consignment and Configurable mate.

[Former Member]

Hi Gurus,

My doubt is

Is it advisable to follow consignment processing with configurable material?

If yes what would be item category determination for this/

if no why couldn't it possible to use configurable material in consignment?

Ple share your views.

Thanks

Shiv

[Former Member]

Hello Shiv,

Technically it is possible to configure configurable material for a consignment process.

But practically, no business would do that. That is because any configurable material is considered as special stock i.e. stock pertaining to a specific order.

that is you would only make those goods as per the specification of a customer.

But as far as consignment goes...........ownership remains with us and goods can also be returned and the customer is only billed for the consumed units.

Its very difficult for any company to sell something which doesnt have generic properties.

Hope i have answered your question.

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Regards

Sai

[Former Member]

HI Sai,

Thanks for nice information, however I want to know how it would be if one follow consignment using configurable material.

I mean in general if we crate standard order, it item category would be KBN,KEN,KRN.KAN.

When I follow same process with configurable mate what would item category determination?

Sai, I would like to share one thing that if you take example of cable manufacturing companies, most of the cable would be having configurable product because cable would have some characteristics.

Thanks

Shiv

[Former Member]

Hi Shiva Patil

Consignment Processing:

This scenario describes how finished products and trading goods are handled within a consignment process in which the products shipped to the customer are still owned by the company until they are sold by the the customer to a third party. The Scenario covers the following steps: Consignment Fill-up, Consignment Issue, Consignment Pick-up and Consignment Return.

Variant Configuration is used in various modules of SAP including SD.Variant Configuration is carried out for those products having material type as Configurable. This product has characteristics, which can vary and will have to be selected by the customer. This is achieved through a configurable profile assigned to the material. Configurable profile becomes active when we prepare sales order, thereby chose characteristics and accordingly pricing is carried out. Then sales order is released to Production. So we can also say variant configuration applies to make-to-order scenario. Here u have to assign class and characteristic.

Hope it will throw u some light on it

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[Former Member]

Hi Friend,

How it would be technically if one used configurable mate for consignment processing.I mean How item catergory determination and other settings?

Shiv

[Former Member]

Hi Shiv patil

Below is the Configurable Material process.

Variant Configuration

Define The Characteristics

Transaction Code: CT04

Example the Product is pump

Type: Monoblock Pump

Centrifugal pump

Capacity: 5Hp, 10Hp, 15Hp

Characteristics: Z_TYPE

Continue

Dialog BOX: Do you want to Create?

Yes

Description: Pump Type

Data Type: Characteristic

Number of characters= 10

Select value button

Characteristic value Description

TYPE1 Monoblock

TYPE2 Centrifugal

Save the characteristics

2.Create a Class

Transaction Code: CL01

Class= Z_PUMP

Class Type= 300 (variant) / 023 for batch determination

300=variant class

Continue

Description= Class for Configuration of Pump

Select Char (Characteristic) Button

Characteristic

Z_TYPE

Save

3) Create again one more characteristic as Price = ZP_PRICE

Transaction Code: CT04

Characteristic=ZP_PRICE

Continue

Yes to dialog Box

Description: Price Characteristic

Select Additional data

Table name: SDCOM

Field name: VKOND

Save the Characteristic

4) Assign the dependencies i.e. the characteristic to the Price characteristic

Use CT04 and call the Z_TYPE

Select Values

Select TYPE1

Select Extra

Select Object Dependencies

Select Editor

Select radio Button: Procedure

Continue

Against 10 use the following syntax to connect the characteristic with Price

$Self.ZP_PRICE=’TYPE1’

Save

Repeat the Exercise for TYPE2

Save and back

5) Prepare the material master

Material Type: KMAT (Configurable material)

Most of the fields are similar to material TYPE=FERT except following

a) Maintain avc=02 (individual requirements)

b) Maintain MRP1, MRP2, MRP3 under MRP3, strategy group=25

c) Maintain also account assignment group

Save

6) Prepare the Configurable profile for material and assign the Class to Profile

Transaction Code: CU41

Select: material

P=Profile number=01

Name=Pump

Class= 300

Select 01 and select Class assignments

Enter class=Z_PUMP

Now list of the characteristic are shown

Select the characteristic Pump TYPE

Select the values TYPE1 and TYPE2

Save the Profile

7) Create conditions

Default Condition= PUMP TYPE=MONOBLOCK

ZKP0= 8000

VA00 for TYPE2= Centrifugal= 1000

Use VK11 to maintain Conditions

When creating for VA00

Variant=TYPE2

Rate=1000

Save

😎 Create an Order and check profile and also the Pricing

In the order when we enter material system will propose a configurable profile and selection buttons

Select the choice and select Pricing and the system will do pricing according to the variant

Create one more characteristic = capacity of Pump

Characteristic= ZP_CAP

Description=capacity

Data Type=Character

No of char=10

Select value

Characteristic value Description

CAP1 5HP

CAP2 10HP

Save

2. Assign the new characteristic = class Z_PUMP

CL02

Class=Z_PUMP

Continue

Select CHAR button

Assign the newly created characteristic ZP_CAP

3. Assign the Price characteristic to Capacity characteristics

CT04=ZP_CAP

Select values

Select CAP1 and assign ZP_PRICE

Repeat like it was done in earlier steps

4. Already class is been activated with new characteristic. Activate this in the Profile (select variants)

CU42

Material =PUMP1

Select profile=01

Select class assignments

Select second characteristic and select values CAP1 and CAP2 and save the Profile

5. Maintain condition records

VK11

MONOBLOCK+5HP=8000

10HP=3000

Variant = CAP2= rate is 3000

Now create an Order, select variants, stock quantity, delivery and Billing

Save the Order---Based on the order the items are produced

Stocking through MB1c

Movement = 521 E

Plant = K001

SLOC=KS01

Enter sales order Number, item number in the sales order and Recipient of Goods

Save

(Note: in material master maintain valuation class= 7900)

Create Delivery and Billing

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[Former Member]

Hi

<b>configurable material</b> is useful if you have a large number of combination of parts that go into a product. It means different permutations and combinations of the parts for same material. If you maintain a unique material code for each combination , you require a large number of material numbers. KMAT may be used in such a case where you maintain just one generic product code. A super BOM is maintained for such a material consisting of all possible alternatives. A routing is also maintained consisting of all possible operations that could be used. Typically configurable material is used in Made To Order (MTO) environment. However frequently ordered configurations may be planned with a material variant which needs to have a material master record. Thus Material variants may have stock and value. Depending upon characteristic values chosen at sales order entry Sales Order BOM is created. Routing operations are also chosen depending upon which BOM components are assigned to them.