Vendors: Rack Jobbers

Definition

Rack jobbers are wholesalers or manufacturers who are granted sales space (usually shelf space) in retail outlets and who offer goods there that are not covered by the existing assortment. The goods are the property of the rack jobber, but they are sold via the retail site’s POS system.

Use

Rack jobbers are treated as vendors in the R/3 System. The R/3 System supports the management of rack jobber goods in your stores by separating the stocks and sales revenue of these external goods from the goods that are your property.

You can use rack jobber features with or without Inventory Management. If Inventory Management is active for the rack jobber merchandise, you can include the rack jobber merchandise in most logistics functions. However, this may cost you more time, for example, in master data maintenance.

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