Sales Order Processing for Products with Many Variants (Struct.) (SAP Library

Sales Order Processing for Products with Many Variants (Struct.)

Prerequisites

Master data

You have created a super BOM for the configurable PC. Apart from the non-variable parts that exist in all of your PCs, this super BOM also contains variable parts that your customers can choose from:

In the BOM you have entered more than one processor (CPU), more than one hard disk (HD), and more than one memory module (RAM). These are all variable parts. You have maintained the object dependencies for each of these items.
Furthermore, you have entered the fan with the material number L-05 in the BOM. This fan is used in all PCs and is not selected in the variant configuration. This is a non-variable part.

In the configuration profile of the PC, you have defined that order BOMs are saved as result-orientated. Along with the result-orientated order BOM, the configuration result is saved with the manual changes. For more information, see Creating Result-Oriented Order BOMs

Super BOM

Process Flow

You enter a sales order for the configurable PC.

When you enter the sales order, the system asks you to assign the characteristics. You assign the characteristics according to the wishes of the customer.

With the help of the object dependencies, the system automatically selects specific items from the super BOM.

The customer chooses the processor with 550 MHz.
The sales employee assigns the characteristic processor with "550".
With the help of the object dependencies, the system automatically selects the processor with 550 MHz.

Super BOM after Characteristic Value Assignment

You save the sales order.

The system saves the characteristic value assignment with the sales order.

You carry out technical postprocessing of the BOM.

The technician determines that, in certain circumstances, the fan, which you normally install in your computers, is not sufficient for prolonged usage in this computer configuration. Therefore he decides to replace the fan in the computer for this customer, with a stronger one.

Since you only want to install the stronger fan into this PC, you create an order BOM. In the order BOM, you exchange the standard fan for the stronger one with the material number L-20. This change only affects the order BOM for this sales order, the material BOM on the other hand remains unchanged.

Order BOM after Fan Replacement

You can create an order BOM in two different functions:

Configuration

Order browser

You execute a MRP run.

The system generates planned orders to cover the requirements. The order BOMs are also taken into account.

You convert the planned orders into production orders.

The system transfers the order BOMs into the component overview of the production order. The order plans are also automatically taken into account by the system.

At any time during this process you can execute an order BOM cost estimate.

During the design process it is already possible to execute order BOM cost estimates for individual assemblies.

When the design for the entire product is completed, you execute a sales order cost estimate for the entire multi-level BOM for a sales order item, in the sales order.