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SAP AFS offers many special features to its customers. One of them is the ability handle its functionalities according to the sizes. Apparel and footwear trade is based on the size of the product. For an example if we are making a shirt some of its properties will differ according to the collar size of the shirt to be produced. For an example the cuff size of the shirt, sometimes the consumptions of fabric can vary according to the size of the shirt to be manufactured. This is same in the footwear industry as well. So without sizes it is almost useless to have a solution to the apparel and footwear industry.

SAP grids are ideal way to handle the products with size dependencies. Even when the styles, color combinations remain the same size requirement can vary in this industry. For an example size Extra Small (XS) will have a lesser demand than the size Medium (M) in the market. So the demand must have a variation based on the size while all the other features of the product are the same. So all the dependent subsequent activities will depend on the sizes. In the other words procurement, manufacturing and deliveries will happen according to the size wise requirements.

Sizes are important in some industries outside apparel and footwear trade as well. For an example Tyre manufacturing has a size reference. So SAP apparel and footwear solutions have found its place in many other industries where size is a key differentiator.

There are many other ways size grid functionality can be used in SAP AFS. I will discuss this in the future posts.