VARIANT CONFIGURATION

Prepared by : Ramesh Kumbum

Training Agenda

Target Audience

Overview of Variant configuration

Cross module integration

Process steps

Master Data

Characteristic and Class

Configuration profile

Configuration stimulation

Object dependencies

Training Manuals

Q&A

Target Audience

Primary: SAP SD Consultants SAP PP Consultants SAP Solution Architects

Secondary Other SAP Consultants Delivery Team

OVERVIEWOVERVIEW

VARIANT CONFIGURATION OVERVIEW

Variant configuration is useful if you have large number of

combination of parts that go into a product. It means

different permutations and combinations of the parts of

the same material

Example:

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 colors.

VARIANT CONFIGURATION-OVERVIEW

Variant Configuration is a tool which improves information

exchange between sales,engineering and production.

Variant configuration helps sales person to put together

specification for the product, so that product can be

produced from these specifications.

Variant configuration is for manufacturing complex product

which contains various characteristics and variants

What is Configurable Product???

VARIANT CONFIGURATION-OVERVIEW

Wrist

• Wrist IW 49 II

• Wrist IW 90 II

Enhancements

• YES

• NO

Arm Type

• Arm type 30-K/1

• Arm type 60-K/1

• Arm type 60L45-K/1

Type of Intermediate Plate

• Intermediate plate with pin

• Intermediate plate w/o pin

Power Supply

• 160 V

• 230 V

• 430 V

No. of Employees to be Trained

• 3• 5• 15

EXAMPLE FOR VARIANT CONFIGURATION

EXAMPLE FOR VARIANT CONFIGURATION

VARIANT CONFIGURATION INDUSTRIES

new industries - new requirements...

Aircrafts

Automotive

Elevators

Gear units

Telecommunication

High-Tech

Food

Steel Chemicals

CROSS MODULE INTEGRATION

MASTER DATA FOR VC

Super BOM

Super Routing

Characteristic and Values

Classification

Object Dependency

Configurable Profile

Configuration stimulation

SD Condition Records

MODELING VARIANT CONFIGURATION

KMAT VS FERT?

FERT KMAT

Non-Variant Parts

Non-Variant Parts

Variant Parts

PROCESS STEPS

Process steps

1 Creating Sales Order

2 Checking Requirements using MRP

3 Requirements Planning

4 Converting the planed order into a Production order

5 Confirming the production order

6 Checking the production order settlement

7 Creating the delivery

8 Creating the billing document

CONFIGURATION OF VC

Create a Material - KMAT type with Item category (002)

Create characteristics

Assign Characteristics to class

Assign the class to material master

Creating a configuration profile

Configuration stimulation

Assign object dependences

Master data settings:

Basic data 2 : Set Material is Configurable indicator

To determine item category TAC in sales order, maintain the

suitable item category such as 0002

MRP 2 View: set Procurement type E

MRP 3 View :Set strategy group 25: Make to order for

configuration

MRP3 :set Availability check 02 ;Individual Requirement

Class view ; Attach the variant class

Master data settings for VC

Master data settings:

Master data settings for VC

Master data settings:

Master data settings for VC

Master data settings:

Master data settings for VC

Master data settings for VC

Master data settings for VC

Master data settings for VC

Master data settings for VC

Master data settings for VC

Master data settings for VC

Master data settings for VC

T.Code :CS01

Bill of Material

CHARACTERISTIC AND VALUES

Characteristics describe the properties of objects.

The values of a characteristic specify these properties.

Example Material - PC

Chracteristic ValuesRAM 256 MB,512 MB,

1 GB Hard Disk 80 GB,120 GB,160 GB

Chracteristic Value can be Numeric ,Characters,Date and Time and Currency format.

It can be single or multi value or restrict value.

Screens for maintaining the characteristic

Reference characteristics are characteristics that refers to tables &fields

Tables and structures whose fields values can be changed by

dependencies

SDCOM-Communication between the SD and Variant configuration

VCSD_UPDATE: Table for updating sales documents from the

configuration

Reference Characteristics

Create the Characteristic and values

T.code:CT04

T.code:CT04

Create the Characteristic and values

Create the Variant pricing Characteristic

T.code:CT04

Create the Variant pricing Characteristic

Table SDCOM, Field VKOND

CLASS AND CLASS TYPE

A Class is used to hold the characteristics that describe

about configurable material.

Class type used to determines which object types can be

classified.

Class types 200 and 300 are defined for material which are

used in variant configuration/Classification .

Create classes type 300 assign characteristics

Create classes type 300 assign characteristics

Screens for maintaining the classes

Assign class to material

T.codeCL24N

Assign class to material

CONFIGURATION PROFILE

Configurable Profile is used for assigning one or more variant classes to configurable material.

A configurable material has several profiles.Profile is selected during configuration or according to priority.

It also possible to define central settings for Configurable Object.

CONFIGURATION PROFILE CONTD..

Create Configuration profile

T.Code .

T.Code :cu41

T.Code .

