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Exploiting Variant Configuration


for Use in Advanced Planning
and Modeling

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Jean-Yves Popovic
ADELANTE

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2008 Wellesley Information Services. All rights reserved.

What Well Cover

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Introduction: Variant Configuration (VC) concepts review


Material Variants (Type Matching) and Variant Pricing
(SD, MM)
More on Object Dependencies
Configuration scenarios
Planning for VC
Engineering and Order Change Management (ECM
and OCM)
Sales Configuration Engine (SCE) and Internet Pricing
and Configuration (IPC)
Miscellaneous: Performance, client management, and
modeling tips
Wrap-up
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Who Should Use Variant Configuration?

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Example of industries relevant to SAP VC:

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Product
Complexity

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Aircraft
Automobiles

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PCs

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Pumps

Motorcycles

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Elevator
Systems

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Bicycle
Furniture

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Mass
Production
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VC Concepts and Functionalities

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Process flow:

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Super Routing

Super BOM
interior
seats
seats

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car

car
body
body
body

Op.10
Op.20

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dashboard
Op.30

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Sales/Customer Services

Production/Procurement

Engineering

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Sales Quote

Sales Order

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Prod Order

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Order BOM

Purch Order

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Variant Configuration Knowledge Base


Material Master

Variant Class

Material Type: KMAT


Desc.: Italian BMT
Variant Class: <Italian BMT>

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Pricing
Conditions

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...

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Desc.: Italian BMT


Type: 300
Characteristic: Bread Type
Possible Values:

Super
BOM

Super
Routing

Regular
Italian
Herbs

Item 10: ...


Item 20: ...

Op. 10 ...
Op. 20 ...

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Configuration
Profile

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Order BOM
BOM explosion
User Interface

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Characteristic: Length

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Possible Values:
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Dependencies

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Precondition (PC)
Selection Condition (SC)
Procedures (P)
Constraints (C)

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What Well Cover

Introduction: Variant Configuration (VC) concepts review


Material Variants (Type Matching) and Variant Pricing
(SD, MM)
More on Object Dependencies
Configuration scenarios
Planning for VC
Engineering and Order Change Management (ECM
and OCM)
Sales Configuration Engine (SCE) and Internet Pricing
and Configuration (IPC)
Miscellaneous: Performance, client management, and
modeling tips
Wrap-up
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Material Variants: Concept

Definition:

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A material variant is a material that is kept in stock and that is


a specific configuration of a configurable material

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Purpose:

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Planning (forecast, Make-To-Stock)


Pre-Assembly
Sales Order (delivery date: ATP)

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Type Matching:

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When assigning value to a configurable material, the system


will look for a material variant

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Material Variants: Material Master

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Create Material Master (material type must allow for


stock):

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Basic Data 2 view:

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OR:

MRP 3 view:

Reference the
Configurable
Material

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Bring the
Configuration screen
(Value Assignment)

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Note:

Cross-plant configurable material can only be used in


purchasing
Values assigned are stored in the Material Master record

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Material Variants: BOM

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Create a new BOM or link the material variant to the


BOM of the configurable material:

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Material Variants: Routing

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Create a new Routing or link the material variant to the


Routing of the configurable material:

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Using transaction CA02, assign the material variant to the


routing of the configurable material

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Material Variants: Type Matching Settings

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In the configuration profile (use transaction CU42) of the


configurable material:
On request or permanent
(performance!)

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Warning

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Type Matching performed as
configuration is done (partial)
or when it is finished (complete)
(performance!)

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Material Variants: Results

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Using Configuration
simulation (transaction
CU50):

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Appears as soon as the


configuration matches

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Variant Pricing: Concept

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The configurable material has a basic price


You can define surcharges/discounts (variant
conditions) that depend on characteristic values
Condition types VA00 (absolute amounts) and VA01
(percentage amounts) are defined for variant conditions
Variant conditions can be created with reference to a
material, a distribution channel, and a sales organization
You assign variant conditions to characteristic values

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Variant Pricing: Surcharge/Discount Characteristic


1.

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Create a multiple-value characteristic with reference to


field SDCOM-VKOND:

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Variant Pricing: Surcharge/Discount Characteristic (cont.)


2.

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Create a condition record of condition type VA00


(absolute) or VA01 (percentage):

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Key field Variant is your choice; this is the variant condition


key that you will use in dependencies (caution: casesensitive)
Make sure your pricing procedure reads condition types VA00
and/or VA01

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Variant Pricing: Assignment or Dependency


3.

