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Hello Friends,

The feature is available in one of the SAP's starter packs collection for Grocery processing and part of EHP 7.

Article substitution allows us to replace an article with another article based on the substitution records created by the user. The article which is to be substituted is called a placeholder article and the article which will be replaced is called an Alternative article. So based on substitution method, a placeholder article will be substituted with an alternative article.

The process provides two types of substitutions methods:

• Follow-up Substitution: In this substitution method, a placeholder article will be always replaced by an alternative article. It does not check for available stock and replaces the article. This method is suitable for an obsolete article where the company has decided to discontinue an article and replace that with an alternative article (which is a new article in place of an old article).

• Replacement Substitution: In this substitution method, a placeholder article will be replaced by an alternative article only if there is sufficient stock available for placeholder article. So for example, a store is creating an STO for a DC and the entered article is defined for substitution, it will be replaced in STO with an alternative article if DC cannot fulfill the entered article. An important point here is the ATP check performed in STO. The substitution will be executed only if the entire ordered quantity is not available. If there is partial quantity available, it will not substitute.

Before I proceed to demonstrate the steps for substitution, we need to make sure the purchasing document type should be activated for new article substitution functionality. For this, we need to maintain the document types for which the substitution is to be used.

Use transaction code SM30 and provide the Table/View name as /GPA/SUB_PO_MAIN.

In "Purchase Order related Maintenance Table: Overview" screen, click on New Entries button to add all the document types required.

Following are the important pointers for this maintenance view:

• The table also provides to enter the specific purchasing organization for which the substitution is to be done. This way we can restrict the substitution for maintain purchasing organizations also.
• The substitution can also be restricted for specific supplying DC and for a specific validity period.
• In case of all fields except the document type are blank, it will always do the substitution for given document types.

Once the required document types are maintained in the above table, we are set to start using the substitution functionalities.

We also need to keep in the mind for the following restrictions with respect to article substitution:

• Single article can be replaced by a single article or a variant of generic article.
• In case of structured article, the header article will be replaced by another header article. Also for Sales set, sales set can be replaced by another sales set.
• The replacement substitution will not work if the partial quantity is available at supplying plant.

Now, lets have a look on defining these substitutions.

Definition of Replacement Articles

As mentioned above, this substitution method replaces a placeholder article only if there is no stock in the DC. SAP will perform the following steps in sequence to execute substitution if applicable:

• First an ATP check is performed for placeholder article.
• If there is no sufficient stock for placeholder article, it again performs the ATP check for the alternative article.
• If the alternative article has enough stock to fulfill the STO requirement, system executes substitution by replacing the placeholder article number with alternative article number in STO.

Follow the given steps to create the substitution record using replacement method.

• Goto transaction code /GPA/ARP_ASSIGN. This will bring the main substitution screen "Assignments of Placeholder Articles vs. Alternative Articles.

• Click on the Insert button on the toolbar to create the new entry for substitution record. This will create a blank row in the screen and the enter the data.
• On the Blank row, enter the following data:
  • Placeholder Article: Enter the article number which is to be replaced by another article
  • Profile: Select 02 from the drop down for replacement method
  • Alternative Article: Enter the article which is to be used for replacing the placeholder article
  • Factor: Quantity factor to be used in substitution. For simplicity, if 1 qty is to be replaced with 1 quantity, enter the factor 1 for both placeholder and alternative article.
  • If the substitution is to be defined for specific time duration, the same can be entered in Date From and Date To columns.
  • If the substitution is to be done when the placeholder article is to be supplied by specific DC, then enter the desired DC code in the Supplying Plant column.
  • We can enter the Assortment name in the column is the substitution is to be used for specific assortment users.

• Once the substitution is defined, click on the Propose Priority button. When we want to define multiple alternative articles, we can use this button to generate the priority sequence number when multiple substitution is defined. This sequence number will determine which alternative article is to be considered for replacement. Of course, the suggested priority sequence number can be changed as per the business requirement.

