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Material determination Vs Product selection

Former Member
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Hi

What is the difference between Material determination and Product selection ?

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Mahesh

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Former Member
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Hi,

Material Determination is used to swap one material for another.It is possible to get a list of materials for substituiton,but remember you can substitue only one material from the list.

Material Determination based on ATP Qty means the system will check for availability of the stock in your plant and then processes. ATP is quantity is basically equal to warehouse stock + incomming stock - outgoing stock

….but remember you can substitue only one material from the list.based on availability of substitution material.normally availability checks in three ways.

1.ATP based on availability.

2.product allocation.

3. Rules based on availability.

as per my knowledge product selection is a part of material determination.

material determination is used for automatically substitute the material.

In product selection we can set a number of alternative items for the customer requested one and we can select the material from the list based on its availability.

with regards

Rajesh

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Hello Mahesh,

<b>Material determination or Product selection</b>

1. Material determination <b>(sometimes referred to as product selection)</b> is a method in SAP-SD to substitute or swap one material in the sales order for another using the condition technique and is triggered by the material entered in the line item of the sales order. Material determination can also use a pop-up window with a number of products the user can choose from the list.

2. Material determination can be automatic or manual and is used

When an old product is becoming obsolete (outdated) and the business is releasing a new product in its place starting from a specific date. In this case the old item gets automatically replaced by the new item in the sales order.

You may configure the system to automatically to swap one material for a number of other materials, the one material being determined based on which one is available.

It is also possible to swap the material for a number of materials, where the user is presented to choose from the list.

Material determination is specifically useful should you wish to swap your customer’s part number automatically for your own at the time of the sales order.

<b>The functionality of manual and automatic product selection is available during material determination.</b>

a. Reason for substitution 0005: manual product selection (list of default values)

b. Reason for substitution 0004 & 0006: automatic product selection (depends on product availability in order and delivery)

In manual product selection (0005), the system does not automatically replace the product. Instead, it displays a list of all the substitution materials and other information in the master record doing the availability check such as quantity available that can be confirmed on the customers requested delivery date and if the full quantity cannot be met, the system proposes a new date on which the material can be completely delivered. You can then select the required material from the list.

During automatic product selection (0004 & 0006) the system replaces the entered material automatically if it is not available. When you enter an order, the system tries to fill the quantity of the order with the first material in the material determination master record. If there is no enough quantity available then it fills the remaining quantity with the next material.

You can choose whether or not to run the material determination during the delivery process for the same material, as the result of the substitution may change due to the new availability situation of the material.

<b>Reward if helps</b>

Regards

Sai