| # Effectivity Unit - Requirements (tcuef0107m100) Use this session to link requirements and effectivity units. You can determine which requirements apply to a specific effectivity unit. You mainly use this session if you apply unit effectivity according to the sales approach. Start this session from the appropriate menu in the Effectivity Units (tcuef0502m000) session, or from the Configure Effectivity Unit (tcuef0102s200) session by clicking Requirements. Default requirements If you click Import Requirements in the appropriate menu, the default requirements linked to the end item are imported. You must define default requirements in the Item - Requirements (tcuef0108m000) session. Note that you are able to import two or more default requirements with identical categories and exclusive indicators but that you cannot save them. All requirements that are selected for a specific effectivity unit must have a unique combination of category and exclusive indicator Related topics Overview of unit effectivity Unit effectivity procedure 2: Sales approach Effectivity Unit A reference number on a sales order line or a sales quotation line that is used to model deviations for a unit effective item. Status The effectivity unit's status. The status is Active when you save effectivity unit is saved, independent of any change-order effectivity date. Configuration is ready If this check box is selected, the user indicates that the configuration process is ready for the effectivity unit. The consequences are: The estimated cost price is calculated automatically when you save the effectivity unit. You can recalculate the estimated cost price manually using the Effectivity Unit - Estimated Cost Price (tcuef0102s100) session, started from the Configure Effectivity Unit (tcuef0102s200) session. You can no longer insert or remove requirements for the effectivity unit. Note that you can still enter process variables for the effectivity unit in the Effectivity Unit - Process Variables (tirou1114m000), which can be started from the Configure Effectivity Unit (tcuef0102s200) session. Related topics Overview of unit effectivity End Item An item that is ready to be delivered to a warehouse. An end item is produced at the end of a dangle routing (co-products and by-products) or a main routing. Unit Series Code A code that represents a group of one or more effectivity units that applies to the same unit effective item. Sequence Number The sequence number of the effectivity unit in the effectivity series. Requirement The business reason that you define to describe exceptions used in unit effectivity. A requirement can be, for example, a specific market, model, or customer. Category A code to group requirements. Examples of categories are: CUSTOMER, MARKET, MODEL, SIZE, COLOR, and so on. If you define a code in the Exclusive Indicator field in the Requirements (tcuef0106m000) session in addition to a category, you have a means to determine which requirement can be linked to an effectivity unit. Related topics To define user-specific constraints in unit effectivity Exclusive Indicator A code to indicate that for a specific effectivity unit, a requirement cannot be combined with another requirement having the same category and exclusive indicator. You can define exclusive indicators and categories in the Requirements (tcuef0106m000) session. The following is an example of the usage of the category and the exclusive indicator.
Data in the Requirements (tcuef0106m000) session:
Requirement | Category | Exclusive Indicator
--- | --- | ---
HEAVY | MODEL | A
NORMAL | MODEL | A
LIGHT | MODEL | A
W16 | MODEL | B
W32 | MODEL | B
BLUE | COLOR | A
RED | COLOR | A
The table shows that the requirements HEAVY, NORMAL and LIGHT have the same category and exclusive indicator. This means that only one of those requirements can be assigned to a specific effectivity unit. The same goes for the requirements BLUE and RED. Only one of the two requirements can be assigned to a specific effectivity unit. Related topics To define user-specific constraints in unit effectivity Description The requirement's description. Text If this check box is selected, a text is present. Import Requirements Click to import default requirements that are defined for the end item, and link them to the effectivity unit. The default requirements are defined in the Item - Requirements (tcuef0108m000) session. |