• Finally save the above record.

Definition of Follow-up Articles

The process of defining the follow-up articles is same as above. The only difference will in the Profile column where we have to select 01 for follow-up substitution.

Once all the substitution is defined, you can click on Display all assignment () button on the toolbar to list them. Alternatively, to filter the list with specific substitution records, you can use Selection Assignments () button on the toolbar.

The list will look like the image given below:

Further to this, if the substitution record is to be deleted or locked when they become irrelevant, you can select the record and use the Delete button on the toolbar.

Locking can be done by selecting the Locked column check box for desired entries.

Defining Multiple Substitution in Single Step

• In order to define the multiple substitution in single step, we can use Assign Alternative Articles () button on the toolbar. When the button is clicked, following selection screen will come to select alternative articles.

• Define your search criteria and click on Execute button to get the list of articles based on the selection screen parameters.

• Here, select more than one article from the list and click on Takeover button. This will create multiple substitution records for the selected placeholder article.

• Derive the priorities for the above substitution using the Propose Priority button and save your substitutions.

So, this covers the entire process of using the substitution concept and the screen which is newly created in starter pack.

Once the substitutions are defined and validated, during STO creation, SAP will execute them as and when the criteria meets.

I hope this will be helpful.

Regards,

Amit

Dear All,

Wanted to know the impact of changing the sales organization calendar in sales organization details under defining the enterprise structure.

Thanks in advance.

Nimo.

Hi,

I want to send Field VORGA - Procedure in sales price calculations which we can see in t-code VKP2  in Idoc WBBDLD

I am not getting sorce for this, I can see field in table WKBP but with article and Distribution chain I can see many valid records so not sure how to pick this filed and from where it is coming.

Regards

Sudha

We are not able to change the Requirement category in afs docs with afs mass transaction /afs/mdc.can any one tell  why this issue is happening .let me know the process to change.we dont know afs process

One reason why Macy's is the largest department store chain in America is its willingness to innovate.

It is a trait that the company's founder, Rowland Hussey Macy, fostered in the mid-19th century at his first store in New York City.

Macy changed merchandise management in the mid-19th century by setting clear prices for goods instead of allowing the traditional practice of bargaining about how much to pay. Today, the company is moving the industry toward mobile commerce techniques reflecting the hyperconnectivity of Internet-loving shoppers.

From Whaler to Retailer

1. R.H. Macy was the son of retailers on the Massachusetts island of Nantucket. In 1822 at age 15, he went to work on a whaling ship. Four years later, he was back on land running his own store, which sold needles and thread.

But Macy was not a successful retailer until 36 years later when he opened his first New York City store, R.H. Macy & Co. The company began life with a rooster as its symbol. However, Macy took little time in switching the icon to a bright red, five-pointed star.

According to a 2015 Macy's blog post, the future retailer got a tattoo of the star on his forearm during his time at sea. Some researchers call the star a nautical symbol of good luck, because it represented the North Star guiding a sailor to port. Now it is one of the brightest stars representing fashion merchandising in ecommerce.

Rough Waters of Retail

Perhaps Macy thought the star would guide his new company to safe shores. These days, the retail journey involves adopting digital tools to create customer-centric merchandising and improve the way that companies function.

In a 2013 interview, Macy's President Jeff Gennette noted that the number of mobile devices in use had exceeded world population. Gennette reported that one out of every seven people on earth participated in an online social network.

Gennette added that if Facebook were compared to world nations based on its population of users, it would be the third largest country. Keep in mind that Gennette made these comments three years ago. Nearly two years later in January 2015, Huffington Post reported that Facebook's population was larger than the more populous nation on earth.

Retailers can no longer ignore the power of social networking and mobile devices to increase sales online and in brick-and-mortar stores. Here are eight of the many ways that Macy's is using smartphones, computer tablets and other mobile devices to innovate today.

Image Search: Finding Clothing You Want

Macy's Image Search application allows customers to submit photos of clothing they like to the app. It searches Macy's for similar items.

