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1-1 Create a sales order for configurable material 793&. Familiarize yourself with
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1-1-5 Can you change the CD-ROM value?
1-1-6 Display the assigned values as a print list.
1-1-7 Display the object dependencies.
1-1-8 Display the pricing conditions.
1-1-9 Return to the entry screen of the sales order.

How many items are there?
What is the net value?
What are the value-dependent surcharges?
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Exit the sales order without saving.
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discounts during value assignment, by entering reference characteristics that refer to these fields in
dependencies, or a link in characteristics maintenance.
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explosion, or in the order BOM scenario.) You see an inconsistency message if the system has not
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order scenario with manual changes) or in technical post-processing (order BOM scenario), by
starting the search for an object by classification.
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to define the required characteristics and their values. In our
modeling scenario, the following characteristics will be used:
Casing for the PC, CPU for the PC, and Extras for the PC.
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Modeling the PC in variant configuration requires you to set up

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to this class node.
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n The configurable material (standard product, in earlier releases) is the material number under which
all variants of a product are stored in SAP R/3.
n The material master record is the reference point for further objects that are relevant to the variant
product. Bills of material, routings, and so on are all created for this material.
n The material master record contains important control parameters, which especially affect material
requirements planning (MRP) and sales.
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BOMs and which material types are not allowed in BOMs.
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n In the standard system, material type KMAT is defined for configurable materials. You can define a
material as configurable even if the material has a non-configurable material type, by setting the
indicator on the basic data screen of the material master.
n You must define the following configuration-specific settings in the material master of a
configurable material:
In the sales data, you enter the item category group. The item category group controls the
assignment of item categories in sales orders. The item category of an item influences the transfer
of requirements and pricing for the item.
In the MRP data, you enter an MRP group or a strategy group. The strategy group determines the
planning strategy for the configurable material (for example, make-to-order production). The MRP
type determines whether and how the material is planned (for example, using planned orders). The
lot size determines the lot-size procedure that the system uses to calculate the quantity of the
material to be produced. A configurable material needs exact lot sizes.
The ,QGLYLGXDO&ROOHFWLYHindicator controls whether separate segments for requirements for the
configurable material are created in the MRP requirements explosion.
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default checking rule for a configurable material is 02.
To enable order change management (OCM), define the profile in the work scheduling view.
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n Definition: Bill of Material

A bill of material is a formally structured list for an object, and contains all related objects, their
description, their quantity, and their unit.
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of the material. Object dependencies are used to configure the BOM: only the parts that are required
for a specific variant are selected. The BOM is exploded according to the characteristic values
assigned.
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configuration profile allow this. You can, for example, delete or insert components. The BOM is
then saved as an order BOM for the sales order.
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n You can create non-stock items both with and without a material master record. If you enter a non-
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data.
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with material type KMAT). The system uses the pricing data to determine the release strategy. The
material group is required for generating a purchase requisition. The component is procured directly
for the production order. Purchase requisitions are created automatically.
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that contains the three components as pictured. The EXTRAS are selected when the sales order is
configured, and must have the appropriate object dependencies.
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perform additional steps first.
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material that is cut to size.
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reference characteristics to maintain variable-size item data.
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operations, and PRTs that are required to produce all possible variants of the material. You then
allocate dependencies to the operations, operation sequences, and PRTs in routings for configurable
materials.
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sequence of the routing.
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planning. The control key setting also plays an important role here.
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In the model for the PC configuration, you must create the

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The PC and the header material of each assembly where you want
to use object dependencies must be configurable. You will need
to create two master records, one for the PC and one for the
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To model the PC and other configurable materials, you must

create the super BOM. The BOM for the PC has multiple levels,
so you need to create several BOMs in the system. In our
example the two BOMs are T-VPC##, the PC; and T-VPZ##, the
Extras.
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the appendix.
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Item No Description Material number
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10 Screw set T-PCS

