Concept of Assortment in Retail

Dear Friends,
Can we use the concept of Assortment in R/3 without Retail functionalities ?
I want to use the assortment concept but do not want to use the Reatil functionalities.
Please advise.
Regards,
Harsh

Hi Harsh,
In my opinion it cannot be possible, because:
- Assortment is for articles, no materials (there are more tables, and the update of articles is different).
- Assortment requires levels of organization that you dont have in R/3, eg: distribution center. Centers in retail use more tables that in R/3, eg: WRF1, WRF6, and so on.
Read this documents, they help you to understand the differences.
http://help.sap.com/bp_retailv1600/Retail_US/Documentation/Scenarios/R13_BPP_EN_US.doc
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/f083de60-4162-2b10-aa9a-8aa955109fd9
I hope this help you
Regards,
Eduardo
Edited by: Eduardo Hinojosa on Oct 13, 2008 6:41 PM
Edited by: Eduardo Hinojosa on Oct 13, 2008 6:42 PM
Edited by: Eduardo Hinojosa on Oct 13, 2008 6:43 PM

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