documents:

Order dateDocument typeVendorPurchase organizationPurchase groupDelivery dateArticle

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the purchase order. If the message type is an error, you cannot save the document.You can manually change the seasons for an article in the purchase order. The new season you choose is validated with the delivery date, the order date, and theseason validity period. If you change the purchase organization, the purchase group, the vendor, the order date, or the delivery date, the system redetermines theseason.You can assign seasons for articles in the purchase order based on the seasons you maintained in the article master, if the following settings are true:

You have not set up season determination for the document type in Customizing for Maintain Purchase Order Types per Purchasing Area for FashionManagement The article is relevant for season

If the number of seasons you maintained for the article in the article master is greater than one, you can filter seasons based on a certain period (for example, listthe seasons maintained in the last two years) using the user parameter FSH_SESN_YEAR.

Example

Example 1Customizing for Maintain Purchase Order Types per Purchasing Area for Fashion Management

Purchase organization Purchase Group Season Processing Message Type Season Determination8000 003 P Check at item level S Specific Search

Season Periods maintained at the Vendor level

Season Year Season Collection Theme2013 SW1 001 0001

Purchaseorganization

Purchase Group Vendor Delivery Date From Delivery Date To Order Date From Order Date To

8000 003 VEND_5000 01.11.2012 28.02.2013 01.01.2012 28.02.2013




8000 003 01.11.2012 28.02.2013 01.01.2012 28.02.2013

Season information maintained for the article SHIRT_T



Purchase order

Vendor Article Purchase Organization Purchase Group Order Creation Date Requested Del. DateVEND_5000 SHIRT_T 8000 003 28.02.2012 01.12.2012

The system determines the following season for the article in the purchase order based on the specific match with Purchase Organization , Purchase Group ,and Vendor .


Example 2Customizing for Maintain Purchase Order Types per Purchasing Area for Fashion Management

Purchase organization Purchase Group Season Processing Message Type Season Determination8000 003 P Check at item level G Generic Search

Season Periods maintained at the Vendor level



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8000 003 VEND_5000 01.11.2012 28.02.2013 01.01.2012 28.02.2013




8000 003 01.11.2012 28.02.2013 01.01.2012 28.02.2013

Season information maintained for the article SHIRT_T

Season Year Season Collection Theme2013 SW1 001 00012013 SW2 002 0002

Purchase order

Vendor Article Purchase Organization Purchase Group Order Creation Date Requested Del. DateVEND_5000 SHIRT_T 800 003 28.02.2012 01.12.2012

The system determines the following season for the article in the purchase order based on the generic match with Purchase Organization , Purchase Group ,and Vendor .


The best match season information (in this example, SW1) is populated in the season fields of the purchase document. However, you can select one of theseasons from the list.

1.6.2.2 Determination of Seasons in Stock Transport Order In stock transport orders, for articles with season, the system determines a season based on the following:

The Customizing activity Maintain Stock Transport Order Types per Purchasing Area for Fashion MgmtThe season you have assigned to an articleThe season validity periods for sales

The system displays the season information at the item level.

FeaturesWhen you create a stock transport order for an article with season, the system determines the season based on the customizing and the following information:

Order dateDocument typeReceiving plantSales organizationDistribution centerDivisionDelivery date

If you do not assign a valid season in the stock transport order for an article with season, the system displays a message based on the message type youmaintained in the customizing. If the message type is an error, the system does not save the document.You can manually change the season for an article in the stock transport order. The system validates the new season you selected with the delivery date, theorder date, and the season validity period for sales. If you change the receiving plant, the order date, or the delivery date, the system redetermines the season.The system proposes a delivery date in the stock transport order only if you enable the delivery date proposal option in the Customizing for sales documents.

