Variant Configuration for SemiFinished

[Former Member]

Hi,

In our company we use variant configuration. We have one important requirement say for example Material "A" is a KMAT material with X,Y has Characteristics and X1, X2 has characteristics value for X, similarly for Y-Y1 &Y2. For making production easier we use an Semi finished material "S" which is assigned to the Material "A" in the BOM. Material "S" has raw materials R1, R2, R3, R4 these materials will be selected depending on the characteristics value selected on the Material "A". Say when X1 characteristic value is selected in Material A it has to select raw material R1 which is assigned to material S and similarly for others. How to pass on the values from Material A to the raw materials for this multi level Bom materials. We don't want different semi finished materials for material A we need one semifinished material due to production constraints. Kindly provide me how it can be done.

Regards,

Bharath

[Former Member]

Hi Bharath,

There is no need to pass char values from material A to Raw Material. You need to write the selection condition as $ROOT. X = X1 and assign this dependency to the Raw material R1 which is the component of SFG.

Regards,

AKN

[Former Member]

So it means that the Semifinished "S" doesn't need to be a variant material. So if X1 is selected automatically it selects R1.

[Former Member]

The Raw material is the component of the SFG so in order to assign dependency in the BOM of SFG we need to make SFG as configurable material. The OD is activated only when material is configurable.

[Former Member]

So if SFG is configurable material then when the Sales order is created for Material A with characteristics value does it replicate in SFG to chose the depending Raw materials

[Former Member]

$ROOTor $PARENT in the syntax suggest that it refer the value entered at Finished Product level. Please try it and then revert back if there is any issue. If you want to replicate the value at SFG level then you have to write constraint at SFG level.

[Ritz]

Dear Bharatkumar,

create your SFG as configurable material , assign it a class of type 300, create configuration profile for it , and while creating its BOM specify selection condtions for all X's and Y's with specific value of characterstic.

like for R1,  $PARENT.X = 'X1' and it will work for you.

Giver it a try and come back with issues.

Hope it will help you.

Thanks

Ritesh