Product hierarchy level in TPM Pricing condition records

Question

Hi all,
we're setting up TPM scenarios in CRM7.0.
A question arosen about the level of the product hierarchy we need to create pricing records.
We have a 5 level product hierarchy structure and we're using the CRM feature to spread the product category at the lates level while creating trade promotion. In example if the user put in the product category tab a level 1 category the system spread down to the 10 level 5 underneath.
My question is: shall i generate pricing records at that level (lev5) or can i create the pricing records at higher level and keep the campaign dtermination one at the lowest?
Appreciate any reply
Regards

Answer 1

Hi Carmine,
It's not mandatory to create conditions at the lowest level, but my recommendation is to keep a match between the level you allow users to plan their promotion and the level of the condition records.
However depending on the scenarios, it may be valid to do otherwise. Some examples:
- A user assign a Level1 Category, and it's exploded into 5 lower categories. Then he creates a trade spend exception for 1 of the categories, the conditions should have (at least) the same level in order to create this exception.
- A user assign a Level1 Category, and it's exploded into 5 lower categories. The user wants to create only 1 condition at a higher level, then yes it can make sense to have condition with the higher level.
An option to allows both would be to have different condition generation type (one for High Level planning and one for lower level).
Some additional thoughts:
The feature that "explode" the high level category into lower categories, was developed for customers that wanted to restrict their users in planning at a lower level. It also helps to ensure a KAM does not create a condition for a whole Brand, but only to the level he's allowed.
The system is build to manage a high number of conditions.
Best regards,
Guillaume