Mandatory Data (Price Setting)
This is a list of mandatory and optional data for the Price Setting Package. It helps you identify what data you need from the customer to set up and configure the package.
You can start with requirements for Core (Product Data) and at least mandatory data for one pricing strategy.
Type | Data | Fields | Mandatory for Use Case |
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Master Data | Products |
| Core Technically SKU could be SKU, but this would probably make no sense – you could completely “skip” the lookup key concept by defining SKU as the only Lookup Key Dimension and configure everything with the “*” value. |
Product Cost | Mandatory:
Optional:
| Pricing Strategy: Cost+ Margin Calculation / Margin Checks | |
Advanced Cost Definition | Per Advanced Cost type:
| Advanced Cost Module | |
Discount Structure | Discount Groups and Discount Values | Pricing on List Price → Net Price level | |
Exchange Rates | Currency and Conversion Rates | Dependent pricing in different currencies | |
Competition Data | Mandatory:
Optional:
| All Competition Based Pricing Strategies | |
Price List Data |
| Initial Prices All checks and KPI regarding price increase Pricing Strategy: Price Increase | |
Stock Data |
Optional:
| KPI Days of Cover (DoC) DoC related Pricing Strategies | |
Product References |
| Pricing Strategies: Anchor Pricing, Attribute Based Pricing | |
BoM (Kit List) |
| Pricing Strategy: Kit Pricing | |
Business Data | Plus for Product |
| Pricing Strategy: Cost+ |
Price Increase |
| Pricing Strategy: Price Increase | |
Pricing relevant Attributes |
| Pricing Strategy: Attribute Based | |
Pricing Level Adjustment |
| Dependent Pricing of Parent (e.g. Global Reference Price List → Country Price List) | |
Sales Forecast |
Optional:
| Lookup Based Forecast (optionally, you can use Lookup Based or Transaction Based Forecast) | |
Transaction Data | Sales Data (Transactions) |
Optional:
| All KPI regarding “Sales History”
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