Sample Questionnaire:
The basic requirements in Retail scenarios could be as below but again depends on case to case bases but indeed following requirements you have to keep in mind.
Organization structure:
1) You need discuss whether client want to have Distribution center at one site or for multiple sites accordingly you have to assigned the storage locations of required site(DC ) to warehouse number.
2) Also, clear whether client want to manage single storage location of site for one warehouse number or there could be multiple storage locations will be assigned to warehouse number, explain all the pros and cons of this to client.
3) Discuss the distance of storage
locations (physical warehouses) if multiple physical warehouse are situated
within one geography then suggest to client to have one warehouse number
and assigned all the physical storage type to one warehouse number.
SU and HU management
Discuss with client whether they
wants to implement SU and HU and at what level.
Accordingly suggest the solutions
to the client also discuss the SU and HU standard are being used in the
current business or in future what kind of SU and HU type business may
have?
No. of storage type, putaway and picking strategies required.
Discuss inventory management process in detail and try to find out how many storage type client may have according to business requirements suggest the appropriate putaway and picking strategies available in std SAP and try to simulate the requirements in this regard.
Discuss the process of inbound and outbound deliveries in detail and try to find out available solutions from Std SAP.
Discuss the RF and mobile data entry requirements in detail.
Discuss the Barcode labels requirements for putaway and picking process also discuss the SSCI labels requirements for SU and HU.
Discuss the in detail interface related issue I mean IM and WM interface also if they there is need to have interface of WM with external system like fork lift system ,RIFD etc.
The above points are based on own experience in retail industries and are found more or less every retailer would have these requirements but as I earlier said, business requirements may very case to case bases.
