System and method for organizing an enterprise
AssigneeSap SE
InventorsBjörn Kettner, Cornelia Behrendt-Schinke, Jörg Haupenthal
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Abstract
A system, method and program product are provided for organizing a store into a department store having shops associated therewith. The method includes receiving a designation of at least one store as being a department store. The department stores of the enterprise defining a department store organizational level. A designation of at least one shop having a type and being a member of the department store is received. A shop organizational level is defined by each shop in the enterprise. The shop operates as a component of the associated department store.
Claims18
A nontransitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program product for defining an enterprise organization in an operative execution system, the program product comprising machine-readable program code for causing, when executed, one or more machines to perform the following method steps:
- receiving a designation of a store being a department store;
- receiving a designation of a first shop having a first business type, the first business type being based on products sold at the first shop and a first capacity;
- receiving a designation of a second shop having a second business type, the second business type being based on products sold at the first shop and a second capacity;
- generating a first shop assortment plan based on generating a link between a first node that belongs to a hierarchical assortment planning system and the first shop, the link is established to create a restriction on types of products that are assignable to the first shop, the first shop assortment plan being further based on a determination of products that are impermissible to assign to the first shop based on a lack of a link between the first shop and the impermissible products;
- generating a second shop assortment plan based on a second level type and the second capacity, the second shop assortment plan being further based on a determination of products that are impermissible to assign to the second shop;
- assigning the first shop assortment plan and the second shop assortment plan to a department store assortment plan;
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- assigning a group of articles to the department store assortment plan wherein the group of articles are assignable to the first shop and the second shop;
- wherein the first shop and the second shop belong to the department store within the same building.
A computerized store organization system for defining the organization of stores within an enterprise, comprising:
- a computing device configured to organize a plurality of stores;
- wherein a first shop is assigned to a department store,
- wherein the first shop has a first business type, the first business type being based on products sold at the first shop and a first capacity,
- wherein a second shop is assigned to the department store,
- wherein the second shop has a second business type, the second business type being based on products sold at the first shop and a second capacity,
- the computing device configured to generate a first shop assortment plan based on generating a link between a first node that belongs to a hierarchical assortment planning system and a first shop, the link is established to create a restriction on types of products that are assignable to the first shop, the first shop assortment plan being further based on a determination of products that are impermissible to assign to the first shop based on a lack of a link between the first shop and the impermissible products,
- the computing device further configured to generate a second shop assortment plan based on a second level type and the second capacity, the second shop assortment plan being further based on a determination of products that are impermissible to assign to the second shop,
- wherein the first shop assortment plan and the second shop assortment plan are assigned to a department store assortment plan,
- wherein a group of articles are assigned to the department store assortment plan, and
- wherein the group of articles are assignable to the first shop and the second shop when the group of articles are assigned to the department store assortment plan;
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- wherein the first shop and the second shop belong to the department store within the same building.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.