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Using the configuration simulation (transaction CU50),


assign the condition record to the characteristic value:

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1. F4 on the
value field

2. Select the value

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3. Click on the Variant


Condition icon

4. Save
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Variant Pricing: Results


4.

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In the Sales Order entry screen (base price = 5 EUR):

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Variant Pricing: Others

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Dependencies:

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Instead of assigning condition records to characteristics


value, you can use dependencies (procedures) to the
configuration profile:
f Example:
$self.Z_SURCHARGE = surcharge_bread if Z_BREAD eq D

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Variant Pricing: Others (cont.)

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Pricing Factor:

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You can assign a pricing factor to the variant condition


The factor can be a constant, a numeric characteristic, or a
numeric expression
f $self.Z_SURCHARGE = surcharge_bread
f $SET_PRICING_FACTOR ($self, Z_SURCHARGE,
surcharge_bread, BREAD_SIZE/12)
This will alter the surcharge (based on bread type) by a factor
that is based on the bread size

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Variant Pricing in Purchasing (MM)

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Same technique as for sales, using condition records of


condition type VA00 or VA01, except:

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The reference characteristic refers to MMCOM-VKOND


Only assign condition records using dependencies

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What Well Cover

Introduction: Variant Configuration (VC) concepts review


Material Variants (Type Matching) and Variant Pricing
(SD, MM)
More on Object Dependencies
Configuration scenarios
Planning for VC
Engineering and Order Change Management (ECM and
OCM)
Sales Configuration Engine (SCE) and Internet Pricing
and Configuration (IPC)
Miscellaneous: Performance, client management, and
modeling tips
Wrap-up
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Object Dependencies: Dependency Types

Declarative: Point in time and sequence not relevant to


the result

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Constraints and Actions (obsolete)

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Semi-declarative: Like declarative, but processed


procedurally

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Preconditions
Selection conditions

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Procedural: Result depends on processing sequence


and point in time

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Procedures

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Object Dependencies: Dependency Types (cont.)


Usage

Dependency

Semi-declarative

Selection
Condition
(SC)

Must a char. (or char. value)


be selected?

Procedural

Procedure
(P)

Infer values, including


reference data (overwrite,
recursive)

Declarative

Precondition
(PC)

Constraint
(C)

Infer values and


consistency check (multilevel)

BOM Item
Routing Op.

Characteristic

Characteristic
Value

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Configuration
Profile

Can a characteristic (or


char. value) be selected?

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Object Dependencies

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Processing sequence in value assignment:

Constraints

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ENTER
1. Default values for characteristics
2. All procedures, exactly once, in the following
sequence:
Configuration profile
Characteristics
Characteristic values
3. All preconditions and then all selection
conditions
Characteristic Value

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Object Dependencies: Constraints

Designed for multi-level complex interactive


configuration (but useful for single-level configuration)
Infer values and check configuration consistency

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Between any objects in a configuration task

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Active in configuration only

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No effect on BOM and task-list explosion in low-level


configuration (in MRP, for example)
Cannot replace selection conditions and procedures

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Constraints are not assigned directly to individual


objects. They are grouped together to form a
dependency net and assigned to a configuration profile.

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Object Dependencies: Constraints Structure

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Constraints Structure:

OBJECTS:
f Specify the objects that are relevant to the constraint
(class, characteristic, material)
f Variables can be defined
CONDITION (optional):
f Condition that must be fulfilled to process the constraint
RESTRICTIONS:
f Relation between elements in the Objects section that
must be true (consistency check and inference)
f Direct or using variant functions and variant tables
INFERENCES (optional):
f Applies to formulas in the restriction
f Table calls or function calls

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Object Dependencies: Example of Constraint

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BOX is a class, with four characteristics (Length, Width,


Height, and Volume)
If any three of the variables are known, the fourth is
automatically inferred.

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OBJECTS:
(300) BOX,
where L = Length;
W = Width;
H = Height;
V = Volume.
RESTRICTIONS: V = L * W * H.
INFERENCES: V = L * W * H.