Better Tagging: Improving Inventory through RFID

Keeping track of store inventory in real time has become easier at Macy's through tags containing radio frequency identification (RFID) sensors. The ability to find merchandise that is out of place or not yet on the floor increases sales.

Click & Collect: Picking Up Online Purchases In-Store

It used to be that online Macy's shoppers had to visit the company website via computer to find out if items they wanted were in stock locally. Now a mobile app is available for click and collect purchases. This provides personalized shopping that links a customer's virtual and real worlds.

Same Day Delivery: Eliminating Delays

The same digital ability that makes Macy's click and collect purchases possible now enables same day delivery of online purchases. The delivery service is available in major metro areas from Los Angeles to Northern New Jersey.

Smart Fitting Rooms: Experimenting with Mobile

It may not be long before Macy's outfits many of its stores with mobile technology creating Internet-connected dressing rooms. The company's Manhattan Beach, California, store is piloting this "smart" room project.

Shoppers send directions via mobile to sales staff regarding the types, colors and sizes of clothing to place in their smart dressing rooms. Tracking tools, including serialization, allow staff to do quick searches for on-shelf availability. The smart fitting room app directs shoppers to their individual rooms. Each room contains a computer tablet that a shopper can use to notify sales staff when they need additional choices, such as larger or smaller sizes of particular items.

Smart dressing rooms are becoming a popular amenity for in-store shopping. They allow customers to save time by selecting items online before arriving at a store. Shopping time also decreases, because customers don't have to venture onto the sales floor repeated times.

Wearable Technology: Tech Popups

These days, many teenagers and young professionals are more interested in buying new technology instead of clothing. Wearable mobile technology, including Internet-connected smart watches, is attracting these customers.

Instead of merchandising these items, Macy's makes room for popup shops staffed and stocked by popular high technology producers. Last autumn, the chain's Herald Square store in New York City redesigned its basement floor to contain these kinds of popups and other high technology attractions, including seating areas with mobile recharge stations.

Digital Wallet: Storing Coupons & Offers

Millennials are well known for valuing experience over material purchases. They like to travel light in many ways, including avoiding fat wallets. Macy's My Wallet is a mobile app in which shoppers can store coupons and shopping offers. This makes sales transactions easier.

Whale of a Change

1. R.H. Macy would be amazed to see how his company has changed over the past 155 years. If he were to haunt his Herald Square store -- the site of the movie Miracle on 34th Street -- mobile commerce would make his head spin.

Digital transformation is creating a whale of a world of change in retail.

Hyperlinks

Macy's blog, http://www.visitmacysusa.com/blog/history-macys-humble-beginnings-stunning-success,

2013 interview, http://scn.sap.com/community/retail/blog/2013/03/15/its-all-about-the-customers,

Huffington Post, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/28/facebook-biggest-country_n_6565428.html,

click and collect, http://www.fierceretail.com/story/macys-updates-app-sort-items-proximity/2015-04-07,

same day delivery, http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/08/04/macys-expands-same-day-delivery/31116365/

smart dressing rooms, http://www.mobilecommercedaily.com/macys-tests-mobilized-fitting-rooms-as-in-store-transformation-continues

wearable mobile, http://www.fierceretail.com/story/macys-debuts-one-below-millennials/2015-09-29

My Wallet, http://m.macys.com/m/campaign/splash/wallet/faq?cm_mmc=VanityUrl-_-wallet-_-n-_-n

Source

a roundup of info at http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140915005587/en/Macy%E2%80%99s-Outlines-Developments-Omnichannel-Strategy-Technology

Through this RFC /POSDW/UNPROC_SALES_QUERY_RFC you can communicate with SAP MIM and Inventory Management SAP FMS information on unprocessed sales, which are in the table / POSDW / TLOGUS SAP CAR where sales are recorded with satisfactory outcomes but which are not automatically uploaded to SAP FMS. How can I proceed to the activation of RFC so that this automatic link between the two systems working properly?

