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 Planning Variants w/ a Planning Material (65)

Purpose

This strategy is similar to Planning w/ a Planning Material (60) . The difference between these two strategies is that strategy 65 allows the user to reconfigure the variant during a sales order.

Note Note

Changes to the configuration must not affect planned components. Planned independent requirements for variants do not make sense when changing the configuration of the variant in the sales order. A sold item that has no relation to the configuration of the planned variant could result. Therefore, change the configuration for strategy 65 with care.

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Prerequisites

You must maintain the following master data settings:

  • One configurable material with strategy group 65 and the usual configuration, such as characteristics, classes, and configuration profiles.

  • One planning material that contains the non-variable parts. The variable components cannot be planned with strategy 65 for reasons described in Planning w/ a Planning Material and w/o MTO (63) and Planning w/ a Planning Material (60) . Set strategy group 65 and the consumption parameters ( Fwd. consumption , Bwd. consumption , and Consumption mode ).

  • One variant material per each actual permutation of the characteristic values. The number of realistic permutations, and therefore variant materials, must be limited for this strategy.

Process Flow

  1. Stage 1: Demand Management

  2. You create one planned independent requirement per variant. The variant must be completely configured.

  3. Stage 2: Procurement Before Sales

  4. Components of the variants are procured.

  5. Stage 3: Sales Order

  6. You create sales orders either directly, by entering a variant, or by entering a configurable material and using variant determination. The Requirements Type display for strategy 65 is ELVV . To display the requirement type from the Sales Order screen, choose Procurement tab strip .

  7. Stage 4: Procurement After Sales

  8. Make-to-Order production (assembly) of the finished product takes place.

  9. Stage 5: Goods Issue for Delivery and Reduction of Planned Independent Requirements

The finished product is delivered.