T.Code :cu41

Create Configuration profile

Create Configuration profile

Create Configuration profile

Create Configuration profile

Tcode:CU41

Create Configuration profile

ASSIGN DEPENDENCIES

CONFIGURATION SIMULATION

Configuration simulation to check configuration model.

In the configuration simulation, one can test whether it has

created the objects correctly and whether dependencies

work.

CONFIGURATION SIMULATION

Tcode:CU50

CONFIGURATION SIMULATION

CONFIGURATION SIMULATION

CONFIGURATION SIMULATION

1. Select Characteristic Value

2. Press ' Assign Variant Condition' button.

3. Enter Variant Key

4. Save

CONFIGURATION SIMULATION

,

T.Code .

T.Code :VK30

Create Variant Keys with any Name and Description

T.Code .

T.Code :VK11

Create Variant Condition with Variant Price

T.Code .

T.Code :VK11

Create Variant Condition with Variant Price

Material Variant in sales order

Tcode:VA01

Material Variant in sales order

SECOND DAY

DEPENDENCIES

Super BOM contains all the required and Variable items. From the variable items required items will be selected which are Matching the characteristic value.

DEPENDENCIES TYPE

The following types of dependencies are available in VC

Preconditions

Selection conditions

Actions

Procedures

DEPENDENCY - PRECONDITION

Preconditions are used to hide characteristics and characteristic values that are not allowed.

Example: Material Bicycle ( Configurable Material)

Characteristic Value Precondition

Model RacingStandard

MountainGears 10

1217

model eq ‘racing’

DEPENDENCY - PRECONDITION

DEPENDENCY - PRECONDITION

DEPENDENCY - PRECONDITION

DEPENDENCY - PRECONDITION

DEPENDENCY - PRECONDITION

DEPENDENCY - PRECONDITION

DEPENDENCY- SELECTION CONDITIONS

Selection conditions can be allocated to the following objects:

Characteristics

BOM items

Operations in task lists

Sub-operations

Sequences of operations (Alternative or Parallel)

Production resources/tools (PRTs)

A selection conditions describe which BOM components or Routing Operations has to be copied during configurations.

Example: Material Personal Computer 1 PCComponent Quantity

selection condition RAM-256 1RAM-512 1RAM 1 GB 1

Hard_disk GE 80GB

DEPENDENCY- SELECTION CONDITIONS

DEPENDENCY- SELECTION CONDITIONS

DEPENDENCY - PROCEDURE

Procedures can be assigned to the following objects:

The characteristic value

The characteristic

The configuration profile

BOM items – to change the component quantity

Operations in task lists – to change the standard values

Example Bicycle - Configurable material

BOM Components Qty. ProcedureBrake 2 Quantity = 3 if

Backpedal

When Backpedal option is selected by customer system automatically propose 3 qty of brake instead of 2.

Syntax: $SELF.QUANTITY = 3 if BACKPEDAL = 'Yes’

DEPENDENCY - PROCEDURE

Characteristic Values Condition

Characteristic Values Weight calculation

WEIGHT -  

(3 figures, 1 decimal place)    

FRAME Aluminum 10 kg

  Steel 14 kg

EXTRAS (multiple-value) Mudguard 0.5 kg

  Luggage rack 1.0 kg

DEPENDENCY - PROCEDURE

1. Create a procedure for the weight of the BIKE, depending on the frame. This procedure has the following source code:

$SELF. WEIGHT = 10 if FRAME = ‘Aluminum’,

$SELF. WEIGHT = 14 if FRAME = ‘Steel’.

3. Allocate the procedure to the configuration profile of material

DEPENDENCY - ACTION

The following Objects can assign to action:· The characteristic value that triggers the action · The characteristic that triggers the action · The configuration profile of the configurable object· Configuration profile· BOM items – to change the quantity· Operations in task lists – to change the standard values

Since Action is lead to serious system performance problems, it

replaced by Procedure and Constraint.

Actions are used to infer characteristic values. An action is processed

as soon as the characteristic to which it is assigned has a value.

It is not possible to overwrite the characteristic values that are set by

an action.

DEPENDENCY - ACTION

Characteristic Values Action

MODEL Racing SADDLE = ‘Leather’

  Standard  

  Mountain  

     

SADDLE Plastic  

  Leather

 

If the value ‘Racing’ is set for MODEL, the value ‘Leather’ is automatically set for SADDLE, because racing bikes are always supplied with a leather saddle.

Procedure

1. Create an action.

2. Enter the following source code in the dependency editor:

$SELF.SADDLE = ‘Leather’ if MODEL = ‘Racing’

3. Allocate the action to the configuration profile of material BIKE.

Result

If the value ‘Racing’ is set for MODEL when you configure the BIKE, the value ‘Leather’ is automatically set for SADDLE.

Dependency - Action

Questions

TRAINING MANUALSTRAINING MANUALS

TRAINING MANUALS

User Manual: It contains•Overview•Step by Step guide – Transactional•Material Master creation•BOM Creation

Configuration Manual: It contains step by step guide for Variant configuration

Microsoft Word Document

Microsoft Excel Worksheet

THANKS