variant config 1
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Variant Config 1TRANSCRIPT
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Variant Configuration OverviewVariant Configuration Overview
Target Audience: Target Audience: SAP Functional ConsultantsSAP Functional Consultants
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• Overview
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Variant Configuration Va
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Introduction:
• Variant Configuration is useful if you have a large number of combination of parts that go into a product. It means different permutations and combinations of the parts for same material. • If you maintain a unique material code for each possible combination of parts, you require a large number of material numbers.• Usually involves Make to Order Production Process
Examples: • A customer ordering a computer can choose different combinations of monitor, CPU, keyboard.• A customer ordering a car can choose different combinations of accessories and color.• In a business involving steel manufacturing, the customer may order steel involving different physical properties like tensile strength, diameter.
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Industries for Configurable Products
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Cross Module IntegrationVa
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Variant configuration is integrated with the following applications:
CA ClassificationLO Material MasterPP Bill of MaterialPP RoutingsPP Material Requirements Planning (MRP)PP Production OrdersPP–PI Master RecipesCO CostingSD SalesSD ConditionsMM Purchasing
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Overview of TermsVa
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Overview of TermsVa
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• A configurable material has a special bill of material called the Super BOM in which all possible combinations are stored. • The product is configured in the sales order by choosing the required Characteristic Values. • The requirements are passed on Production Planning. On Explosion of the Bill of Material, the system selects the components assigned to the characteristics values in the order. • After production, the material is assigned as sales order stock for delivery to customer.
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• Sales Order Processing
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IDES Demo Va
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Process Steps to be used in the demo:
• Creating a Sales Order • Checking Requirements Using MRP • Requirements Planning • Converting the Planned Order into a Production Order • Confirming the Production Order • Checking the Production Order Settlement • Creating a Delivery • Creating a Billing Document
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Enterprise Structure used for demo
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Company Code 1000
Sales Org 100
Distribution Channel 12
Division 00Plant 1000
Storage Location 0001
Shipping Point 1000
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MTO Process OverviewVa
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Make-To-Order Production With a Configurable Product: In this process, you create a sales order in SD and transfer the requirements to PP. The requirements are checked using MRP, before a production order is generated. This production order is created in PP. Shipping and billing both occur in SD. Finally, you check the costs and revenues in CO.
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Creating a Sales Order (T Code :VA01)
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• After entering the sales data, a configuration screen pops up.• Configure the material by selecting the characteristics.• Note that the value of Variant Conditions changes as per selection.
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Creating a Sales Order (VA01)Va
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• The system allows analysis of Object Dependencies and Variant Conditions.• Item Category determined in Sales Order is TAC. • Note the Material Availability Date and save the sales order (for test11048 and 11059).
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• Configuration for VC
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Configuration Details: Material Type
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OMS2: In definition of KMAT Material Type, indicator ‘Material is Configurable’ is set
Other material types like FERT (Finished Product) can also be used if the indicator is set in material master
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Configuration Details: Item Category in sales order
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VOV4: Item Category determination is set to determine item category TAC
VOV8: Item Category TAC
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Configuration Details: Condition type for Pricing
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Condition types VA00 and VA01 (%) are available in Standard SAP for Variant Pricing
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Configuration Details: Requirement type KEK
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The requirement class controls the MRP and the requirements consumption strategy as well as the relevancy for planning, settlement profile for costing.
Requirements type KEK is determined for strategy group 25 and also for item category TAC.
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Classification System: Characteristics
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Mayback 57 S EngineColorRear wheelSeatExhaustAntitheft deviceOther Options
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Classification System: Characteristics
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Classification System: Characteristics
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Classification System: Characteristics
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CT04: Create characteristics• Data type can be CHAR, NUM, DATE, TIME, CURR
List of values and default value for characteristics can be stored in Value tab.
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Reference CharacteristicsVa
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Reference characteristics are characteristics that refer to table fields.
Tables / Structures whose filed values can be changed by dependencies:SDCOM - Communication between SD and Variant ConfigurationVCSD_UPDATE - Table for Updating Sales Documents from the ConfigurationMMCOM, STPO, PLPO, PLFH, PLFL
Tables / Structures whose filed values can be read by dependencies:VBAK, VBAP, VBKD, VBPA_AG, VBPA_WE, VBPA_RE, VBPA_RGVEDA, MAEPV, MAAPV
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Classification System: Characteristics
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CT04: Create characteristics• Object dependencies like pre conditions, selection condition, action, procedures can be created for characteristics• Object dependencies like pre conditions, action, procedure can be created for characteristic values
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Classification System: ClassVa
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CL01 /CL02: Create class under class type 300 for Variants
Assign the characteristics to the class. During Material Master creation for Super BoM, this class will be used in the Classification view.