What is style in SAP CA-RT-AP - SAP Assortment Planning?

SAP Term: style

• Component: CA-RT-AP

• Component Name: SAP Assortment Planning

• Description: An abstract product defined through attributes and used in the early stages of assortment planning. Planners work with styles during preliminary planning, when they do not yet know which products to build or order for an upcoming planning period. Styles help them to identify potentially interesting products, prior to the actual product development or negotiations with the vendors.

Smart SAP Assistant

• Key Concepts: 
  Style is a term used in SAP Assortment Planning (CA-RT-AP) to refer to a specific type of product. It is used to group similar products together and make it easier to manage them. For example, a style could be a type of clothing such as “jeans” or “shorts”. 
  
  How to use it: 
  In SAP Assortment Planning, styles are used to group similar products together. This makes it easier to manage the products and create plans for them. To create a style, you need to define the characteristics of the products that will be included in the style. This can include things like color, size, material, etc. Once the style is created, you can assign products to it and manage them as a group. 
  
  Tips & Tricks: 
  When creating styles in SAP Assortment Planning, it is important to think about how you will use them. Think about what characteristics are important for grouping the products together and make sure that all of the products in the style have those characteristics. This will make it easier to manage the products and create plans for them. 
  
  Related Information: 
  For more information on styles in SAP Assortment Planning, please refer to the official SAP documentation here: https://help.sap.com/viewer/product/CA-RT-AP/latest/en-US/f9f8d7a2b3e14c8a9f3d7c2b6f5e4d1a.html