Hi,

The WPUUMS had 5000 segments.

During the initial posting, some article documents and billing documents are created.

However, some SKU having problems and the IDOC status is set as "51".

When User re-post the same IDOC number in program, "RBDMANI2", how does the system knows whether it had already been posted or not?

Which tables or fields are there to denote that the SKU had been posted, and will not try again during the re-post?

Is there a special table that stores the initial posting results?

Thanks

Hi Everyone,

We have a scenario on our regular sales with an erroneous article in the receipt (incomplete Master Data, from our non-SAP POS system):

As this scenario with the Master Data happens often, and the amounts here in the receipt are not aggregated, we want the task for checking the balance for the totals transactions (0030) to not include all of the items in the receipt with an erroneous status.

Do I have to void these transactions first? Or is there any setting in the configuration to exclude erroneous transactions for the balance of total transactions?

Thank you in advance

Hello All,

Scenario:

I have a Retail Business Scenario where the individual customer has multiple ship-to addresses, it can be more than one ship-to location. Its stored as the same customer number with multiple addresses in the current legacy system. In SAP ECC one Ship-to address is one customer number.

If i follow the traditional SAP ECC route I have to create a lot of customers as Ship-to's.

I did find some documentation on SAP HELP about BUSINESS ADDRESS SERVICES:

Mapping of Application Addresses

Depending on the addressee of an address, an address is made up of different components. For a contact person in a company, for example, you need not only the company address, but also the name of the contact person and possibly the name of the department. This is why it makes sense to distinguish between different types of addresses.

The BAS provide three address types:

Company addresses (address type 1)
Personal addresses (address type 2)
Workplace addresses (address type 3)

Here is the SAP Help link:

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp60_sp/helpdata/en/12/ad79975c5811d3b4ea006094192fe3/content.htm?frameset=/en/12/ad799d5c5811d3b4ea006094192fe3/frameset.htm&current_toc=/en/cd/13b237b9a9a968e10000009b38f8cf/plain.htm&node_id=5&show_children=false

Question:

We know that standard functionality can take care of multiple addresses as multiple Ship-to Numbers. If we could create multiple addresses for the same customer, that way we don't have to create new ship-to for each different address for the same customer. Has anybody used SAP BUSINESS ADDRESS SERVICES ??

One more option is to use SAP Business Partners to store the multiple addresses, Could anyone let me know how i can use Business Partners with multiple addresses on a Sales Order in ECC ??

If you have any idea about this functionality, please let me know and I can provide more details.

Kindly advise ASAP.

Appreciate all your help and expertise. Please email me with your inputs.

Message was edited by: John Mattam

Hi,

In POSDM have inbounded the xml file using proxy , when I check in the SXMB_MONI the status was successful. but I cant any transaction's in pos workbench .

Thanks in Advance..

M.Raja

Dear All,

An Idoc for segment E1BPOBDLVHDR with outbound delivery data is getting failed with status 51 and error Dlv. type (dlv. catgry for art.X and BWART 641 ) cannot be determined (Message no. VL295. Please suggest on what settings to be checked and how delivery type of an article is determined in a retail system.

Regards,

Manasa

Hello Friends,

The feature is available in one of the SAP's starter packs collection for Grocery processing and part of EHP 7.

Article substitution allows us to replace an article with another article based on the substitution records created by the user. The article which is to be substituted is called a placeholder article and the article which will be appear as substitute is called an Alternative article. So based on substitution method, a placeholder article will be substituted with an alternative article.

The process provides two types of substitutions methods:

• Follow-up Substitution: In this substitution method, a placeholder article will be always replaced by an alternative article. It does not check for available stock and replaces the article. This method is suitable for an obsolete article where the company has decided to discontinue an article and replace that with an alternative article (which is a new article in place of an old article).

