SAP retail functionality in ECC

Question

I'm currently dabbling with SAP ECC, configuring a solution for an apparel company. I am implementing a solution where inventory is dispatched to retail outlets. Any clues as to which modules and transaction code within those modules I should be looking at?

Answer 1

You could use SAP module MM for creating, changing and displaying materials/commodities (e.g. TC MM01, IH09 etc), creating inventories, inventory lists (e.g. TC MI01) and maybe (depending on your/your customer's actual needs) SAP module SD for sales orders, billing and delivery.

Answer 2

For an apparel company you will likely need:

MM: Material Management SD: Sales and Distribution PP: Production Planning FI: Finance

as a baseline only. This doesn't take into account any of the necessary methods needed to integrate with suppliers or the customers of the company itself.

Answer 3

You can use SAP Retail Industry Solution which supposedly should contain most of the functionality you'd probably need.

It can be installed as an addon module or activated through business function switches (SFW5 tcode).

More about switch framework here:

https://sapinsider.wispubs.com/Assets/Articles/2008/October/Industry-Solutions-Are-Now-Integrated-Into-The-SAP-ERP-Core-How-The-Switch-And-Enhancement-Framework