
Explore the retail industry end-to-end lifecycle, from omnichannel strategies and data analytics to distribution centers, and the key segments like food and grocery, fashion, electronics, and health care.
Trace SAP's journey from a 1972 startup to a global ERP leader, evolving through R1, R2, R3, SAP ERP, CRM, analytics, and S four Hana.
Explore how SAP retail maps organizational structures from client to site, including company codes, sales and purchasing organizations, storage locations, and distribution channels to support procurement operations and inventory management.
Demonstrates the SAP easy access screen structure, including header, body, menu bar, standard and application toolbars, and how transaction codes enable efficient navigation for Retailer, Inc.
Enhance a SAP retail article hierarchy by adding a department, themes, and brand areas, and assign articles to the lowest level. Validate the updated structure to support precise assortment planning.
Verify article, site, and vendor master data in SAP retail to enable automatic conversion of purchase requisitions into purchase orders, streamlining procurement and improving inventory responsiveness.
Master replenishment planning in SAP retail, coordinating store stock with sales data and forecasts, including vendor managed inventory, and automatically generating purchase requisitions, purchase orders, sales orders, and outbound deliveries.
Examine how SAP retail replenishment planning automates merchandise flow to store 500, generating stock transfer orders and purchase orders to align supply with demand and improve stock accuracy.
Create an SAP retail allocation structure by defining a new allocation rule type, a side group, and a custom allocation table type, then assign quotas and rounding rules for distribution.
demonstrates creating a new sap retail promotion from setup to execution and follow-on processing, including defining promotion type, articles, stores, themes, quantity planning, pricing, and allocation.
Demonstrate simulating a POS sale in SAP retail, testing data flow to SAP via the POS monitor and Sales Audit Editor, including bonus buys and payment methods.
Jumpstart your journey into SAP Retail! From beginner to confident user—gain essential SAP Retail business process knowledge through clear explanations, practical examples, and easy-to-follow demonstrations.
Welcome to SAP for Retail Essentials!
Are you looking for a straightforward and practical introduction to SAP Retail? Then you're in the right place! This course is perfect for beginners or anyone looking to build foundational knowledge of both SAP Core Retail and Advanced Retail.
Using the SAP IS Retail 6.07 system through the intuitive SAP Easy Access interface, you’ll quickly become familiar with key concepts, essential processes, and critical functionality that retail businesses depend on daily.
What You'll Learn:
In just 8 hours, you'll gain a solid understanding of essential SAP Retail processes that typically take months to learn through formal courses or on-the-job experience. You'll benefit from over 5 hours of hands-on demonstrations, providing clear examples to help you grasp core concepts quickly.
The course covers:
SAP Retail Navigation: Learn to confidently navigate the SAP Easy Access system.
Fundamental Concepts: Organizational structures, customer/vendor master data, merchandise category hierarchy, article hierarchy, retail article management, assortment management, and pricing.
Core Business Processes: Requirement planning, replenishment strategies, merchandise logistics and distribution, promotional planning, and store operations—each explained step by step with demonstrations.
You’ll also receive concise, high-level overviews of SAP's Advanced Retail solutions, including:
SAP Forecasting & Replenishment
SAP Customer Activity Repository (CAR)
SAP Promotion Management for Retail
SAP Replenishment Planning
SAP Merchandise Planning
SAP Assortment Planning
SAP Allocation Planning
SAP Fashion Management
SAP S/4 HANA Retail
Please note, advanced retail solutions are discussed at a conceptual level without demonstrations.
Who Should Take This Course?
This course is ideal if you're new to SAP Retail, if you want a high-level understanding of retail processes in SAP, or if you’re exploring a career in SAP Retail consulting or business analysis.
If you're already experienced in SAP Retail and seeking advanced technical configuration or highly detailed processes, this introductory-level course might not match your needs.
Why Choose This Course?
Practical and Concise: Designed to deliver clear, simplified, yet thorough explanations, ideal for beginners.
Learn from Experience: Leverage insights from over a decade of retail project implementations distilled into hours.
Continuous Improvement: Regular quarterly updates based on student feedback—always stay up to date, at no extra cost.
What is SAP Retail?
SAP’s Retail portfolio includes a wide range of software solutions grouped into Core Retail and Advanced Retail. Together, these provide comprehensive functionality required to manage all aspects of retail operations—Master Data Management, Pricing and Promotions, Merchandise Logistics, Assortment Planning, and much more. Many of the world’s top retailers trust SAP Retail to streamline and enhance their business operations.
Join now, start learning today, and build valuable skills for your SAP Retail journey!
This course is intentionally designed to be completed without direct access to a live SAP system. Students are expected to use the video demonstrations provided in the course materials to develop familiarity with SAP transactions. This approach is fully aligned with the course design and is how most students successfully complete this course.
Real SAP licenses are expensive, and no licenses or live system access are provided with this course.