A commodity management (shortened WWS or WaWi) is a model to the illustration of the goods stream in the business process of an enterprise. The term is used predominantly in connection with software for arrangement and logistics. Commodity managements concern several ranges:

The sales provides the offer, the order, the delivery note and the calculation with the WWS. Extended functions e.g. are. Confirmation of order, shop order, camp receipt for expenditure, customer pursuit for the administration from information to the customer care (Customer Relationship management) and external data acquisition for the field service. All functions of sale serve to lock a valid sales contract. The invoicing, thus the delivery of the sales book into the bookkeeping, usually locks the sales process of a commodity management. The accounts receivable supervise then the exchange to the customer.

The storekeeping supervises the internal inventory update in the commodity management on the basis the data of sale and the purchase. The stocktaking of the goods is supported thereby with. Stock ratios, some WWS with to support should are for example minimum stocks, the notifiable stock level and maximum stocks.

The purchase needs functions for the order advice determination and the order. On the basis the data of sale and the storekeeping can a WWS automates order advices to determine and/or an order release.

Further possible components of a commodity management are:

• Cash interface for the direct sales
• Account of the commission for the salesman
• Bookkeeping
• Production of interactive catalogs (OnlineShops, CD-Shops)
• Coworker time registration
• Project time scheduling
• Administration of sales branches (see branch)
• Data exchange over standardized interfaces (e.g. Edifact, DATA standard, GAEB, DATEV, health insurance companies, Ebay, Onlineshop systems, XML, CSV)
• Statistic evaluations of the data for the Controlling
• Interface to a production planning and a control system (PPS)

The transition between commodity management and Enterprise resource Planning system (ERP) is not clearly defined. The demarcation takes place i.d.R. on the basis the function range. If functions or modules are e.g. integrated in the range Controlling and stock management, one speaks rather of a ERP, as a WWS.

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