Example

Example 1Customizing for Maintain Stock Transport Order Types per Purchasing Area for Fashion Mgmt

Sales organization Distribution Center Division Season Processing Message Type Season Determination8000 003 51 P Check at item level S Specific Search

Season Periods maintained at the Customer level


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Salesorganization

DistributionCenter

Country Region CustomerGroup

Customer Delivery DateFrom

Delivery DateTo

Order DateFrom

Order Date To

5020 01 US NY 01 CUS01 01.11.2012 28.02.2013 01.01.2012 28.02.2013


Salesorganization

DistributionCenter



Delivery DateTo

Order DateFrom

Order Date To

5020 01 US NY 01 01.11.2012 28.02.2013 01.01.2012 28.02.2013

Season information maintained for the Article SHIRT_T


Stock Transport Order

Customer Article Sales Organization Distribution Center Division Order Creation Date Requested Del. DateCUS01 SHIRT_T 5020 01 51 28.02.2012 01.12.2012

Customer Customer Group Region CountryCUS01 01 NY US

NoteThe customer CUS01 is a plant.

The following season is determined for the article in the stock transport order based on the specific match with Sales Organization , Country , Region , CustomerGroup , and Customer .


Example 2Customizing for Maintain Stock Transport Order Types per Purchasing Area for Fashion Mgmt

Sales organization Distribution Center Division Season Processing Message Type Season Determination8000 003 51 P Check at item level G Generic Search

Season Periods maintained at the Customer level


Salesorganization

DistributionCenter



Delivery DateTo

Order DateFrom

Order Date To

5020 01 US NY 01 CUS01 01.11.2012 28.02.2013 01.01.2012 28.02.2013


Salesorganization

DistributionCenter



Delivery DateTo

Order DateFrom

Order Date To

5020 01 US NY 01 01.11.2012 28.02.2013 01.01.2012 28.02.2013

Season information maintained for the Article SHIRT_T



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Stock Transport Order

Customer Article Sales Organization Distribution Center Division Order Creation Date Requested Del. DateCUS01 SHIRT_T 5020 01 51 28.02.2012 01.12.2012

Customer Customer Group Region CountryCUS01 01 NY US

NoteThe customer CUS01 is a plant.

The following season is determined for the article in the stock transport order based on the Generic search criteria:


The best match season information (in this example, SW1 ) is populated in the season fields of the stock transport order document. However, you can select oneof the seasons from the list.

1.6.2.3 Determination of Seasons During Goods Movement When you create a goods receipt or a goods issue with a reference (for example, purchase orders), the system copies the season information from the referencedocuments. You cannot change the season assignment.

If you activate the season processing option for inventory management (by selecting Season Act IM in the article master) and do not maintain seasoninformation in the reference documents, then goods movement is not possible.If you do not activate the season processing option for inventory management, then season is not mandatory for goods movement. In addition, if the referencedocuments contain season information, then the system does not validate season information.If you activate season processing for inventory management for the article and the distribution center (DC), and do not maintain season information in thereference documents, then goods movement is not possible.If you activate season processing in inventory management for article but DC is not relevant for season, then season is not mandatory for goods movement.

When you create a goods receipt or a goods issue without any reference, you can assign valid seasons to the article based on the seasons you maintained for thearticle in the article master.

ExampleArticle Season IM Act

Article DC1 DC2Shirt1 X XShirt2

For the article Shirt1 in DC1 , season is mandatory for goods movement.For the article Shirt1 in DC2 , season is not mandatory for goods movement.For the article Shirt2 , season is not mandatory for goods movement.

1.6.3 Value-Added Services in Purchasing Documents Consumption of value-added services (VAS) in purchasing documents is necessary to perform or add special service or expertise before the original goods areprocured.

PrerequisitesIn the Customizing for Maintain Purchasing Document Types for Fashion Management under SAP Implementation Guide Materials Management Purchasing Purchase Order , you have selected the VAS Active Flag to enable VAS determination option for purchase documents and assigned theDetermination Procedure to the document type created using VAS condition maintenance.

You make the following VAS setting in vendor master:1. Execute transaction XK01 or transaction XK02.

Create Vendor: Address screen or Change Vendor: Address screen is displayed2. Enter the mandatory fields (including purchasing area)3. Choose Fashion specific data pushbutton4. Enter the VAS Determination Mode

NoteIn the case of purchase documents, check for the VAS determination option is first carried at the document level, followed by a check at the vendormaster level.


