Create Style and Stock Keeping Units

This document explains how you create style and Stock Keeping Units (SKUs) used by the fashion industry.

Outcome

Basic data and alias for style and SKUs are created. The master table for style is MMODMA.

Style is a comprehensive term for a number of similar items and is used in the fashion industry.

SKU is the item(s) connected to a certain style.

When the SKUs are created, a number of tables are created in the programs 'Item. Open' (MMS001), 'Item. Connect Warehouse' (MMS002), 'Item. Connect Facility' (MMS003), and 'Product Structure. Open' (PDS001). Fashion specific data are created for 'Item. Connect Alias Number' (MMS025) and 'Product Variant. Open' (PDS060).

Before you start

The settings in Settings for Style and Stock Keeping Unit (SKU) must be done.

Follow these steps

These steps require that you have an item type with connected item template, numbering rules, and auto create for warehouse and facility. See Settings for Style and Stock Keeping Unit (SKU).

Create item (style item) and connect to warehouse and facility

  1. Start 'Item. Open' (MMS001).

    You do not have to specify the panel sequence. The template item's panel sequence is valid and will be used.

  2. Select the Item type you have created for your style and SKUs. It must have specified numbering rules (one for the style and one for the SKUs) and also an item template connected.
  3. Select option 1='Create'.
  4. Press Enter to display the E panel. Specify name and description.
  5. Press Enter again.

    The created style values will be the same as the template values

  6. Depending on the settings, data in (MMS002), (MMS003) and (MMS025) are also automatically created with the template values.
  7. If you have not activated the 'Auto creation' field in 'Item Type. Connect Warehouses' (MWS042) you must connect the style to warehouse and facility manually.

Create optional information about style

  1. 'Style. Open' (MMS016) lets you connect styles to different seasons so the style can be used different times during the year. The season field is optional and can be left blank if the style is not seasonal (that is, the style is therefore valid year-round as a so-called 'basic' item)
  2. Select option 2='Change' for your style and open the E panel.
  3. Specify 20='Definite' in the Status field..
  4. The 'Season control' field indicates whether the season is checked during customer order entry. This sets how the item is processed during entry. When the order type (OIS010/F) has the field Season in use = 0, then only items with Season control = 0 can be entered. This check is not done for other values in the 'Season in use' field.

    The 'Season control' field (Only Season Orders)

    1=Yes, all SKUs in this creation can ONLY be ordered as part of a season specific order.

    0=No, SKUs are not seasonal OR if they may be sold as part of a season specific order AND on non-seasonal orders.

    The Season Select field

    1=Yes, SKUs being generated or changed in this creation run need to be attached to a season. The attachment is done in 'Style. Create Item' (MMS276). This flag must always be 1 if the 'Only season orders parameter' is 1.

    0=No, SKUs being generated or changed in this run are not to be attached to a season.

  5. The User defined field – Heading 1 – 20 are used for user defined information about the style. The field headings are defined in 'Settings - User-def Style Fld Headings' (CRS759).

Attach features to the style

  1. Start 'Style. Connect Feature' (MMS017).
  2. The 'Sequence number' field indicates the order in which features and valid options are displayed. This sort order is only valid for style related full screen views (MMS016/P).

    The sequence number is either entered manually or set automatically. The interval is defined on the (MMS017/P) panel

  3. The Feature field is entered. At least two features are normally attached to a style (one X and one Y feature), thereby creating the matrix.
  4. A style can be connected to several features within the same feature groups.

Attach feature options to the style

  1. Start (MMS017), and select option 11='Options/Feature' to start 'Feature. Connect Options' (PDS056) where you change the options for a feature.
  2. The 'Include' field indicates whether to include the option in the style creation proposal, worktable MMM076.

    If you specify 1, the feature option will be included in the MMM076 worktable.

    If you specify 0, the feature option will be excluded. Items can still be created in a subsequent generation.

  3. Select all feature options from all features and all feature groups connected to the style in (MMS017) to enable SKU creation.
Note: The work table will be cleared when you exit program 'Style. Connect Feature' (MMS017). A warning message "WARNING - Options selected in (PDS056) will be cleared" is displayed. If you accept the message, the work table is deleted.

Create SKUs

'Style. Create Item' (MMS276) displays the combination of the selected options (work file MMM076).

  1. From (MMS017), use function key F17='View Proposal' or the button with the same name in program 'Style. Connect Feature' (MMS017) to start (MMS276).
  2. Everything included in the style creation proposal, work table MMM076, is displayed. The SKU creation proposal, worktable MMMS076, can be reviewed and changed from here before SKUs are created.
    1. The ‘Include’ field indicates whether to create an item for the current combination of options.

      Specify 1 to include the item in the SKU creation.

      Specify 0 to exclude the item from the SKU creation. Items can still be created in a subsequent generation.

    2. You can include more feature options in the work table MMM076 by using RO 11 that starts (PDS056) where you can select which options to include.
    3. You can clear the work table MMM076 and start over using the function key F16='Delete Proposal' in (MMS276) or use the button in the program header with the same name.
  3. Select F14='Create items' or the button 'Create' to create all accepted item proposals.
    Note: If you have activated the 'Season select' field in 'Style. Open' (MMS016) the season selection will be prompted. This process is described in the document Connect a Season to an Item Number (see related topics).

View created SKUs (in matrix)

The program 'Style. List Created Items by Matrix' (MMS277) displays the created SKUs in matrix form.

  1. Start the program (MMS277) to display all combinations of X and Y options for already created SKUs in a matrix form. If there is also a Z option, it is displayed in the header of the program, retrieved from (PDS056).
  2. You can also start (MMS277) by:
    1. Using function key F16='Created' or the button with the same name in program 'Style. Connect Feature' (MMS017).
    2. Using function key F18='Created' or the button with the same name in program 'Style. Create Item' (MMS276).
    3. Include it in the panel sequence on 'Style. Open' (MMS016).
  3. The 'Created items' field in the matrix indicates whether to create an item for the current combination of options. The valid alternatives are:
    • 2 = Only alias, can only be set by the system
    • 5 = Create composition information

    This field can be changed per SKU, per line, and per column.

To re-create MITPOP

If the item alias in 'Item. Connect Alias Number' (MMS025), table MITPOP, needs to be recovered, you can re-run the SKU creation process in 'Style. Create Item' (MMS276). Alias category 88 will always be created (if missing) and alias categories 84-87 are created for any missing item aliases based on the set up in 'Item type. Connect Alias' (MWS043).

  1. In 'Feature. Connect Options' (PDS056), select the options for each feature where MITPOP should be re-created. This selection setup is saved in the worktable (MMM076) and is used in the re-creation process.
  2. Re-create MITPOP using function key F14 in 'Style. Create Item' (MMS276) or using button with the same name in the program header.
  3. Open 'Item. Connect Alias Number' (MMS025) and check that all alias 84-88 have been created for the selected SKUs.
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