PSP Product Competition Module

This module gathers and displays product competition data. This can be used for any competition-based strategy.

Module Related Elements

Technical Name	Label	Available in Parent PL/PG	Available in Dependent PL/PG	UI Visible	Output Type	Description

Technical Name	Label	Available in Parent PL/PG	Available in Dependent PL/PG	UI Visible	Output Type	Description
RawCompetitionData		Yes	Yes	No	List	The list of competition data obtained from the Competition Data master table
CompetitionData	Competition Data	Yes	Yes	Yes	Matrix	Formatted competition data
RawRelevantCompetitionData		Yes	Yes	No	List	The list of target competitors data obtained from the Competition Data master table
RelevantCompetitionData	Relevant Competition Data	Yes	Yes	Yes	Matrix	Formatted relevant competition data

Mechanism

	Competition data	Relevant competition data

Competition data

Relevant competition data

Dependency mapping

Set the dependency mapping in the DependencyMapping PP table with the key Product Competition. Details can be found at DependencyMappingConfig PP.

Lookup

Search for records of the current SKU which are at the corresponding dependency level in the CompetitionData master table.

Search for target competitors in the corresponding RelevantCompetitionData PP table.
- Table name convention: <<dependency>>RelevantCompetitionData.
  Examples: RelevantCompetitionData, AsiaRelevantCompetitionData, GlobalRelevantCompetitionData,…
Filter the Competition data list to get only data from target competitors.

Data fallback

If none is found, use the dependency fallback mechanism with the mapping type Lookup.

Product Competition Module and Competition-based Strategies

If the module is turned off, null will be passed to the pricing engine. The resulting price will then be null as well and there will be a warning message indicating that there is no competition price to be calculated.

For more information about the competition pricing engine, see Competition Engine.