Product Group
Definition
Grouping of similar products. Product groups are defined for a product group type. The product group type specifies the criterion by which grouping takes place (for example,
size
). The product groups represent the instances of this grouping (for example,
small
,
medium
,
large
). You define the product group type and product groups in Customizing for the product master.
Use
Product groups are used in various processes, such as those in
Service Parts Planning (SPP)
. When defining product groups, you can also maintain transportation lanes for product groups instead of for individual products, for example.
To assign a product to an existing product group, choose
Properties 2
in product master maintenance.
To assign a large number of products to an existing product group at one time, you can use the mass maintenance function. It is necessary to differentiate between the following cases:
You want to assign products for which an entry for a product group type already exists. To select these products, enter the following values:
Component
Attribute
Value
Product groups
Product group
Name of product group
The system selects all products that are assigned to this product group. You can now also assign them to another product group, for example.
You want to assign products for which no entry for a product group type yet exists. To choose these products, enter the following values:
Component
Attribute
Value
Product groups
Product group
Initial
Product groups
Product group type
Identifier for product group type
The system selects all products for this product group type that have not yet been assigned to a product group. You can now assign them to a product group.
Structure
Product groups consist of a product group type and a value assigned to this product group type.
Example
You want to group products according to size. For this purpose, you have defined a product group type
Size
. You assign the values
small, medium,
and
large
to this product group type.