Using category management and business planning enables you to plan and manage your retail goods for the next season and beyond.

You can use the SAP for Retail solution portfolio to plan the selections – such as private-label goods, seasonal, or basic items – that your retail business will carry for oncoming seasons. You can also determine financial targets for each selection, and then manage the achievement of those targets.

SAP solutions support key tasks for category planning, including:

• Product hierarchy definition
• Initial product order placement
• Initial allocations for new articles
• Performance tracking
• New product development

In addition to category management software, these other processes may interest you: