| # Product Variants (tipcf5101s000) Use this session to generate a product variant identification code for a generic item. This product variant stores the options selected by the customer. With the product variant code, you can generate various variants for a generic item. The code is a unique identification of a specific product variant. The code can originate from the Product Configurator (tipcf5120m000) session that can be activated from Sales Control, Project Control, and Budgeting. You can also start this session manually if a customer wants information about options and prices without any obligation. In the implementation stage of the product model, the session is used to test whether the product model is in accordance with the operational situation. Note If you click Configure Variant, you can maintain the product variant options in the Product Configurator (tipcf5120m000) session. If you click Validate Product Variants you can validate the product variant in the Validate Product Variants (tipcf5200m000) session. To configure product variants that contain purchased configurable items You can configure product variants that contain purchased configurable items. You can use a configurable item to create a item structure that can hold a configurable purchased sub-assembly. The purchased sub-assembly is issued at the assembly line like other assembly parts. For more information on procuring purchased configurable items in Assembly Control , refer to: Procuring configured items in Assembly Control - Master Data Setup Procuring configured items in Assembly Control - BOM setup Product variants - Purchased configurable items Related topics How to define a product model How to calculate a discount percentage on the basis of the sales price How to configure product variants and generate product structures Product Variant The unique identification of a product variant. LN shows the first free product variant code. Product variant codes can also arise when configuring a product variant from a sales quotation, sales order, budget, contract deliverable or a project. Related topics PCM Configurator set up How to configure product variants and generate product structures Description Enter the code for the language in which you want to print the texts that you previously selected. Item The code of the configurable item. The item code must be defined in the Items - Production (tiipd0101m000) session. Description Specify the code for the language in which you want to print the texts that you previously selected. Default Supply Source default supply source This field can be used to determine what type of supply order LN must create if you enter a sales order for this item and the item's inventory on hand is not sufficient. Allowed values Source Note If the item type is Manufactured or Generic, this field can be Shop Floor or Assembly. If the item type is Engineering Module, this field is Assembly and cannot be changed. If the item type is Purchased, this field is Purchase and cannot be changed. Reference Type The reference type indicates the product variant's reference. A product variant can relate to a sales quotation, sales order, budget, project (from Project Control (PCS) or Project), contract deliverable, or it can concern a standard variant. Allowed values Possible values Reference Order The order number of the reference type, such as the sales quotation, sales order, budget, and the project to which the product variant refers. Reference Position The position number of the sales quotation line or the sales order line to which the product variant refers. Alt Sales Quotation Multiple alternatives can be generated for one quotation line. The main position is assigned the sequence number zero. Sequence numbers 1, 2, 3, and so on represent the alternatives 1, 2, 3, and so on. Alternatives are not included in (sub)totals and balances, and are only included in time-phased inventory movements if the Status field in the Sales Quotation Lines (tdsls1501m000) session is not Confirmed. Inventory is only checked when an alternative is confirmed and transferred to an order line. Multiple alternative lines can be confirmed and converted for each quotation line. Note You cannot maintain this field. Sold-to Business Partner The code to be selected must be predefined in the Sold-to Business Partner (tccom4110s000) session. Sold-to Business Partner Codes presenting a set of values which are based on two physical quantities. These values are the X- and Y-axis values from price list matrices. The maximum number of values per physical quantity is 24. Currency The currency in which the sales price of the product variant is recorded. Currency Enter the code for the language in which you want to print the texts that you previously selected. Variant Sales Price The sales price of the product variant. Based on the generic sales price list, the sales price is computed in the Calculate Product Variant Sales Price Structure (tipcf5230m000) session. Product Config. Date The date on which the configuration of a product variant is based. Effective dates and expiry dates of features and options are checked against this date to include or exclude features and options during the configuration process. Product Variant Valid This field indicates whether the product variant is validated by the product configurator. A product variant is valid if all product features have valid option values. Product Variant Text If this check box is selected, a text is present with more data about the product variant. The text can be displayed and maintained if you click the Text Manager. Structure by PCF If this check box is selected, the bill of material (BOM) and routing are generated by PCF . If this check box is cleared, item, BOM and routing configuration takes place in the PCM Configurator. Note If the Product Configurator (PCF) or PCM Configurator set up check boxes are cleared in the Implemented Software Components (tccom0100s000) session, this field is not visible. Related topics PCM Configurator set up Product Configuration (PCF) Routing Bill of Material (BOM) Engineering Hold If this check box is selected, the product variant must be validated before it is considered complete. The product variant must have engineering approval before it is communicated to LN from the PCM Configurator. PCM Configurator Variant If this check box is selected, the product variant selected is generated using the PCM Configurator set up. Related topics PCM Configurator set up PCM Configurator Status The status of product variant in the PCM Configurator set up. Allowed values PCM Configurator Status Related topics PCM Configurator set up |