IS-Retail

Increase your knowledge about SAP for Retail and share it with others!

Expand your SAP for Retail knowledge with our SAP for Retail Wiki Pages. Delivered right to your desktop, these pages start from business process design, to the solution implementation and operations, including integration and runtime optimization aspects. As a single point of entry, the pages also provide links to SAP Help Portal documentation, release-dependent information from the SAP Service Marketplace, articles, blogs or how-to guides.

The SAP for Retail Wiki provides both an ideal starting point for SAP for Retail newbies and an elaborated knowledge base for business and technical experts at customers and consulting agencies. In addition to the Wiki, you can get in touch with Retail experts directly and join in on discussions on the Trading Industries Forum.

Don't forget to visit the SAP for Retail community homepage.

SAP's offering for retail companies can take on different forms depending on the needs of that company. The ability to respond rapidly to market demands is vital in the dynamic world of retail. After all, there is nothing more constant in this industry than change.

Retail is changing at blazing speed as consumers take center stage.  Ongoing trends of Mobile, Social Media are driving massive amounts of granular data about customers and products causing Retailers to address Big Data and increasingly opportunities in the Cloud.  The new Retail Wheel is reflective of the dynamic changes happening in Retail.  In the coming days we will continue updating the Wiki and reflecting the structure you see today in the wheel (below):

Plan & Market Better:  Customer Insight

Analyze demand and execute targeted multi-channel merchandising, marketing and assortment strategies

Supply & Distribute Better: Customer Driven Supply Network

Provide real-time visibility, tracking and decision making  through an integrated supply chain based on multi-channel demand

Sell & Service Better: Customer Interaction

Connect retailers to customers with real-time, mobile, personalized information

Operate & Execute Better: Corporate Operations

Improve company performance  and compliance with integrated, personalized, finance, human resources and risk management information

The SAP for Retail solution wheel highlights the core competencies of SAP for Retail and illustrates the key concepts explained in the pages of this wiki. Based on this wheel, you can find a (growing) list of topic pages concerning the SAP for Retail portfolio. However, you too can contribute to the SAP for Retail Wiki pages.

SAP Business Maps for Retail

When you're going somewhere new, it helps to have a good map.

The Solution Map for Retail models the business processes within an retail organization. It helps you visualize, plan, and implement a coherent, integrated, and comprehensive information technology solution. SAP solution maps helps you focus on core processes and functions. With these, your company, SAP, and SAP's partners can speak a common language about how SAP solutions can support your business processes and deliver value.

Whether they are best practices, lessons learned or success stories, share your experience with us.  If you don't know where to start, please have a look at existing SAP for Retail Community page contributions (see the box SAP for Retail Community Contributions on the right side) to see what has been created by members of our Retail@BPX community.

Also, before you begin, read our page on  how you can contribute so you can begin positioning yourself with your knowledge. Remember, it's you who makes the BPX community thrive! We welcome your input.