Business Blueprint Document

Module LOGISTICS GENERAL

Process VARIANT CONFIGURATIONDocument Number

FT-GEN-BBP-001

Version 1.0

Variant ConfigurationVariant configuration is for manufacturing complex products. The manufacturer always has to offer new variants of its products. Often, new variants are created by modifying existing product designs as you process the order. The customer determines the features of the product.

Material Variants A material variant is a material that can be kept in stock and that arises from an individual configuration of a configurable product. For BAL the section is the configurable material.& the variants are those that can be produced with different finish & alloys etc.

The material master record of a material variant is linked to the configurable material and configured using the characteristics of the configurable material.

For material variants, a separate material master record is created with a material type that is kept in stock.

You can create a separate BOM and routing for a material variant, or you can link the material variant to the BOM and routing of the configurable material.

Material MasterConfigurable material exists, for which you create a material variant. The configurable material has all the necessary settings in the configuration profile, class assignment, dependencies, and so on. For material variants, you maintain the usual material master data, such as availability check, strategy groups, and so on.

Bill of Material (BOM)To do a requirements explosion for a configured material, you must maintain the data in the material master record and link a BOM to the configured material. You can either create a BOM especially for the configured material or allocate the configured material to the BOM for the configurable product.

Bhoruka Aluminium Group Bigtec

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Business Blueprint Document

Module LOGISTICS GENERAL

Process VARIANT CONFIGURATIONDocument Number

FT-GEN-BBP-001

Version 1.0 Task List (Routings)To produce a configured material, you need to allocate a task list to the configurable material once you have created the material master. You can either create a task list especially for the configured material or allocate the configured material to the task list for the configurable product in the task list maintenance function.

Bhoruka Aluminium Group Bigtec

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