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Variant Configuration


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What is the Purpose of variant Configuration

Variant configuration is for manufacturing complex products in

which customer determines the features of the product. Objectiveof variant configuration is to react quickly to customers

requirements.

Here it needs not to create separate material for each variant of a

product. When companies introduce variant configuration this

often goes beyond a business process re-engineering project.

Variant configuration offers an opportunity to restructure product

structures for which then processes are defined. This has a direct

impact to the core areas such as marketing and product data

management


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What is the Use of variant Configuration

It is tool which helps to simplify the complex manufacturing of final

product more varieties and variation of the input material

To ensure right choice is delivered

Easy for the sales person to select & Communication is fast and clear

Ensures production of right item

New products can be configured immediately by the system itself and allchanges in the costs of production, pricing for the new product are takeninto account by the system automatically.

This session will walk you through the steps of building a simple VCmodel.


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Who Should Use Variant Configuration?


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Variant Configuration

Configurable material

Characteristic

Value1

Value2

Value3

Class

Configurable profile

Dependency


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Color

Silver

Black

Blue

RAM

1GB2GB

3GB

HDD

120 GB160 GB

280 GB

Processor

Intel

AMD


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Creating characteristics


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Steps For creating Characteristics

Menu Path :LogisticsCentral Functions variant ConfigurationEnvironment ClassificationMaster Data CT04-Charecterstics.

1) Enter Characteristics Name and Select Create Button

2) Enter Description in Basic data Tab, Enter data type (Character Format),

Enter Number of Characters , Select Multiple Value radio button and Enter

Characteristics values and Save it.

3) If we want to Create Another Characteristic Repeat the same procedure

4) Also create the characteristic for Price. Specify the values of all

Characteristics in Values tab. And In the addition data Tab enter Table name

SDCOM and Field name VKOND, Select Not Ready for Input option.


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Create Characteristics

Select Create Button

Select Basic Data Tab


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Create Characteristics(Continued)

Enter Description

Status must be set

to Released

Select Character Format

Select Multiple

Values


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Create Characteristics (Continued)

Select the Values Tab &

Give the Characteristic

values with description


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Creating Price Characteristic


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Creating Price Characteristic(Continued)

Select Not Ready

for Input

Enter the Field

Name VKOND

Select the table

Name SDCOM


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Steps Creating Class

Menu Path :Logistics Central Functions Variant Configuration EnvironmentClassification

Master Data

CL02Class

In Variant Configuration we use the Class to Group the Characteristics that Describe the

Configurable Material. We need to link the Class to the Configurable Material so that we

allow that Material to be Configured by using the Characteristics of the Class.

We can use a Class in the Variant Configuration if the Class has a Class Type that

Support the Variant Configuration.

1) Enter Class name and enter Class Type = 300 (Variants)

2) Select the Icon Create, Basic data Tab enter Description and status must be Set to

Release

3) Select the Tab Characteristic and enter the Characteristics and Save.


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Create Class

Enter the Class

Description

Enter Class type 300

Select the

create Button


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Create Class (Continued)

Enter Class description

Status must be set to

Released

Indicates not to check similarcharacteristic values


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Add Characteristics to the Class

Select Characteristic Tab

and enter the Characteristics

and Save it.


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Creating a Configurable Material

A material with different features or characteristics and options is known as

configurable material. Example: PC, Car.

Configurable materials are either created in a material type that allows the

configuration (n the standard system, the material type KMAT) or they are

given the indicator Configurable in the material master record.

Specify the Industry sector is Mechanical Engineering & Material type isConfigurable Material

Item category group is 0002

In basic data 2 tab we need to select the check box configurable material

Class type is 300


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Creating Configurable Material

Enter The Class

Select the

Characteristics


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Configuration Profile CU41

Menu Path :LogisticsCentral Functions variant ConfigurationConfiguration Profile

CU41 Create

Each configurable object must have a configuration profile. The configuration

profile for a material controls the configuration process in the sales order

We maintain the configuration profile for the configurable objects to define the

central settings for the configuring the objects we can control all the settings thateffect the display options and the scope of the characteristics on the value

assignment screen.

Select the Object Material, Specify the required material and press enter Now

specify Priority, Profile name and Class type (300).Select the Profile and from

the main menu select Goto Profile detail select the tab configuration initialscreen in process field tab select the sales order. And specify the BOM explosion

SD01 and save it.