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Object Dependencies: Variant Tables

Variant tables describe allowed combinations of values


in Selection Conditions, Preconditions, Procedures, and
Constraints
Can infer values in procedures and constraints
Restrictions:

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Recommended to use single-value


characteristics
You cannot define dependencies for
table entries

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It is possible (recommended) to link


existing variant tables to new
database tables (performance)

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Object Dependencies: Create Variant Tables

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Object Dependencies: Table Contents

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Table display
options:

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Object Dependencies: Variant Tables (Example)

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Constraint:
OBJECTS:
PC IS_A (300)PC.
RESTRICTIONS:
table CS (PRINTER = PC.PRINTER,
MONITOR = PC.MONITOR,
Variant Table CS
CPU = PC.CPU).
INFERENCES:
Characteristic: PRINTER MONITOR
PC.PRINTER,
Key?
X
X
PC.MONITOR,
PC>CPU.
Inkjet
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Allowed
Values:

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CPU
X

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Standard

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Laser_1

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Medium

Laser_2

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Fast

Result: If each characteristic is a key (no ambiguity),


only one characteristic value needs to be assigned in
order to infer the other two

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Object Dependencies: Variant Functions

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You can call a function module (ABAP program) in a


dependency
Procedure:

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Define input and output characteristics


Define an ABAP program (function module)
Create a function that calls the ABAP program
Enter the function in a dependency (a procedure, for example)

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What Well Cover

Introduction: Variant Configuration (VC) concepts review


Material Variants (Type Matching) and Variant Pricing
(SD, MM)
More on Object Dependencies
Configuration scenarios
Planning for VC
Engineering and Order Change Management (ECM
and OCM)
Sales Configuration Engine (SCE) and Internet Pricing
and Configuration (IPC)
Miscellaneous: Performance, client management, and
modeling tips
Wrap-up
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Configuration Scenarios

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Variant Configuration is not limited to configuring the


header material
Typically, subassemblies can be configured as well
The corresponding materials will be set accordingly
(configurable material, super BOM, configuration
profile, etc.)

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KMAT

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car
KMAT

interior

engine

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body

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KMAT

seats

dashboard

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fabric

frame
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Configuration Scenarios (cont.)

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The configuration parameters section of the


configuration profile includes Process parameters and
BOM explosion parameters
The combination of the two determines the behavior of
the entire configuration process

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Configuration Scenarios: Plnd/Prod Order Process

The final configuration is determined at Sales Order


entry during configuration (value assignment process)
Single or Multi-level configuration in the Sales Order

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Header material is configured interactively


Lower-level configurable items (not only sales-relevant items)
can be configured interactively (if explosion)

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Pricing at header material level


No Order BOM:

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Only value assignment in the configuration process


determines the BOM components

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One (or more) lines in the Sales Order, and one (or
more) new BOMs with reference to the line item
Examples:

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Automobiles, bicycles, catalogue furniture,


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Configuration Scenarios: Sales Order (SET)

Usage: kits (or sets)


As in Plnd/Prod Order, the final configuration is
determined at Sales Order entry during configuration
(value assignment process)
(No single) multi-level configuration in the Sales Order

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Header material is configured interactively, as well as lower


level configurable items (but only sales-relevant items)

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Pricing at header material level or at sub-item level


No Order BOM:

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Only value assignment in the configuration process


determines the BOM components

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Several lines in the Sales Order


Examples:

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PC packages (PC + printer + bag + software),


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Configuration Scenarios: Order BOMs

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Two-step process:

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1. Sales (VA01)

Header material is configured interactively


f No Order BOM yet
2. Technical Order processing (Order BOM maintenance CU51)
f Configuration of sub-levels
f Any component can be changed, deleted, copied, or added
f Order BOM created
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One line in the Sales Order, and one (or more) new
BOMs with reference to the line item (Order BOMs)
Pricing at header material level only
Examples:

More complex Made-To-Order items, such as heavy


machinery, aircraft, configurable kitchens, etc.

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Two ways of saving the configuration results:

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Configuration Scenarios: More on Order BOMs

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Knowledge-based:
f Super BOM + value assignment + Object dependencies +
manual changes
f Performance-intensive
Result-oriented:
f Order BOM + manual changes

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Configuration Scenarios: More on Order BOMs (cont.)

Other settings:

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Automatic Fixing: Create Order BOM after configuration in


Sales Order processing (vs. after technical processing,
using CU51)

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Maintenance in Order Allowed:

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Allows for technical processing during Sales Order


processing

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Configuration Scenarios: More on Order BOMs (cont.)

