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Associating Account Products with Merchandising Locations

By associating an account's authorized product with merchandising locations, you can assign a specific physical location for that product, such as one or more display locations within a retail outlet, or within a bin in a warehouse. A product may have multiple merchandising locations.

To associate products with account merchandising locations

  1. Navigate to the Accounts screen.
  2. Select the account by performing a query in the list.
  3. Click the Merchandising Locations view tab.
  4. In the Merchandising Locations list, add a new record and fill in the necessary fields.

    5. Some of the fields in a Merchandising Locations record are described in the following table.

    Field
    Comments
    Asset
    A product the customer owns, typically acquired through contract or purchase. For consumer goods companies, this is typically a type of merchandising or display unit.
    Asset Number
    Automatically populated upon selection of asset in Asset field.
    Layout Order
    Specifies the order in which the products or merchandising locations appear, to facilitate retail audits. An example is side-by-side.
    Inventory Name
    Describes the general location of the products (inventory) in the exact merchandising location being specified. Examples are On-site, Display, and Warehouse.
    LOV Type: EVENT_MATERIAL_STATUS
    Type
    The type of merchandising location. Values include Bin, Aisle, Shelf, Trunk, Virtual, and Warehouse.
    LOV Type: FS_INVLOCTYPE_TYPE

  5. From the Merchandising Locations list, choose the appropriate merchandising location.
  6. In the Products list, click New.
  7. In the Account Product dialog box, select the products to add to the merchandising location and click OK.
  8. Repeat Step 5 through Step 7 until you have added all the products you want to add to the merchandising location.

 Siebel Consumer Sector Guide 
 Published: 18 April 2003