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Configuration Profile(Continued)

Enter the Priority &

Profile Name

Enter the Class

Type 300


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Configuration Profile(Continued)

Select

Characteristic

values


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Configuration Profile (Continued)

Select the application SD01

Select Sales order


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Dependency's

It describes the inter dependency's between the characteristics and

characteristic values and it controls which components are to be selected fromthe Bill of Material.

Use : In Variant Configuration, we use dependencies to control combinations of

variants. This prevents combinations of options that are not allowed.

Dependencies also select exactly the right BOM components and operations to

produce a variant.

In two ways we can create the dependencys

Menu Path Logistics Central Functions Variant ConfigurationDependency Single Dependency CU01 Create

We can create directly the dependency in the characteristic itself


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Creating Dependencys (continued)

Go to the transaction CT04 and Enter the Characteristic Name

Go to the Tab Values and select the line of characteristic value form the main

menu Go to ExtrasObject dependencys Editor. Now select the option Procedure press enter and In the ABAP/4 Line command

(Below line) write the code $SELF.ZPRICE= '1 GB' and check for the Syntax

Error. And Save it.

Repeat the same for all other characteristic values.


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Creating Dependencys For Characteristics(Continued)

Open the characteristic in

change mode and select a

character for which the

dependency is to be created

C ti D d


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Creating Dependencys(Continued)

Enter the dependency

(follow the Dependency syntax)

C ti D d


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Check for the Syntax Error and Save It

C ti D d


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Check for the Syntax Error and Save it

V i t diti P i i d d i t i i C diti d


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Variant condition Pricing procedure and maintaining Condition records

In the Transaction Code V/08 Pricing procedure we need to add the

Condition type VA00 with the requirement 2 (Item with pricing).

In the Transaction Code VK11 we need to maintain the Condition

Record for Basic Price of the Material for the condition Type PR00.

In the Transaction Code VK11 we need to maintain the ConditionRecords for all Characteristic Values. In the condition type VA00.

Variant Conditions In Pricing Procedure


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Variant Conditions In Pricing Procedure

Condition Record for Base price


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Condition Record for Base price

Maintaining the

Condition Record for

Base Price

Condition Records for Variant Conditions


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Condition Records for Variant Conditions

Enter the variants

Enter prices associated with

variants.

Condition records are

created for sales

organization, distribution

channel and material

Creating the Sales Order BOM


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Creating the Sales Order BOM

Create the Material masters for All the Components

Go to the Transaction Code CS01.And Enter the Material ZLAPTOP ,

Enter the Plant and Enter the BOM Usage is 5.

In the Initial Screen of the BOM enter all the Components and Quantity

Select the Line and Go to the Main menu select Extras ObjectDependencies Editor there write the dependencies Syntax.

Repeat the Procedure for all BOM Components and Save.

Creating BOM (C ti d)


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Creating BOM(Continued)

Enter all the Components and

Quantities

Creating BOM (Contin ed)


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Creating BOM(Continued)

Enter the DependencySyntax

Process flow


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Process flow

Create the Sales Order with the Tcode VA01 the Standard Document type is

OR, standard item category is TAC and Schedule line category is CP.

For Consuming the Components against to sales order Use T code MB1A with

Movement type 231

The sales order is make To Order Scenario so In the Stock posting Screen select

the Movement Type 521 (Receipt w/o production order into unrestricted salesorder) and Special stock indicator (E).

Create the Delivery document with the Tcode VL01N Standard Document type

is LF.

Create the Billing document with the Tcode VF01 Standard document type isF2.

Creating the sales order


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Creating the sales order

Enter the Configurable

Material and Quantity

Value Assignment Screen


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Value Assignment Screen

Select the Values from

the Value Assignment

Screen

Pricing Calculation


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Pricing Calculation

Pricing is Calculating as per

the Condition Records

maintained

MB1A For Consuming the Components


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MB1A For Consuming the Components

Enter the

Components &

Quantity

Enter the Sales

Order

MB1C - For Maintaining The Sales Order Stock


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MB1C For Maintaining The Sales Order Stock

Special Stock

Indicator E & Enter

Sales OrderEnter the Configurable

Material & Quantity

Creating Delivery


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C eat g e e y

Select the Sales Order Stock & do

the PGI

Creating Billing Document


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g g

Create the Billing Document

Document Flow


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Thank You


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Variant Configuration with Production Planning

Create Sales Order


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Select Configuration Profile


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Assign values to characteristics


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Sales Order in requirement list before running MRP


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Planned Order created after MRP run


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Create Production Order W. R. T. Planned Order

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