Comparing Strategies 25 and 26 

Strategy

25

26

Configuration (of a variant)

Must

Can

Material used in sales order

Configurable material

Variant

Default configuration (frequently used configurations can be stored)

One configuration can be defaulted per configurable material using the defaults in characteristics

Several configurations can be stored (in other words, one configuration can be stored per variant)

Entry in SD Order

Configurable material

Variant