Fixing:

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Order BOMs are saved after technical processing (CU51) even


if no changes occurred
Fixing parameters determines which assemblies in the BOM
structure you want to create order BOMs for
Scope of fixing: selected assembly, top-down or bottom-up

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Instantiation (result-oriented only):

If the same configurable material occurs more than once in


the BOM structure (example: 2 DVD players in the PC), how do
you differentiate (risk of confusion)?
Instantiation creates separate material master records
Scope of instantiation: selected assembly, top-down, or
bottom-up

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Configuration Scenarios: Summary

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BOM EXPLOSION
Process

None

Plnd/
Prod.
Order

Single-level (header) configuration


BOM explosion (and dependencies
for subs) in MRP only
One main item in Sales Order

Sales
Order
(SET)

Order
BOM

Single-level

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Multiple-level

Multi-level, interactive configuration (all items)


Pricing at Header level
One or more lines in Sales Order (linked to main item)
No Order BOM

N/A

SET or KIT (example: PC package)


Multi-level, interactive configuration (sales-relevant
items only)
Pricing at main item (header) or sub-item level
Several lines in Sales Order (linked to main item)
No Order BOM

N/A

Two-step process: Sales Order and BOM processing


In sales order, single-level configuration (standard) and
no BOM explosion
In BOM maintenance, multi-level configuration, with
manual changes possible (add, delete, or change items)
Pricing at header level only
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What Well Cover

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Introduction: Variant Configuration (VC) concepts review


Material Variants (Type Matching) and Variant Pricing
(SD, MM)
More on Object Dependencies
Configuration scenarios
Planning for VC
Engineering and Order Change Management (ECM and
OCM)
Sales Configuration Engine (SCE) and Internet Pricing
and Configuration (IPC)
Miscellaneous: Performance, client management, and
modeling tips
Wrap-up
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Planning for VC

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Four main planning methods:

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Planning at Assembly level


Standard product planning (characteristic-based planning)
Assembly planning with characteristics planning
Planning with planning variants

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Planning for VC: Planning at Assembly Level

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Concepts:

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Typical Make-To-Order strategy


Assembly is kept in stock
Planned Independent Requirements entered at assembly
level
When planned orders/production orders are created for the
finished product, dependent requirements/reservations are
cleared against the Planned Independent Requirements

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Planning for VC: Planning at Assembly Level (cont.)

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Settings:

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Configurable
Finished product
Strategy: 25

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Material Master
Strategy: 70
Individual/collective requirements = 2
Mixed MRP indicator

Assembly
Strategy: 70

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Assembly
70

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No forecast required for header material


Where to get figures for assembly requirements
Large data entry effort

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Planning for VC: Standard Product Planning

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Concepts:

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Planning is done at configurable product level (Planned


Independent Requirements)
Non-convertible Planned Orders are created, with dependent
requirements for components according to usage
probabilities of the characteristic values
Incoming Sales Orders consume the configurable materials
independent requirements

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Planning for VC: Standard Product Planning (cont.)

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Settings:

Strategy 56 for configurable product


Create and maintain planning
(combination) tables (MDP1)
f Same as variant tables
Create and maintain planning
profiles (MDPH)
f Which characteristics are
relevant to planning?
Create planned independent
requirements
f Define planned frequency/usage
probability of characteristic
values

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Configurable
Finished product
Strategy: 56

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Assembly

Assembly

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Planning for VC: Standard Product Planning (cont.)


+

Reduction of data entry effort

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Caution: depends on number of characteristics values


affecting planning

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Secondary requirements are consumed according to


values assigned in planning (not values in the Sales
Order)

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Planning for VC: Assembly Processing with Characteristics


Planning

Concepts:

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Same as previous strategy: Planning is done at configurable


product level (Planned Independent Requirements, or PIRs),
based on characteristic (usage probability), except that the
PIRs are inactive
Long-term planning is used to create dependent requirements
for the assemblies
These dependent requirements are then activated (transferred
from the planning scenario)
Therefore, the secondary requirements are consumed based
on actual sales (vs. planned usage)

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Planning for VC: Assembly Processing with Characteristics


Planning (cont.)

Settings:

Strategy 89 for configurable product


Strategy 70 for assembly

Create and maintain combination


tables and planning profiles
Create and run long-term-planning
scenario
Copy simulated dependent
requirements (MS66) active
dependent requirements
Incoming Sales Order Production
Order Dependent Requirements
consume Dependent Requirements
in planning

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Configurable
Finished product
Strategy: 89
Assembly
Strategy: 70

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Assembly

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Planning for VC: Assembly Processing with Characteristics


Planning (cont.)
+
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Advantages of all strategies


Less planning effort, but
more steps involved (Long-Term Planning)
More precise consumption of planned requirements

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Planning for VC: Planning with Planning Variants

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Concepts:

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Use material variants (e.g., a Make-to-Stock product based on a


specific configuration of a configurable material)
Create Planned Independent Requirements for the planning
variants
Dependent requirements are created for the assembly
Incoming Sales Orders trigger Planned Independent
Requirement consumption based on Type Matching (weighting
of characteristics)

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Planning for VC: Planning with Planning Variants (cont.)

