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Sales: Product Selection
Description
In some industry sectors, the same products are sold in different packaging
forms (for example standard packaging, promotional packaging). For this
purpose, master records are created in the system under which the
corresponding stocks are managed.
During order entry, different material numbers can be used for the same
product.
Product selection includes the functionality of material determination and
contains the following related functions in the order and in the delivery:
1. Product selection in the order
- Product selection as a proposal
As many materials as required can be stored
under a key term as part of the product selection. In this case, priority is
determined by the sequence. During order processing, all materials in the
product selection are displayed for selection. One material can be chosen and
entered in the order.
This procedure can be performed in two steps: First of all, the material is
determined as a default using material determination or by selection, then the
product selection takes place automatically.
- Automatic product selection
In the sales order, all the materials from a
product selection are entered in the sales order as additional items according
to their availability and priority.
If there is not enough of the first material
chosen to cover the order quantity, the order quantity is adjusted to the
available quantity. Then the system tries to make up the remaining quantity
from the next material chosen. This process continues until the remaining
quantity is allocated or all of the materials from the product selection have
been processed.
1. Product selection in the delivery
The materials are reselected in the delivery.
Changes in the meantime in the availability situation since the order was
created can result in other materials or other quantities being determined.
However, this is only occurs in automatic product selection.
Change system parameters in customizing
Product selection is controlled in Customizing in the following places:
- Definition using the condition technique
Product selection, like material determination,
is based on the condition technique to gain a high degree of flexibility: In
this way, time-dependent definitions for example, are just as possible as the
specification of a key on any level, for example customer-specific and/or
product-related. Product selection uses the control elements of material
determination:
- The reasons for substitution have been enhanced to include the following
control options and are used for product selection as follows:
- You can specify whether several possible materials are displayed for
selection.
- The outcome of the substitution specifies whether a document item is
replaced or whether the substitute is created as a subitem.
Further notes
Further information on configuring product selection can be found in the
Implementation Guide under
"Material determination" . In this section, you can also find a
description on
"Define substitution reasons".