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 Creating an Interchangeability Group

Use

You use this procedure to create an interchangeability group.

Prerequisites

  • You have maintained product and location master records for the products that you want to use in the interchangeability group.

  • You have created a variant assembly in iPPE for the assembly that you want to use in the interchangeability group. For more information, see Assembly .

  • If required, you have defined a reason code in Customizing for Product and Location Interchangeability . To do so, you choose Maintain Reason Code.

  • You have defined the number range in Customizing for Product and Location Interchangeability . To do so, you choose Maintain Number Range for Groups.

  • If required, you have defined new replacement types in Customizing for Product and Location Interchangeability . For more information, see Replacement Type .

  • You have assigned the newly defined replacement types to the desired interchangeability group types in Customizing for Product and Location Interchangeability. For more information, see Replacement Type .

  • If you want to create a restricted interchangeability between FFF classes, you must set the Restr. Interchangeability allowed indicator for the involved FFF classes.

  • If you want to create a location determination alternative procedure, you must set the Relevant for Alternative Procedure indicator for the involved location chains.

Procedure

  1. From the SAP Easy Access menu, choose Start of the navigation path Advanced Planning and Optimization Next navigation step Master Data  Next navigation step Application-Specific Master Data Next navigation step Product and Location Interchangeability Next navigation step Maintain Interchangeability Group End of the navigation path .

    The Interchangeability Groups screen appears.

  2. Choose Create.

  3. On the Header Details screen area, choose the desired group type.

  4. Enter a group number and group description.

    Note Note

    If you do not enter a group number, the system automatically assigns a number from the number ranges defined in Customizing for Product and Location Interchangeability . However, you do have to enter a description.

    End of the note.

  5. On the Group Details screen area, choose Append Row or Insert Row .

  6. Enter the required data.

    Only for supersession chains:

    In case of assemblies, you must enter the leading product.

    If you want to create a one-to-many, many-to-one, or many-to-many substitution you must create a product combination. To do so, choose the appropriate replacement type and click Additional Members . The Member Details area appears where you can add the products for the product combination.

    Note Note

    If you want to maintain a location, choose the Location tab on the Header Details screen area and enter a Location and a Location Description .

    End of the note.

  7. In the application toolbar, choose Check to carry out the consistency checks on the interchangeability groups as defined in Customizing.

  8. You can view the error messages and warnings by choosing Error Log .

  9. Choose Analysis Log to see which validations were carried out (see Consistency Checks for Interchangeability Groups ).

  10. Save the interchangeability group by choosing Save .