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Settings:

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Strategy 54 for the configurable material and the variants


Assign characteristic values in MRP3 view of planning variant
Define settings for Type Matching (see next slide)
Maintain Planned Independent Requirements for planning
variants
Configurable
Finished product
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Assembly

Planning
Variant I
54

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Planning
Variant II
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Assembly

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Planning for VC: Planning with Planning Variants (cont.)

Problem:

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If a Sales Order configuration


does not match a Planning
Variant at 100%, which
Planning Variant should the
Planned Independent
Requirements be consumed
from?

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Solution:

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Characteristics are given Weighting Factors in Type Matching


settings (transaction MDPV)
The order consumes the planned requirements for the
planning variant with the highest sum of weightings

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What Well Cover

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Introduction: Variant Configuration (VC) concepts review


Material Variants (Type Matching) and Variant Pricing
(SD, MM)
More on Object Dependencies
Configuration scenarios
Planning for VC
Engineering and Order Change Management (ECM and
OCM)
Sales Configuration Engine (SCE) and Internet Pricing
and Configuration (IPC)
Miscellaneous: Performance, client management, and
modeling tips
Wrap-up
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Engineering Change Management (ECM)

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Variant Configuration object changes (Classes,


Characteristics, BOMs, Routings, Dependencies,
Configuration Profiles, etc.) can be managed with ECM
ECM will control and activate planned changes to the VC
model through a Change Master Record (Change
Number) or through Engineering Change Requests and
Orders (ECR and ECO)

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ECM and Order Change Management (OCM)

The Change Master Record (or ECR/ECO) controls:

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Which objects can be changed (specific objects)


Valid-from date of the change
Reason for changes
Status

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Planned changes can affect existing Sales Orders and


production orders: You then need OCM

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OCM

Restriction:

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Effective change objects:


f Material BOM
f Order BOM
f Routing
Not supported in OCM (up to ECC 5.0):
f Material Master, Work Centers, changes to quantities or
dates in Sales Orders,

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Prerequisite (settings):

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Overall change profile (in IMG) assigned to Material (Work


Scheduling view)
Requirements Class must be EC mgt flagged (in IMG)

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OCM (cont.)

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Process

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Sales Order or Master Data are changed using an ECM


Change Number
Transaction COCM:
f Determination of Production Orders affected by that
change
Transaction COCM1:
f Simulation of a Production Order (based on that change)
f Comparison with active production orders
f Identification of changes, check whether they are allowed
f Change Production Orders

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What Well Cover

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Introduction: Variant Configuration (VC) concepts review


Material Variants (Type Matching) and Variant Pricing
(SD, MM)
More on Object Dependencies
Configuration scenarios
Planning for VC
Engineering and Order Change Management (ECM and
OCM)
Sales Configuration Engine (SCE) and Internet Pricing
and Configuration (IPC)
Miscellaneous: Performance, client management, and
modeling tips
Wrap-up
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SCE/IPC: Overview

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You need VC configuration methods to be available on


the Internet or for field sales without being permanently
online with SAP ERP (R/3 or SAP ECC)
SCE/IPC can be used as product configurator for
Internet sales applications (online store, CRM scenarios)
by synchronizing your modeling in ERP
It has a separate database and has open architecture
(Java application, APIs)
It can therefore be integrated with third-party systems

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SCE/IPC: Architecture

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Separation between user interface and configuration


server:

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Standard User
Interface

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SCE APIs

IPC
SCE

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Knowledge Base
Pricing Data

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Knowledge Base
and Pricing
(IDoc)

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SAP ERP
or SAP CRM
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SCE/IPC: Process

Modeling in SAP R/3 or ECC


Creating a knowledge-base object (CU31)

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Collects all the information about a model:


f Material master, BOM, classes,
characteristics, dependencies,
A KB object is like a list of pointers to the
data required

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Creating one (or more) runtime versions

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Based on a knowledge-base object

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Downloading the runtime version to the


SCE database
Configuring in the SCE

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What Well Cover

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Introduction: Variant Configuration (VC) concepts review


Material Variants (Type Matching) and Variant Pricing
(SD, MM)
More on Object Dependencies
Configuration scenarios
Planning for VC
Engineering and Order Change Management (ECM and
OCM)
Sales Configuration Engine (SCE) and Internet Pricing
and Configuration (IPC)
Miscellaneous: Performance, client management, and
modeling tips
Wrap-up
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Performance

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Performance can be an issue in VC models


This section presents some hints and tips on how to
improve performance

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Performance (cont.)

