2. Retail Focused Partnership
ABOUT GROUPSOFT
• GroupSoft is a one stop SAP Retail Services Organization.
• Offices in India, UK, US and Canada
• Services across Asia, America, Middle East and Europe
• Current strength of 80 plus team members
• SAP Channel Partner
FOCUS
• Sap Retail Consulting and Implementation
• Retail new dimension products
APPROACH
• Committed to building strong relationship based on strategic partnership with retail organizations
• Flexible delivery model using onsite and offshore delivery methodology
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3. SAP Retail Offerings
SAP RETAIL IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES SAP POS IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES
• Only Company to have done 4 SAP POS Projects
• Onsite Offshore Implementation Model (TGM 9.5 / POS 2.1)
• Upgrade from Old Version to New Versions • Experience of POS in Grocery/Electronics/Home
Furnishing Retail Formats
SAP OFFSHORE SUPPORT SERVICES SAP FORECASTING & REPLENISHMENT IMPLEMENTATION
• 24*7 Customer Help Desk / On-demand Customer Help SERVICES
Desk • Stand Alone Implementation in non-SAP scenario
• Functional / Technical Enhancement Services
• On going Functional and Technical Services
SAP BI IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES MERCHANDISE ASSORTMENT PLANNING IMPLEMENTATION
SERVICES
• BI for Retail
• GRMAP – GroupSoft’s own MAP Tool
• POS Data Management
SAP BUSINESS OBJECTS IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES SAP RETAIL INTEGRATION SERVICES
• Stand Alone Implementation in non-SAP Scenario • End to End SAP Retail solution integration – XI/PI
• Third party software integration into SAP Retail
Components
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4. SAP Retail Implementation Methodology
SPARK Methodology
SPARK is an approach towards SAP Retail & SAP POS Implementations developed by GroupSoft
• Considerable reduction in time and costs / added benefit through onsite/offshore resource deployment
• Phase / Stage wise Implementation possible
• Tested quality parameters of implementation
• SPARK has template based approach towards project management and has accelerators for every phase of project
• Draws from rich domain experience of GroupSoft in Retail industry and its technical expertise in SAP for Retail
• Based on ASAP methodology of SAP for implementing SAP projects and SAP Best Practices for Retail
Phase Accelerator
Business Blueprint Vertical Specific Standard Blueprint
Realisation Template Approach
Technical Developments Library of Custom Developments (Forms/enhancements/conversions)
Templates Available Ready Configuration Templates / Documents / Objects for Legacy Data Migration / End user
Manuals / Test Scripts / Scenarios for Different Testing phases during Realization
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5. Case Study – IBS STL (Retail & Distribution of Books)
SAP Retail ERP 6.0 implementation at publisher covering the Master Data, Sales and
Promotions, Procurement and Logistics processes
Master Data Procurement
• Different views of the articles • Backorder process development in trade sales to retain
• Category view – Fiction, Non – Fiction, Thrillers, Kids, and dispatch against previous orders and also to reduce
Religion the transportation cost by combining orders
• Alternate view – Based on subject category • Contract based forward dated orders for special books and
• ISBN as article numbers and EANs media
• Territorial rights restriction setup for certain articles in
Sales and Promotions some countries
• Sales Scenarios
• Trade Sales
• Direct Sales
• Online Sales
• Special Events
• Contract Distribution
• Payment gateway integration within SAP sales order for
credit card authorization and subsequent settlement
during billing
• Custom built special event process to integrate
procurement and sales
• Promotion integration in trade as well as direct sales
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6. Case Study – Al Batha Ecity (Retail – Electronics – ERP 6.0)
Full SAP Retail Implementation at electronics retailer covering everything from
purchasing to sales including POS (Enhancement Implementation on Release)
Promotion Management
Purchasing
• Promotion
• Requirement Planning
• Bonus Buy
• New Product Launch
• Store Replenishments
In- Store Processes
• Procurement • POS
• Standard & Consignment • Cash Management - Cash management Loans, pickups,
• Service Procurement balances, and floats
• Return Delivery • Sales Transactions
• Rebate arrangement and subsequent settlement • Employee and Group Sales
• Foreign currency Transactions
Logistics • Returns
• Merchandise Distribution (Cross Docking Flow Through) • Order Slips, Receipts, Gift Receipts and Invoice Printing
• Pull Method • Real Time Trickle for Posting of Transaction on ISR
• Push Method • Mobile POS
• Inventory Management • RF Device
• Goods Receiving • RF device usage for GRN and Physical Inventory
• Stock Transfer Process
• Sales Set creation etc
• Home Delivery Process SAP Retail and SAP R/3 Integration
• Posting of financial transaction from ISAP Retail to Central
Instance of SAP R/3
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7. SAP RETAIL CLIENTS
Company Country Format Year Deliverables
Luxottica (Sunglass US Optical Retail/Duty 2008 - ECC6.0 - SAP Retail Implementation, SAP
Hut / Lenscrafters) Free ongoing POS DM
IBS STL UK UK Book Retail 2007-2008 ECC 6.0 - SAP Retail implementation
Al Batha UAE Electronics Retailing 2008 ECC 6.0 - SAP Retail & SAP POS 2.1
implementation , SAP POS DM, SAP BI
Magrabi Optical KSA Optical Retail 2006 ECC 6.0 – SAP Retail implementation
Future Retail India Grocery / Fashion / 2005-2006 ECC 5.0 – SAP Retail implementation
Duty Free
India Bulls Retail India Grocery Retail 2007-2008 ECC 6.0 – SAP Retail & SAP POS (TGM 9.5)
implementation , SAP POS DM, SAP BI
Welspun Retail India Home Furnishing 2007 ECC 6.0 – SAP Retail & SAP POS (TGM 9.5)
implementation , SAP POS DM, SAP BI
DSCL India Agri-Retail / 2004-2005 ECC 5.0 – SAP Retail implementation , SAP
Manufacturing POS DM, SAP BI
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