With the SAP Retail Execution V3.1 mobile app for iPhone and iPad, consumer product manufacturers can enhance their sales execution with retailers anywhere and anytime. The app accesses the SAP CRM application and allows merchandisers and sales reps to coordinate store visits, conduct audits and surveys, and verify planograms.
Key features of SAP Retail Execution 3.1for iPhone and iPad
• Access history of previous visits, notes, and photos; execute and reschedule visits
• Conduct surveys for promotion compliance and planogram checks
• Perform audits to gather information about in-store products
• Propose orders to replenish/change product mix based on previous orders, including hybrid pricing
• Create and manage returns during visits
• Create service requests and manage trade assets
• View promotions and campaigns
• Architecture changes to optimize synchronization performance through delta change notification
• Sorting capabilities of products within the product audit by GTIN, product ID, and/or product description
• Suggested orders pushed from SAP ERP are shown as part of visits
• Simplified task architecture within visits
• Online product search
• Framework changes to allow configuration of UI through backend XML
• Sales orders connected with SAP CRM in addition to SAP ERP
Note: To use the SAP Retail Execution V3.1 mobile app with your business data, you must be a user of the SAP Customer Relationship Management (SAP CRM) and SAP ERP (optional) applications, with mobile services enabled by your IT department. You can try the app out first using demo data.