• Replacement Substitution: In this substitution method, a placeholder article will be replaced by an alternative article only if there is sufficient stock available for placeholder article. So for example, a store is creating an STO for a DC and the entered article is defined for substitution, it will be replaced in STO with an alternative article if DC cannot fulfill the entered article. An important point here is the ATP check performed in STO. The substitution will be executed only if the entire ordered quantity is not available. If there is partial quantity available, it will not substitute.

Before I proceed to demonstrate the steps for substitution, we need to make sure the purchasing document type should be activated for new article substitution functionality. For this, we need to maintain the document types for which the substitution is to be used.

Use transaction code SM30 and provide the Table/View name as /GPA/SUB_PO_MAIN.

In "Purchase Order related Maintenance Table: Overview" screen, click on New Entries button to add all the document types required.

Following are the important pointers for this maintenance view:

• The table also provides to enter the specific purchasing organization for which the substitution is to be done. This way we can restrict the substitution for maintain purchasing organizations also.
• The substitution can also be restricted for specific supplying DC and for a specific validity period.
• In case of all fields except the document type are blank, it will always do the substitution for given document types.

Once the required document types are maintained in the above table, we are set to start using the substitution functionalities.

We also need to keep in the mind for the following restrictions with respect to article substitution:

• Single article can be replaced by a single article or a variant of generic article.
• In case of structured article, the header article will be replaced by another header article. Also for Sales set, sales set can be replaced by another sales set.
• The replacement substitution will not work if the partial quantity is available at supplying plant.

Now, lets have a look on defining these substitutions.

Definition of Replacement Articles

As mentioned above, this substitution method replaces a placeholder article only if there is no stock in the DC. SAP will perform the following steps in sequence to execute substitution if applicable:

• First an ATP check is performed for placeholder article.
• If there is no sufficient stock for placeholder article, it again performs the ATP check for the alternative article.
• If the alternative article has enough stock to fulfill the STO requirement, system executes substitution by replacing the placeholder article number with alternative article number in STO.

Follow the given steps to create the substitution record using replacement method.

• Goto transaction code /GPA/ARP_ASSIGN. This will bring the main substitution screen "Assignments of Placeholder Articles vs. Alternative Articles.

• Click on the Insert button on the toolbar to create the new entry for substitution record. This will create a blank row in the screen and the enter the data.
• On the Blank row, enter the following data:
  • Placeholder Article: Enter the article number which is to be replaced by another article
  • Profile: Select 02 from the drop down for replacement method
  • Alternative Article: Enter the article which is to be used for replacing the placeholder article
  • Factor: Quantity factor to be used in substitution. For simplicity, if 1 qty is to be replaced with 1 quantity, enter the factor 1 for both placeholder and alternative article.
  • If the substitution is to be defined for specific time duration, the same can be entered in Date From and Date To columns.
  • If the substitution is to be done when the placeholder article is to be supplied by specific DC, then enter the desired DC code in the Supplying Plant column.
  • We can enter the Assortment name in the column is the substitution is to be used for specific assortment users.

• Once the substitution is defined, click on the Propose Priority button. When we want to define multiple alternative articles, we can use this button to generate the priority sequence number when multiple substitution is defined. This sequence number will determine which alternative article is to be considered for replacement. Of course, the suggested priority sequence number can be changed as per the business requirement.

• Finally save the above record.

Definition of Follow-up Articles

The process of defining the follow-up articles is same as above. The only difference will in the Profile column where we have to select 01 for follow-up substitution.

Once all the substitution is defined, you can click on Display all assignment () button on the toolbar to list them. Alternatively, to filter the list with specific substitution records, you can use Selection Assignments () button on the toolbar.

The list will look like the image given below:

Further to this, if the substitution record is to be deleted or locked when they become irrelevant, you can select the record and use the Delete button on the toolbar.

Locking can be done by selecting the Locked column check box for desired entries.

Defining Multiple Substitution in Single Step

• In order to define the multiple substitution in single step, we can use Assign Alternative Articles () button on the toolbar. When the button is clicked, following selection screen will come to select alternative articles.

