Replenishment: Structured Articles 

 

Use

Replenishment allows you to calculate the requirements for a header article of a structured article based on the requirements for the relevant components. If you run replenishment for the components and the components are not listed individually, the component requirements are converted into a header article requirement.

Integration

The following general function is used to calculate the header article requirements based on the component requirements: Requirements Planning: Calculating the Header Article Quantities Based on the Component Quantities.

Prerequisites

·        You can only use structured articles if you use SAP Retail.

·        You cannot list components individually for particular customers. Components should only be listed as components of structured articles. If components are listed individually, they are also procured individually.

·        You must maintain replenishment data for each component in the article master.

·        You must enter a universal availability indicator for replenishment in the logistics data for header articles and related components.

Example

If you want to maintain the master data for a prepack and run replenishment for components, you must follow the sequence listed below:

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       1.      Create a generic article (with variants)

Maintain the suitable replenishment data to be copied later into the logistics data at reference site level.

Enter the availability indicator ND in the logistics data at reference site level so that replenishment is not carried out for that article.

       2.      Create a bill of materials for a prepack, based on the generic article.

       3.      List the prepack.

Here, the prepack components, in this case the generic article variants, are also listed. In accordance with the default logic of the article master, the replenishment master data is generated for the components in the listed sites.