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W H AT S N E W W I T H S A P M E R C H A N D I S E P L A N N I N G F O R R E TA I L
C O M PA R E D T O S A P P L A N N I N G F O R R E TA I L ?

Merchandise planning moves to SAP CAR

Single data source for one version of the truth across all retail planning apps
Planning engine, predictive analytics, etc. all run on SAP HANA for real-time planning &
analysis
Real-time inventory improves visibility, creating inventory flows, calculating weeks of
supply
High performance on large data volumes

Omnichannel planning support

Plan sales by channel
Plan channel sales contribution mix (e.g., store 60%, outlet 20%, digital 15%, catalog
5%) for divisions, departments & categories

SAP Planning
for Retail
(P4R)

SAP
Merchandise
Planning for
Retail
(MPR)

Q1 2012

Q4 2015

Plan sales by fulfillment types (store, DC, vendor direct), which impacts buying /
inventory planning
Plan global inventory for all channels

Rolling calendar planning period in months or weeks can cross over fiscal
years (no limit with a planning horizon)
Inventory planning split into DCs & stores for better planning, purchasing
& allocations
New & updated planning workbooks

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SOLUTION OVERVIEW

Channel Planning

Merchandise Planning

Key Features

Create a financial plan across all available

selling channels

Plan sales, margin, inventory & receipt flow

Prebuilt, best practice planning templates

based on an enhanced Excel

Plan comparable, non-comparable store

performance
Plan at the individual store level for the
entire merchandise hierarchy
Leverage historical sales & margins to plan
future periods

Plan flavors of sales: regular sales,

promotion sales & markdown sales
Create OTB, promotional & markdown
budgets
Plan channel mix / contribution for each
division, department & category

Plan new store sales estimates based on

like store historical sales

Access restricted to area of responsibility

Plan top-down or bottom-up
Flexible metrics / KPIs
Rules of precedence controls the order &
priority of calculations
Real-time reporting
Flexible user-defined layouts, exceptions &
alerts
Cell, column & row locking
Drag & drop
Rolling calendar (planning period can cross
years)
Multiple currencies & languages

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THE SAP MERCHANDISE PLANNING PROCESS

Month
(rolling)

OTB Reconciliation

Channel Mix

compare planning versions;

release budgets; release final
plans

distribution channels

Month
(rolling)

Channel Plan - Comparability

comp & non-comp stores for brick-and-mortar
channels

Month
(rolling)

Merchandise Plan - Division

all divisions

Week (rolling)

Channel Plan - Multi-Store

Store
Area
Plan (m2
or f2)

Week (rolling)

groups of stores

Week
(rolling)

Single Store Plan

division, department, class, subclass per store

Merchandise Plan Department

single

division, multiple departments

Week (rolling)
Week (rolling)

Merchandise Plan - Class

single department, multiple classes

Week (rolling)

Merchandise Plan - Subclass

single class, multiple subclasses

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Architecture

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CARAB 1.0 Feature Pack 02

Software Component Versions / Support Packs
-

RTLCAR 200 SP03

RTLCONS 100 SP04

RTLDDF 200 SP04

RTLPOSDM 300 SP03

RTLPROMO 810 SP03

RTLRAP 100 SP04*

*Includes both Assortment Planning for Retail and Merchandise Planning for Retail

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Installation

As well as all SAP Notes for SAP Merchandise Planning for Retail listed in the
Common Installation Guide for this release (see http://help.sap.com/mpr ->
SAP Merchandise Planning for Retail 1.0 -> Installation and Upgrade
Information -> Installation Guide -> SAP Notes for the Installation).
Prerequisites Specific to SAP Merchandise Planning for Retail 1.0

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Release Information Note

2241988
- Release Information Note (RIN) for SAP Merchandise Planning for Retail 1.0
Net Weaver Notes (after Common Installation Guide):

2178795 - query with FIX-operator: correction for note 2172874 / Support Package 12 for SAP BW 7.40