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FeaturesDetermination of VAS in Purchase Documents Using ConditionsVAS items can be determined in purchase documents using conditions. VAS data can also be manually entered in purchase documents.Manual Entry of VAS in Purchase DocumentsIn addition to the option of defining value-added services as conditions, you can enter the VAS data manually in a purchase document. This is especially useful fora new customer who requests value-added services. Before you define conditions for such a customer, you probably want to see how business with this customerdevelops.The manual entry of VAS data also makes sense for a customer who only requests value-added services occasionally or for one specific delivery, for customerswho require differing services for each document, or want identical ticketing/labeling, packing or other services only for part of the items in the document.You can maintain manual entries of VAS in the purchase documents using the VAS pushbutton. Alternatively, in the Go To menu, select Value-AddedService VAS Details . Based on the VAS determination mode, VAS consumption in the document will be triggered. The VAS Determination Mode hasimpact on the VAS determination and VAS item generation during the consumption of VAS in purchase documents.Redetermination of VAS DataYou can redetermine VAS data if you change the delivery date, item category, or any other key field that is used in determination of VAS condition records.Overview of the VAS Data in Purchase DocumentsFor a quick overview of which value-added services exist in the purchase document at the header or the item level, you can call up the overview display. On thepurchase document screen, in the Go To menu, select Value-Added Service VAS Data in Document If you wish to check the VAS details overview of multiple purchasing documents, on the SAP Easy Access Retailing menu (transaction W10M), choose SAPFashion Management Value-Added Services (VAS) VAS Details Overview in Purchasing Documents Deletion of VAS Data or ItemIf VAS data or item has to be deleted in the dialog mode, you can do so using the VAS pushbutton. If a main item is deleted, then along with the main item, thecorresponding VAS items are also deleted.VAS Data from BAPIsVAS details, including Items, can be sent through BAPIs from external systems for purchase order processing.

1.6.4 Characteristic Value Conversion in Purchasing Documents You can define different characteristics, for example color, size, for a fashion article. Some characteristics of a fashion article can be measured using differentstandards, or scaled in different countries or geographical regions. For example, size is one of the characteristics and you can define different values to it. Thesame shoe can be size 9 in the United Kingdom and size 10 in the United States. Therefore, the shoe has both sizes marked on it. To facilitate this, a conversionmechanism is necessary to ensure that for every fashion article, sizes in all the relevant size standards are correctly marked. Characteristic value conversion onlyapplies to variant creating characteristics that are attached to the article master.

PrerequisitesYou have set the user parameter FSH_NO_SIZE_CONV = to carry out the characteristic value conversion process in the purchasing documents.You have defined a conversion type in Customizing for Define Conversion Types under Logistics General SAP Fashion Management Characteristic Value Conversion .

You have defined the conversion indicators and assigned the conversion types in Customizing for Control Conversion Type Determination under Logistics General SAP Fashion Management Characteristic Value Conversion .You have assigned the conversion type to the following:

Article in the article master ( Basic data: Fashion tab in the transaction MM01)Customer in the customer master ( Sales data screen in the transaction XD01)Vendor in the vendor master ( Purchasing Data screen in the transaction XK01)

FeaturesThe system converts the characteristic values in the purchasing documents based on the conversion defined for the article, the vendor, the customer, or the userparameter (FSH_SC_USR) setting. The system converts the characteristic value for the selected items in the document or for the entire document.

In the document based conversion type, the system converts the characteristic value for all the items in the document. The system considers theconversion IDs you define for the customer, the vendor, and the user parameter setting.In the item based conversion type, the system converts the characteristic value for the selected items in the document only if the user parameterFSH_SC_NO_AUTO_CONV is set to X ( Item-Based Conversion ).

You must associate a conversion ID with the purchasing document. You use the Characteristic Value Conversion pushbutton to convert the characteristic valuesof the articles. The system carries out the characteristic value conversion in the following purchasing documents:

Only item based conversion Item based and document based conversionInbound delivery Purchase orderPurchase requisition ContractsGoods movement Stock transfer orderStock overviewInvoice verification


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The Item List tab or the Delivery Schedule tab can have more than one item. The variants of a generic article have a short text representing the variantcharacteristic values in a concatenated form. Depending on the item based conversion or the document based conversion, the system converts the characteristicvalues of the variants using the determined conversion ID. The conversion also happens in the variant matrix. The conversion is applicable only for the newvariant matrix with the user parameter WMMB_MATRIX_ALV. After successful conversion, the system updates the short text with the conversion description.

