Product substitution in APO

[Former Member]

I am in SCM 4.1 and I defined a product interchangeability in the transaction /INCMD/UI.

Sould I define this product substitution also in SAP R/3 ?

In the substitution, I defined product A substituted by product B. I have a planned order where I have the product A. When I convert this planned order to production order, normally if I understood well the system should replace automatically the product A by the product B and it is not the case. I have an error in the CIF "Screen output without connection to user".

Can someone help me ?

Thank you in advance.

Isabelle Eustache.

[Former Member]

Hi,

Firstly you have to define this product substituion in ECC.

Secondly would like to understand that how did you get a Planned Order of A from APO when you have defined the Interchangeability in APO. You should have got a planned order of Product B instead of Product A.

Regards,

Tushar Bhalla.

[Former Member]

Hello ,

Thank you for your answer.

Please could you tell me what you mean by ECC.

And in APO, when I define A is substituted by B, I have substituted orders on A and dependant needs on B correspond with substituted orders of A.

And my problem is when I want to convert a planned order where I have the component A, I have an error in the CIF.

Regards.

Isabelle Eustache.

[Former Member]

Hello

ECC is nothing but a latest version of R3.

so you have to do the same in r3 (as per your undestanding).

and by that u should get a planned order of product B not for Product A.

Regards

[Former Member]

Thank you very much for your answer.