20 Casing Tower T-PC21
20 Casing Minitower T-PC22
20 Casing Desktop T-PC23
30 Class Node for Colors (200) T_VPC_COLOR
40 Standard CPU T-CPU-1
40 Medium CPU T-CPU-2
40 Fast CPU T-CPU-3
50 Hard disk standard T-DISK-1
50 Hard disk medium T-DISK-2
50 Hard disk large T-DISK-3
50 Hard disk giant T-DISK-4
60 Microsoft Access database T-SW-10
70 Microsoft Excel spreadsheet T-SW-20
80 Microsoft Office 2000 T-SW-30
90 Microsoft Word T-SW-40
100 CD drive standard T-CD-1
100 CD drive medium T-CD-2
100 CD drive fast T-CD-3
110 Speaker Set (2), 10 Watt T-SPEAKER-10
120 Configurable Extras for PC T-VPZ##
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10 Standard Keyboard DPC1009
20 Mouse Standard Model T-PZ1
30 Modem 56600 bps DPC9026
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In the model for the PC, it becomes necessary to create the routing for
your configurable PC. In this scenario only the PC will have a routing.
The assembly Extras is defined as a non-stock, configurable assembly,
implying that its components are provided directly for the production
order for the PC.
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You may find it useful to FRS\IURP the routing for PC T-VPC00 in plant 1200.
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Control key Standard Values
10 PC-1/PP01 Standard Assembly
Setup 10 min; Labor 10 min
20 PC-1/PP01 Install standard CPU

30 PC-1/PP01 Install medium CPU

40 PC-1/PP01 Install fast CPU
50 PC-1/PP01 Install Extras

60 PC-3/PP01 Final check and packaging

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1-1-2 Create T-VPZ##.
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characteristics of the material, but the BOM is not exploded. The BOM components that match these
values are not determined until you process the order BOM. Subordinate configurable materials can
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n The BOM is not exploded in the sales order.
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subordinate configurable assemblies.
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are required.
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quantity), insert items, delete items, copy items, cut items, and replace class items manually.
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header material.
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production order.
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components are all salable materials that can be manufactured and sold separately. In the sales order,
you want to see the individual components that make up the computer as order items, as well as the
whole computer. In sales order processing, these products are grouped together in a SET. For this
reason, this type of processing is also referred to as SET processing.
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configuration editor, where you assign values to the characteristics of the material. You can then
display the result of the BOM explosion by choosing 5HVXOW You see all the sales-relevant BOM
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item in the sales order.
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the configuration profile. This will make it possible to configure
your PC on one level without being able to make manual
changes.
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1-1-1 Check whether the assignment to the variant class exists and create it if not.
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values for the other characteristics?
1-2-3 Do not assign any characteristic values and choose 5HVXOW.

What happens? Why?
1-2-4 Assign values to all characteristics and choose 5HVXOW.
If prompted, select BOM application 33.
What happens now? What do you notice about the result? Why?
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n The production resource/tool (PRT for modem installation) is assigned to operation 50 (Install
Extras).
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to characteristic EXTRAS. If a value other than Modem is assigned to characteristic EXTRAS,
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class items, because only materials and documents can be BOM components.
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Customizing for classification. In the standard system, material class type 200 and document class
type 201 can be used in BOMs.
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Assign values to the configurable material
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fulfilled.
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n You can also use object dependencies to change field values in task list tables. For example, you can
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table PLPO. In a previous example, reference characteristic LABORTIME was defined for this
purpose.
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customer chooses a gloss finish.
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processed, provided that any conditions attached to it are fulfilled.
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select the appropriate object from the super BOM to produce a
BOM that can be used to manufacture the configured product. To
accomplish this, you must maintain dependencies for the BOM.
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dependencies or incorrect dependencies.
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Tower, Minitower, and Desktop, depending on the value assigned to
characteristic T_CAS_##. Maintain data according to the following naming
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1-1-2 Create selection conditions that select the different CPU BOM components,
depending on the value assigned to characteristicT_CPU_##. Maintain data
according to the naming convention described above.
Recommended names for selection conditions:
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mouse, modem, and keyboard, depending on the value assigned to
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1-2 Using change mode for BOM maintenance, assign your dependencies to the
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2-1 You have maintained the following routing for your PC 793&.
Operation Work center Description
10 PC-1 Standard Assembly

