| # Product Variants (tipcf5501m000) Use this session to display product variants. You can maintain the product variants, and the configuration of variants for sales quotations, sales orders, budgets, and projects in the Product Variants (tipcf5101s000) session. 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. Note Information on product variants is also stored in the Product Variants (Assembly) (tiapl3500m000) session. Related topics How to test the product model PCF procedures Product variants - Purchased configurable items Procuring configured items in Assembly Control - Master Data Setup Procuring configured items in Assembly Control - BOM setup Product variants - Purchased configurable items Product Variant The unique identification of a product variant. 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 component must be predefined in the Item - General (tcibd0101s000) session. From this field, you can directly record items in the Items - Production (tiipd0101m000) session. Item Type Select the type of item the product variant applies to. Allowed values Item type Default Supply Source The source that supplies an item by default. An item can be supplied by using purchase orders, production orders, assembly orders, or warehousing orders. The default supply source determines what type of order is used to supply the item, but in general, you can override the default and specify an alternate 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. Shop Floor The item is obtained by creating a production order. Assembly The item is obtained by creating an assembly order. Purchase The item is obtained by creating a purchase order. 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. Allowed values Default Supply Source Reference Type A product variant may relate to a sales quotation, sales order, budget or project, or it may concern a standard variant. Reference Order The reference order number is the number of the sales quotation, the sales order, the budget, or the project to which the product variant refers. Reference Position The reference position number is the position number of the sales quotation line or the sales order line to which the product variant refers. Alternative Sales Quotation You can view multiple alternatives of product variants for one quotation line. The sequence number zero is assigned to the main position. 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 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. Sold-to Business Partner The customer for whom the product variant is configured. Product Variant Valid If this check box is selected, the product variant is valid. Related topics Product variants - Purchased configurable items Text If this check box is selected, an additional text is available for the product variant. Note Click the Text Manager to create a text. . 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) Product Configuration Date The date the product variant was configured. PCM Configurator Variant If this check box is selected, the variant was configured with the PCM Configurator. Allowed values PCM Configurator set up PCM Configurator Status The status of the PCM Configurator configured product variant. Allowed values 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. Configure Product Variant In the Product Configurator (tipcf5120m000) session you can enter the options and the features selected by the customer. Based on the input of features and options, LN generates a new product variant identification. The routing and bill of material data is not assigned to the product variant. Therefore you must generate a product variant structure in the Generate (Project) Structure for Product Variant (tipcs2220m000) session. Product Variant Option Sets Start the Product Variant Option Sets (tipcf5510m000) session. Product Variant Structure Starts the Product Variant Structure (tipcf5511m000) session. Product Variant Options Starts the Product Variant Options (tipcf5520m000) session. Product Variant Sales Price Structure Starts the Product Variant Sales Price Structure (tipcf5530m000) session. Calculate Sales Price Structure Starts the sales price structure for the selected product variant. Print Options by Product Variant Start the Print Options by Product Variant (tipcf5420m000) session. Print Sales Price Structure by Product Variant Start the Print Sales Price Structure by Product Variant (tipcf5430m000) session. Validate Product Variants Start the Validate Product Variants (tipcf5200m000) session. Copy Copy the product variant structure. Product Variant Sales Price Structure Start the Product Variant Sales Price Structure (tipcf5530m000) session. Calculate Purchase Price Structure |