Sergei Peleshuk
- Nov 17, 2018
Reporting and Planning on Comparable Stores in SAP BW and BPC
Comparability is one of the key concepts in BI Analytics for Retailers. If certain shops are new, closing down, being remodeled or closed due to whatever reason they cannot be compared the same way as the shops that are performing in a “business as usual” mode. In business planning and forecasting it makes sense to use history only for comparable stores. In other words, comparable stores can refer to a retail company's same-store sales compared to the previous year, and is us
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Sergei Peleshuk
- Mar 13, 2018
Tackling Retail Out of Stock Problem and Demand Planning with SAP BPC Embedded
It is no secret Retailers are losing a substantial chunk of revenue due to shops going out of stock. It is especially relevant to seasonal campaigns when demand is high and shops don’t always know exactly which products to order and when to order them, or existing demand planning applications are not powerful or flexible enough. At the same time, according to Repsly 30% of consumers feel that stockout hurt their shopping experience and affect more than just sales - brand equi
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Sergei Peleshuk
- Dec 5, 2017
Automate Master Data Management in SAP BPC Embedded
Scenario In order to automate Promotional Sales Planning process for a Retail organization we want to provide business users with a set of tools for uploading sales targets by product group (groupings of articles), promotional schedule, and promo periods. This master data is not always defined in advance, and is usually uploaded or corrected several times during the year. We want to automate the process from the business user’s point of view where they take control over maste
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Sergei Peleshuk
- Sep 20, 2017
SAP BPC Embedded and BW Workspaces
It is BW Workspaces that bring additional agility in business planning applications with SAP BW 7.5 on HANA and BW/4HANA. SAP BPC Embedded is a strategic business planning tool leveraging the power of HANA with top down disaggregations on large datasets and HANA-optimized planning functions. At the same time SAP BPC Embedded has become more agile from the business user’s point of view. Master data management and data modelling by Line of Business users (LOB) can be done easie
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