NoteAfter conversion, the system does not display the description for generic articles and single articles. It only displays the description for the variants of anarticle. When you save the data after conversion, the system does not save the conversion description in the system database and it is only for displaypurpose.

ExampleArticle description: TshirtThe following are the short descriptions for the variants of the article Tshirt:

Tshirt, Red, 34Tshirt, Blue, 38Tshirt, Green, 40

After successful conversion, the short description for the variants of the article Tshirt appears as follows, based on the conversion type:Tshirt, Red, XSTshirt, Blue, STshirt, Green, M

More InformationCharacteristic Value Conversion

1.6.5 Stock Overview for Generic Article The stock overview displays the stock for a particular article at all organizational levels. It also displays quantities of an article held at different storage locationsand/or sites, and the type of stock concerned.

PrerequisitesTo view the generic article and its variants in the stock overview, ensure that you have set the user parameter WGEN_VAR.

FeaturesTo display the stock data for a generic article and its assigned variants, you have the following options in the stock overview:

Site GroupSiteStorage LocationSpecial StockBatchSegment-Based BatchSeason-Based Batch

If you provide a generic article, you can view the generic article and its variants in the result screen. If you provide one or more variants, you can view the genericarticle and the selected variant in the result screen.Generic Article > Variant > Site > Storage Location

1.6.5.1 Viewing Stock Overview for Generic Article

Procedure1. Goto transaction RWBE.2. In the Stock Overview screen, enter the generic article or merchandise category or stock segment.3. Choose the List Display tab.4. In the List as section, choose Tree Structure . By selecting this option, you can view the stock in a tree structure. In the Display Levels section, by

default, the Base Site Group , Site , and Storage Location are selected.5. To view the stock of the generic article at other levels, choose Special Stock , Batch , Segment-Based Batch or Season-Based Batch .

NoteIf you do not select the Batch option, the system displays the stock only at the storage location level for the article. If you do not select the Storage Locationoption and select only the Batch option, the Storage Location and site details are automatically selected.


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Result

Scenario 1

If the user parameter is set The system...And you provide generic article or variant in the Stock Overview screen Displays the cumulative result

Displays the variants

NoteTo view special stock details for the variants, select Special Stock option in themain screen.

If you enter a generic article in the Article Selection section and select Batch in the Display Levels section, the system displays the nodes in a tree structurein the following sequence:

Generic Article > All Variants > Site > Storage Location > Batch

NoteThis is valid only for articles without segment and season. The focus here is to view the articles maintained in batches and not relevant for seasons orsegment.

If you enter a generic article in the Article Selection section and select Segment-Based Batch in the Display Levels section, the system displays the nodes ina tree structure in the following sequence:

Generic Article > All Variants > Site > Storage Location > Stock Segment > Batch and Season

NoteThis is valid only for articles with segment. You can also view the articles without season in this tree structure.

If you enter a generic article in the Article Selection section and select Season-Based Batch in the Display Levels section, the system displays the nodes ina tree structure in the following sequence:

Generic Article > All Variants > Site > Storage Location > Season > Batch and Stock Segment

NoteThis is valid only for articles with season and Season Act. IM is activated in article master. You can also view the articles without segmentation in thistree structure.

If you provide one or more variants, you can view the selected variants along with the generic article. For the selected variants, you can view the stock at Batch ,Segment-Based Batch , or Season-Based Batch levels based on the selection.

Scenario 2

If the user parameter is not set The systemAnd you provide generic article in the Stock Overview screen Displays the cumulative result

Does not display the variants

NoteTo view special stock details for the variants, select Special Stock option in themain screen.

And you provide a variant in the Stock Overview screen Displays stock details for the variantDoes not display the stock details for generic article

If you enter a generic article in the Article Selection section and select Batch in the Display Levels section, the system displays the stock details only for thegeneric article.