2256850 - Missing values for current member variable in intervals and "unposted"

2277561 - Individual execution for InfoCube with navigation attributes from an InfoObject based on SAP HANA
model not possible

2277650 - BW-IP: RSPLS 142 for aggregation level on CompositeProviders with navigation attributes from
InfoObject based on SAP HANA model

2213427 - CL_RSDRV_TREX_HCPR_QUERY does not return NameMapper in layer context in GET_TREX_PARTS

SAP HANA Platform:

The minimum release for SAP Merchandise Planning for Retail 1.0 is SAP HANA Platform SPS 10 Revision 102.04
or higher. For more information about this SAP HANA Platform release, see referenced SAP Note 2165826.

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Enhancements Demand Data Foundation

Improvements for Merchandise Planning for Retail
Use Case
Since its initial release, improvements for performance and usability have
been added to Merchandise Planning for Retail.
Solution
The list of improvements include:
- A report to load historical inventory information
- Performance improvement to pre-load sales aggregations
- Improvements for performance and currency handling
Customizing
There is no customizing needed.

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Historical Inventory

Historical Inventory Time Series (/DMF/BI_IF_INV_HIST)

Purpose

This report is used to import data from SAP BI systems to the time series in
Demand Data Foundation (DDF) for inventory history data.

Release

Note 2286425 for CARAB 1.0 Feature Pack 02 OR

Included in CARAB 1.0 Feature Pack 03

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Performance Improvement

Preload Sales Aggregations (/RAP/MPR_ECC_KPI_CALC )

Symptom

Poor performance due to lack of filter push-down for script view combined
with calculation view

Solution

Schedule Report /RAP/MPR_ECC_KPI_CALC in the background to

calculate the ECC KPIs from SLT replicated tables weekly

Release

Note 2287031 for CARAB 1.0 Feature Pack 02 OR

Included in CARAB 1.0 Feature Pack 03

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Post Implementation Notes

Notes since CARAB 1.0 Feature Pack 02:

2240254
2244504
2246412
2248363
2248336
2248941
2249571
2252663
2268820
2278234
2246465
2261480
2252661
2248943
2237016
2287031
2287003
2286427
2286425
2286360
2278234

Sales Units being zeroed out after Top Down execution in the Merchandise Plan D
Delivery of the Merchandise Planning for Retail role
MPR Multi Store Top Down does not supports more than one distribution channel
MPR Planning Currency and unit conversion HANA Changes
When executing the bottom up function in the Multi Store workbook, some values
DDIC Changes - Customization to maintain planning currency for MPR at Geographi
MPR Store comparability AMDP changes
MPR fiscal period check if first open period on week level is a first week of a
When calling the F4 help for any CDT level or expanding into a CDT level of an
F4 help for Geographical hierarchy does not return correct data
MPR Planning Currency and unit conversion BW Changes
MPR Query Changes - manual instructions
Store comparability indicator added to calculation view MPR_STORE_PLAN_MONTHLY
SV_MPRF2_Bottom Up values can get lost DDF AMDP correction
Location hierarchy search does not return proper results
MPR Performance Improvement for ECC based KPIs
DDIC Changes for MPR Performance Improvement for ECC based KPIs
DDIIC Changes for Inventory History Load in DDF
Importing historical inventory / stock time series in DDF from SAP BW System.
Sales Data import in DDF from SAP BW Infoprovider fails if an InfoObject name start with a namespace instead of 0
F4 help for Geographical hierarchy does not return correct data

All notes are included in CARAB 1.0 Feature Pack 03

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Roadmap

Changes in DDF planned to enable* the following as project work:

Season

Additional Article Hierarchy Levels

Multiple Article Hierarchies

Customer Location Type

Wholesale Key Performance Indicators (Sales Orders)

Enhanced Comp / Non-Comp Store Calculation

* BW-IP and Workbook changes are expected as project work, DDF development
planned to enable the backend for this project work

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