Difference between alternative material and Materil substitution

[Former Member]

Hi,

Can one explain me the difference between alternative material and material substitution?

Where is alternative material for a material defined?

When is the alternative material used and in which cases material substitution used?

Thanks,

Challa.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi there,

Alternative materials are supplementary materials. For eg you want to buy a Sony laptop. But alternate materials are Hp laptop or a Levnovo. Alternative materials can be used when there is no stock of the original material. Customer needs to choose the alternative products manually in a sales order.

But material substitution is to offer a different material automatically in material determination. It can be anything for eg for a newly launched product with a special packing or in case material A is not available, then material B is automatically substituted. MAterial substitution / material determination has a condition technique.

Regards,

Sivanand

[Former Member]

Hi,

Altenative material and material substitution is same.Material substitution is normally when the customer want the upgradation of the product or materila is not availabel of the particulat item material substitution is used.

EX: customer order computer older version system automatically replace the ubdated computer.

OR customer order stock is not available also material substitution is use full

U can go VB11 u can give the material determination of the particular product.

Material determination type is - A001

Define substitution reason in OVRQ

in the substitution reason u can give the reason what ever u requirement.

regards , sridhar reddy