NoteTo view the variants and its stock details, go to variant split screen. For a variant, double-click the quantity to view the stock at batch level. The next screendisplays the tree structure for the selected variant in the following sequence:

Generic Article > Variant > Site > Storage Location > BatchIf you enter a generic article in the Article Selection section and select Segment-Based Batch in the Display Levels section, the system displays the nodes ina tree structure in the following sequence:

Generic Article > Variant > Site > Storage Location > Stock Segment > Batch and SeasonIf you enter a generic article in the Article Selection section and select Season-Based Batch in the Display Levels section, the system displays the nodes in


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a tree structure in the following sequence:Generic Article > Variant > Site > Storage Location > Season > Batch and Stock Segment

If you enter one or more variants, the system displays the stock at Batch , Segment-Based Batch , or Season-Based Batch levels based on the selection.

1.6.5.1.1 Example: Stock Overview of Generic Article You have maintained an article SHIRT_T of type generic article as follows:

Site Storage Location Stock Segment Batch Number Season Year Season Collection ThemeF051 0001 LOWRET 0000000997 2013 Summer C1 T1

In the tree view, the stock is displayed in the following hierarchy, by default:

If you manage the article in batches, you can view the stock based on the batches as follows:

If you manage the article in batches, you can view the batch based on the segment as follows:

If you manage the article in batches, you can view the stock based on Season-Based Batch as follows:


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NoteFor articles with segmentation and Scope is Both Stock and Requirement Segment Maintained , batch management is mandatory. When you select theBatch option, the Storage Location option is automatically selected. The system also displays the stock segment for the article.

1.6.6 Split Valuation in Purchasing Documents You can use articles that you enable for split valuation in as many different partial stocks as you want. The system uses the split valuation type to apply a splitvaluation to a partial stock. The partial stocks refer to the batches or stock segments of articles with segmentation. The system updates the total stock, in additionto the partial stock. The value calculation of the total stock results from the total of inventory value and inventory quantity of the individual pieces of partial stock(moving average price).

PrerequisitesYou have assigned and fixed a segmentation strategy for an article in the article master using transaction MM41.You have enabled split valuation for your plants. You do this in Customizing for Configure Split Valuation under Materials Management Valuation andAccount Assignment Split Valuation .You have used the characteristic that is relevant for Material Valuation (VAL) as the segment value. You have defined the relevance while creating thecharacteristics using transaction CT04.

FeaturesYou can revaluate using transaction SGT_MSC2. To generate account assignment view, use transaction FSH_MAINTAIN_VALT.

More InformationSplit Valuation

1.6.7 Stock Transport Order for Articles with Segmentation Articles relevant for segmentation can be transferred between distribution centers and stores. However, stores are not relevant for segmentation. In such scenarios,requirement segment can be determined based on the Customizing for Logistics General Segmentation Define Requirement Segment for SupplyingPlants .

FeaturesDistribution center relevant for segmentation is supplying to store. The requirement segment for the store is determined in one of the following ways:

Priority 1: Based on the segment value assignment you maintain in the Customizing for Logistics General Segmentation DefineRequirement Segment for Supplying Plants .Priority 2: Based on the default stock segment you maintain in the Customizing for Logistics General Segmentation Define SegmentationStructures .Priority 3: If BLANK is not a valid segment and no segment value is found, the system displays an error message.

Distribution center not relevant for segmentation is supplying to store: The article is posted to the store without any segmentation value.


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1.6.8 Reporting in Purchasing Reports are used to access information from the database, and to list the results based on the selection criteria.

FeaturesIf you have activated the business function FASHION_01, the following reports also display the season values in the result screen:

Purchase orders

Transaction DescriptionME2L Purchasing Documents per Vendor

ME2M Purchasing Documents for Material

ME2K Purchasing Documents per Account Assignment

ME2J Purchasing Documents per Projects

ME2C Purchasing Documents for Material Group

ME2B Purchasing Documents per Requirement Tracking Number

ME2N Purchasing Documents per Document Number

ME2W Purchasing Documents per Supplying Plant

More InformationReporting in Purchasing

1.7 Sales and Distribution Sales allows the realization of different business transactions based on sales documents stored in the system. When creating a sales order, you can carry out anavailability check to determine whether the required

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