| # Product Variant Structure (tipcf5511m000) Use this session to configure product variants. 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 module, 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 PCF procedures Product Variant The code that uniquely identifies the product variant. 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 module, refer to Procuring configured items in Assembly Control - Master Data Setup Procuring configured items in Assembly Control - BOM setup Product variants - Purchased configurable items Option Set Identifies a set with product features and options for a configurable item within the product structure. Item The generic item in the BOM level. Level When a product is manufactured, components are assembled into subassemblies, and those subassemblies are in turn assembled into the final product. The components that go together at each stage are described in a bill of material. Each stage is one level in the bill of material. The listing of the wheel components is one level in the bill of material. The listing of the subassemblies of the bicycle is the highest level, and is frequently referred to as level zero. Example A bicycle has one frame and two wheels. The frame is made of three tubes. The wheels are each made of one rim, one hub, and 35 spokes. Item The code of the configurable item. Pos The position number of the component in the generic BOM, which allows unequivocal recognition of the generic bill of material. This number is comparable to the position number in the production bill of material. In a generic bill of material, however, several variants can be defined for each position number. By default, the LN shows the last position number used, plus 10; in other words, in the sequence 10, 20, 30, and so on. The numbering of positions is unrestricted. You must adopt these default values so that the intermediate numbers can be used to insert components. If, in retrospect, a component must be inserted between components 10 and 20, you can enter the component on position number 15. Seq. The sequence number indicates that several versions of the component for each position number can exist. For product variants, enter the sequence number within a position number of the generic bill of material. This sequence number can also be left empty. 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. |