20 PC-1 Install standard CPU
30 PC-1 Install medium CPU
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50 PC-1 Install Extras
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60 PC-3 Final check and packaging
Check the extent to which you need to create new selection conditions to ensure the
following:
Operations 20, 30, and 40 are selected according to the value assigned to the
CPU characteristic, T_CPU_##.
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characteristic, T_EXT_##. The PRT is to be selected only if the value 02 =
modem is selected.
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the customer. In our example, this applies to the color of the PC. Class
node COLOR is to be replaced by the color selected by the customer.
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certain database fields and modify their values based on certain
conditions. In our model you specify that two screw sets are required if
the Tower casing is selected.
A similar condition can be applied to increase the standard labor time if
the gloss paint finish is chosen.
3-1 In your BOM for the PC (see PC Customer Example (BOM Structure) in the
appendix or display the BOM using the appropriate transaction), you have:
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when you assign characteristic values, include the characteristics of the class
node in your variant class for the PC:
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3-1-2 Test your solution using Configuration Simulation.

Test the effects of selecting different characteristic values.
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quantity to if the Tower casing is selected.
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customer selects a gloss finish. Follow the steps above as a guideline, and define
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names. Check your results accordingly.
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2-1 Check the extent to which you need to create new selection conditions:
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available for all values assigned to other characteristics, such
as the CPU
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Software, can only be selected if the hard disk is already
selected
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characteristic under certain circumstances, without defining it
as a required characteristic all the time
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consistent.
You need to ensure that it is only possible to select combinations
of values that are supported for production (= consistent).
You also need to ensure that the customer enters all the relevant
information in the sales order (= complete).
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1-5 Check the effect of your dependencies using Configuration Simulation.
1-5-1 Determine which hard disks are available if the following CPUs are
selected:
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1-5-2 Determine which characteristics are not always displayed. Why?
1-5-3 Which characteristics are required characteristics and when? Why?
1-5-4 Display the object dependencies for characteristics and values in the
configuration simulation.
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which then cannot be changed manually. For example, if a
characteristic value is assigned to the Multimedia Package, the
values of other characteristics, such as CD Drive and Loud
Speakers, are automatically set.
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procedures to make the model easier to understand, and to make
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2-2 Maintain the allowed value combinations for the Multimedia Package, CD Drive,
and Speakers in a table.
The value assigned to characteristic Multimedia Package infers the values for the
other two characteristics, namely CD Drive and Speakers.
2-2-1 Create table structure T_TAB_VPC##using the three characteristics

identified above.
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two characteristics from the value assigned to characteristic Multimedia
Package(key field).
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(rows) to table T_TAB_VPC##:
T_MED_## T_CD_## T_SPE_##
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Define the blue casing as a default if a tower casing is selected
You can set default values in characteristics maintenance.

However, if you do not always want the same default value for
example, if you want the default value to depend on the value
assigned to other characteristics you can use procedures to
define this.
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T-VPC##.
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What happens if the procedure is processed after you have assigned a value
to the color characteristic manually.
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(software).
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bigger than 20 GB and any value is assigned to the casing.
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n This dependency type is mainly for intensively interactive configuration tasks and for configuration
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objects. The main purpose of constraints is to check the consistency of a configuration.
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You can use constraints to describe the dependencies between completely different objects and
their characteristics.
Constraints are used to store information on conditions that must be fulfilled if the configuration is
to be consistent.
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dependency nets and assigned to a configurable material in the configuration profile.
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the class to which the objects are assigned.
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time when constraints are processed are not relevant.
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n Advantages of variables:
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n In the RESTRICTIONS section of a constraint, you enter the consistency checks that the constraint
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restrictable characteristics, you can also use a table to dynamically restrict the allowed values of the
characteristic. For example, you can use a table call to define the combinations of values for the
casing and hard disk of a PC. If you refer to a table in a constraint, only the combinations of values
defined in the table are valid.
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use the INFERENCES section. This is the case for equations where the left-hand side contains
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value is not shown if the precondition is not fulfilled.
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