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SAP Retail - S/4HANA Retail for Merchandise Management
SAP Retail, known in S/4HANA as SAP S/4HANA Retail for merchandise management, is where retailers running IS-Retail on ECC convert to. It manages stores and distribution centers as sites and products as articles; assortments decide what is sold where, replenishment how it gets there.
Part of these processes
Process
From article to store sale in SAP Retail
Articles are listed, priced, allocated and replenished; the store's POS data comes back as sales and stock movements.
- 01Article and variantsMM41 · MM42
Color and size variants
- 02Assortment and listingWSOA1 · WSP4
Time-bound, per site
- 03Sales priceVKP5 · VKP1
Sales price condition
- 04Allocation tableWA01
Creates POs or transfers
- 05Store replenishmentWRP1R
In the perpetual scope
- 06POS dataWPUUMS · WPER
Billing and article docs
Comparison
Where IS-Retail functions land today
Per the Simplification List, some retail functions are gone, some rely on compatibility rights, some have a lasting successor.
Gone in S/4HANA
Move to the successor
- Classic replenishment WRP1, WRFE, WRSO
- Assortment list WBBA, WDBI, WDBU
- Logistical variants
- Article hierarchy MATGRP*
- SAP Retail Store (Java)
Compatibility ID 104
On-premise rights ended
- POS outbound via WP_PLU
- Bonus buy (VBK1, VBK2, VBK3, VBK6)
- Markdown plan (WMF*)
- Retail sales forecasting
- Additionals (WTAD)
Perpetual scope
The route to build today
- Rapid replenishment WRP1R
- Assortment list HPR (WDBI_HPR)
- Article hierarchy WMATGRP*
- Bonus buy RDMBB* or OPPS
- ProductMerchandiseView via DRF
Scope
What we build from article to store
Articles, variants, hierarchy
Generic articles tied to a configuration class, color and size variants, and a consumer-oriented hierarchy with WMATGRP.
Site and store master data
Site records for stores and distribution centers; the business partner leads the site's customer and supplier records.
Assortments, listing, exclusions
Assortment modules, exclusion modules for articles a store must not sell, and automatic listing procedures.
Allocation tables and rules
Supplier to store, via a distribution center or DC to store, with the follow-on documents generated by the system.
Promotion follow-on steps
Listing, supply source determination, allocation tables and price activation, which creates the price condition.
POS inbound and audit
Processing WPUUMS and WPUBON IDocs, error monitoring in WPER and consistency checks of POS data in SAP CAR.
Current state
Moving from IS-Retail to S/4HANA Retail
- SAP lists POS outbound via WP_PLU, bonus buys, markdown plans and sales forecasting as 'not strategic any more' (ID 104). On-premise rights ended on 31 May 2026; RISE keeps them to end-2033.
- Rapid replenishment (WRP1R) has left that list: it was enhanced with S/4HANA 2023 FPS03 and moved into the perpetual scope. Classic WRP1 and multi-step replenishment are gone.
- A generic article's variant-creating characteristics now come from a configuration class, values stored in IBase. Conversion runs pre-migration reports, a SUM step and a post-migration step.
- Segmentation is only considered in aATP and MRP Live, and EWM does not see segment structures. The fashion Order Allocation Run (ARun) became part of aATP-based supply assignment.
Localization
Discounts, cash registers and e-Arşiv
Price before the discount
Since 1 August 2026 the reference price in a goods discount is the lowest price applied in the ten days before it starts. Keep price history by site and channel.
Cash register exemption
Taxpayers with more than 50 new-generation cash registers who meet the size tests and document every sale as e-Arşiv or e-Fatura can be exempted by the GİB.
E-ArchivePOS slip data on e-Arşiv
In an exempted store, the e-Arşiv invoice carries the bank and merchant number from the card terminal slip, so POS data has to deliver both fields.
From the field
What we run into on SAP Retail projects
- Manual listing stretches the nightly run. SAP warns that manual listing and manually built assortment modules cost significant processing time and performance, and recommends automatic listing procedures. Define the rule once per article group.
- Multiple assortment assignment is one-way. Once multiple assignment of assortments to sites is switched on in production, there is no way back to 1:1. We test the setting in the prototype and record the decision in the design.
- POS IDocs stuck in status 51. WPUUMS rejects at item level, WPUBON at transaction level, and an error in a deeper follow-on document can fail the whole IDoc. Keep COMMIT WORK out of user exits; SAP Note 944204 explains why.
- Fashion: replenishment clashes with segments. Segmentation only works in MRP Live, yet MRP Live lacks retail specifics such as supplying stores from a distribution center. We decide up front which article groups follow which planning run.
FAQ
SAP Retail and IS-Retail: questions
What is SAP Retail? Is it the same as IS-Retail?
SAP Retail is the solution that runs a retailer's article, site, assortment, allocation and store sales processes inside S/4HANA; its S/4HANA name is SAP S/4HANA Retail for merchandise management. IS-Retail systems on ECC convert into it; some transactions are gone and some depend on compatibility rights.
Which SAP solution do fashion and textile companies use?
For vertical fashion businesses SAP names SAP S/4HANA for fashion and vertical business as the strategic solution; SAP AFS is not in the S/4HANA portfolio. Seasons, collections and themes, style-color-size logic, segmentation and supply assignment live there, and SAP lists linking garment and textile manufacturing as part of its scope.
How does store replenishment work in S/4HANA?
Classic WRP1 and multi-step replenishment are gone. Rapid replenishment (WRP1R) covers a similar scope with better performance and is in the perpetual scope; the other route is classic MRP (MD01). MRP Live cannot use a distribution center as a store's internal supply source and ignores structured articles and the promotion check.
How does POS data reach S/4HANA?
Store sales arrive through the POS inbound interface as IDocs: WPUUMS creates billing and article documents from sales data, WPUBON arrives per transaction, and WPER is the monitor. The POS Data Transfer and Audit module of SAP Customer Activity Repository collects the transactions, runs consistency checks and exposes them to analytics and consuming apps.
What does SAP recommend for retail sales forecasting?
Sales forecasting in S/4HANA Retail is in the compatibility scope and 'not strategic any more'. As the alternative SAP points to Unified Demand Forecast (UDF) in SAP Customer Activity Repository and also mentions the planned SAP Predictive Demand Planning. Company-level demand, S&OP and supply planning belong to SAP IBP.
Is retail available in S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition?
Yes. SAP offers retail scope for SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition (new name: SAP Cloud ERP), and SAP Learning covers it under master data, requirements planning, store operations, store replenishment and promotions with merchandise distribution. Before choosing Public Edition, compare its scope items one by one with your own processes.
Sources12 sourcesSAP Help Portal, SAP Learning, SAP Support +4
SAP Help Portal
- Simplification List for SAP S/4HANA 2025 - Feature Pack Stack 1 help.sap.com (opens in a new tab)
- Generic Article and Variants help.sap.com (opens in a new tab)
- Assortment Management and Listing help.sap.com (opens in a new tab)
- Merchandise Allocation Execution help.sap.com (opens in a new tab)
- SAP Customer Activity Repository help.sap.com (opens in a new tab)
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