As few configuration levels as possible


Keep configuration model small:

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Several small models are better than a single large model

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Separate BOMs (to restrict the number of levels in the


BOM explosion in SD)

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For configuration in SD (application SD01), and


For MRP and Production Order (application PP01)

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In Task Lists (Routings): alternative sequences instead


of several consecutive operations with the same
selection conditions

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Assign the selection condition to the sequence


May need a dummy operation in the standard sequence

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Performance (cont.)

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In the configuration profile:

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Restricts allowed screens on the interface design


On request better than Permanent

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Performance (cont.)

Default values: quicker if defined in the characteristic


than if set by dependencies
Class nodes (class item in BOM)

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Minimize number of characteristics


If few materials, use separate material items (with
dependencies) instead of class nodes

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Using constraints:

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Minimize the number of nets


Use the CONDITION section
Set up the CONDITION as disjunctive standard form
f Example: not a or not b (instead of not [a and b])
Use characteristic variables
Enter whats really needed in the INFERENCES section

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Performance (cont.)

Transparent tables instead of variant tables

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Create a custom transparent table


Link variant table to database table
Data transfer to database table

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Define global dependencies if used more than once


(local dependencies must be loaded several times)
Value check using function module, instead of:

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Preconditions
Restrictable characteristics with constraints
Variant tables

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Do not mix procedures (actions) and constraints (value


inferences should not influence each other)

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Client Management

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VC models are Master Data


Master Data cannot be transported (DEV TEST QA
PROD)
How do you (safely) change your models?

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Set up a VC Golden Client, containing all the objects


relevant to VC
Transport data using data distribution with Application Link
Enabling (ALE)
f Using SAP standard Message Types (IDocs)
f Transport sequence predetermined

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VC Projects: Modeling Guidelines

What are the products?

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One product with millions of variants?


Millions of products without variants?
A middle way?

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Single-level or multi-level?

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Can lower-level configurable materials be determined from the


configuration of the header material?
Modeling tips

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VC Projects: Modeling Guidelines (cont.)

Customer viewpoint vs. production viewpoint

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Kitchen example:
f Production looks at the individual closets
f Closets are assembled at customer premises
f The Kitchen level is not relevant to production

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Characteristics what not to do:

Two (or more) characteristics representing the same attribute


f Example: One characteristic for horsepower, one for
kilowatt
Although, different allowed values or meanings in one
characteristic
f Example: The length of a ship and the length of a
microprocessor must not be represented by the same
characteristic
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What Well Cover

Introduction: Variant Configuration (VC) concepts review


Material Variants (Type Matching) and Variant Pricing
(SD, MM)
More on Object Dependencies
Configuration scenarios
Planning for VC
Engineering and Order Change Management (ECM and
OCM)
Sales Configuration Engine (SCE) and Internet Pricing
and Configuration (IPC)
Miscellaneous: Performance, client management, and
modeling tips
Wrap-up
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SAP Help Enterprise Central Component Logistics


Logistics General (LO) Variant Configuration (LO-VC)
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/92/58d45541
7011d189ec0000e81ddfac/frameset.htm

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SAP VC User Group


www.configuration-workgroup.com

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SAP Notes:

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Configuration Workgroup (CWG)

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help.sap.com

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Resources

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148778 and 502425: Header/component combination of


scenarios
660269: Error in Help

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SAP PLM146 course Variant Configuration: Scenarios


and Enhancements
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7 Key Points to Take Home

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You now have an overview of endless VC possibilities


(and resulting complexity)
It is particularly important that you understand Planning
and Configuration Scenarios
There are always many ways to solve your problem, but
only one will be optimal
Modeling (in blueprint) is done on paper (Excel, etc.) and
is more than ever crucial to the success of the project
SAP VC is more an art than a science

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7 Key Points to Take Home (cont.)

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Remember that SAP VC spans the entire organization


(Sales, Engineering, Production, etc.)
If Im told, I forget. If Im shown, I remember. If I do it, I
understand.
Now you need to understand more on your own!

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Your Turn!

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How to contact me:


Jean-Yves Popovic
jypopovic@adelante-tm.com

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