Shared global inventory visibility keeps logistics, controllers and sales associates informed on stock position and stock values in real-time to ensure optimum availability across channels. A single inventory view, coupled with an intuitive user experience on any device makes it easier to analyze inventory turnover, decrease instances of stock buffers, initiate stock transfers and drive course corrections in case of critical stock situations.

Leveraging in-memory technology, processes such as replenishment for distribution centers and stores, Available-to-Promise (ATP) and Material Requirements Planning (MRP) are accelerated by multiple factors to ensure the right product is available at the right quantity at the right time across any channel. Fast reporting with a high level of granularity in key processes drives faster business impact whilst simultaneously empowering employees with contextual information, insight to action, collaboration, and real-time access to information they need for their daily work.

The capabilities delivered with SAP S/4HANA Fashion and its many integration points into the complementing retail solutions help ensure processes run smoothly and efficiently across the total customer engagement lifecycle. Native integration to SAP CAR and SAP Hybris provides omnichannel product availability, backed by sourcing logic and order orchestration to route the products to the right fulfillment locations. This means fashion brands can drive omnichannel order execution and fulfillment processes end-to-end from order to payment – both online and in-store.

Equipped with a simple and intuitive user experience, S/4HANA Fashion offers better support for store associates to drive compelling customer experiences and transform the store into an omnichannel fulfillment hub. Leveraging SAP CAR and SAP Fiori, associates are able to tap into a 360° view of their customer with role-based in-store processes in place to provide accurate stock assessments to ensure on-shelf availability and execute replenishment for immediate corrections.

By maximizing throughput, speed and leveraging its native integration into SAP solutions, S/4HANA Fashion offers a consolidated view of customers from all channels by combining data from POS, purchase transactions, social networks, information from CRM, marketing data and other sources. This helps brands to break free of their current operating siloes, and take advantage of a unified platform to support the customer journey across channels, starting from the call center to the store.