System and method for organizing an enterprise

• US 8,620,722 B2
• Filed: 03/04/2005
• Issued: 12/31/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Kettner, Bjrn, Behrendt-Schinke, Cornelia, Haupenthal, Jrg
• Primary Examiner(s): BOYCE, ANDRE D
• Application Number:
  US11/073,038
• Publication Number:
  US 20050209900A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,224 Days
• Field of Search: 705 7- 10
• US Class Current: 705/7.33
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0631 Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce

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.

Claims

1. 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; and

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.

2. The nontransitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the method steps further comprise performing retail operations, including the sales transactions at a shop level.

3. The nontransitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 2, wherein retail processes performed at each shop are determined by a type assigned to each shop.

4. The nontransitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the method steps further comprise reporting at a department store level or a shop level.

5. The nontransitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the method steps further comprise facilitating a stock placement of a good in at least two shops within the same department store.

6. The nontransitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the method steps further comprise generating shop data associated with the department store.

7. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the method steps further comprise generating shop data associated with a reference shop.

8. The nontransitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the first node represents a product type that includes a plurality of sub-nodes of the first node.

9. The nontransitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the assortment planning system may include a second node that is unincluded in the link between the first node and the first shop.

10. The nontransitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein products that are part of the second node are impermissible to assign to the first shop.

11. The nontransitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, further comprising determining products that are assignable to the first shop based on the products that belong to the first node.

12. 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; and

wherein the first shop and the second shop belong to the department store within the same building.

13. The computerized system of claim 12, wherein retail operations, including the sales transactions, are performed at a shop level.

14. The computerized system of claim 13, wherein retail processes performed at each shop are determined by a type assigned to each shop.

15. The computerized system of claim 12, wherein the computing device is configured to report at a department store level or a shop level.

16. The computerized system of claim 12, wherein the computing device is configured to facilitate a stock placement of a good in at least two shops within the same department store.

17. The computerized system of claim 12, wherein the computing device is configured to generate shop data associated with an organizational unit selected from the group consisting of the department store, a reference shop, or combinations thereof.

18. The computerized system of claim 12, wherein the at least one shop may be designated as closed with regards to performing the sales transactions.