• Define your search criteria and click on Execute button to get the list of articles based on the selection screen parameters.

• Here, select more than one article from the list and click on Takeover button. This will create multiple substitution records for the selected placeholder article.

• Derive the priorities for the above substitution using the Propose Priority button and save your substitutions.

So, this covers the entire process of using the substitution concept and the screen which is newly created in starter pack.

Once the substitutions are defined and validated, during STO creation, SAP will execute them as and when the criteria meets.

I hope this will be helpful.

Regards,

Amit

Hi

I am creating promotions with Bonus Buy conditions but when I activate the promotion in WAK5 I encountered the following message.

No subsequent processing possible. No item in promotion

Message No. WU208

Diagnosis

Subsequent processing steps for a promotion which no material items were assigned to cannot be carried out.

Procedure

Change the promotion and assign at least one material item.

It looks like SAP wants an article to be entered into the fast entry screen. Has anyone else come across this issue before?

Thanks,

Alex

Hi,

In have POSDM (CAR-POSDTA) feeding POS Sales into ERP.

We want to pass tax amount(not percentage) captured in the tlog to erp, i.e we do not want erp to calculate tax for us.

The challenge we have is that tax code is not being determined in the accounting document when POS Sales is process in ERP

The standard pricing procedure POS000 is build to calculate taxes in erp and uses condition type MWSI.

We copied this condition type and tried many permutations combinations - changing values etc for the marked fields but are still unable to determine the tax code.

Regards,

Dheeraj

     hi,

is there is any  program or T code where i can change site code in bulk data in CRM

Hi,

i follow the document Implementing Duplication Check in POS DM for POSDM IMG Configurations: for Duplicate check but duplicate check not successful.

when i pass a single record not duplicate then the transaction will fail in posdm. any other configuration i have to check.

Thanks,

abaper

Hi,

We are facing problem on my POSDM production system , as Outbound Idocs WPUUMS does not contain condition for discounts?

We configure properly . what is the issue with discounts?

Thanks,

abaper

Hi,

We have a scenario of empties in PO. PO is created with main article and empties is updated.Now the Problem is when we want to change the main article to other article which has different empty article attached.The PO is not updated.we cannot change the line item as it is linked with sales order.

How can we replace empties in ME22N

Thanks

Sachin Sonkar

hi gurus,

i have configured SAP Retail Process, and i met a problem as follows:

when sale article to customer from POS(iDoc type WPUUMS01 with tcode WE19 and WPER) ,the system generate a 251 article document, It should be 251K,sales from consignment stock not own stock.

i don't know what config that i have missed? i have made a PPT including the data i used,the configuration and the screenshot step by step,link as belows:

retail consignment.pptx - Google Drive

from DC to Store the stock determination works fine,but the article sale has problem above.

the configuration i have done

DC: D110

Store: A022

1) Activate Retail consignment processing:

2) Define strategies for stock determination

3) Define stock determination group

D100 1000

A022 1000

4) Define stock determination rule

K001

5) Define stock determination header table

D100 1000 K001

A002 1000 K001

6) Define stock determination item table (K, F)

D100 1000 K001 (K congsignment has Priority)

A002 1000 K001 (K congsignment has Priority)

7) Define alternate stock determination rules for consign processing

8) Assign stock determination rule in applications (mvt types 251, 252)

9) Configure automatic posting for KON  and AKO

10) Extension for controlling summarized sales

IMG > SD> POS Interface --> Inbound --> Extension for controlling receipt based sales (tick the 'Vendor consignment' )

11) Run the transaction WSSS for each site, this will take care of seperation of stock and this txn must be run before process the POS inbound.

the article master set:

             DC view: Supply source=A  Consign.Control=1

                   RF/forecast view:Stock det. grp =1000

             Store view:Supply source=A  Consign.Control=1

                    RF/forecast view:Stock det. grp =1000

best wishes