Requirements (tcuef0106m000)

Use this session to define business requirements. A requirement serves to describe the modifications and the variations for an item expressed by the exceptions that are linked to BOM lines, E-BOM lines, routing operations, and so on.

Requirements can indicate, for example, regulations:

  • USA: USA regulations
  • EUR: European regulations
  • ASIA: Asian regulations

Requirements can also, for example, concern an item’s model:

  • LIGHT: Model with limited features
  • NORMAL: Model with the normal features
  • ADVANCED: Model with advanced features

 

Requirement
Description

The requirement's description.

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 addition to a category, you have a means to determine which requirement can be linked to an effectivity unit.

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.

The following is an example of the usage of the category and the exclusive indicator:

Data in the Requirements (tcuef0106m000) session:
RequirementCategoryExclusive Indicator
HEAVYMODELA
NORMALMODELA
LIGHTMODELA
W16MODELB
W32MODELB
BLUECOLORA
REDCOLORA

 

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.

Upgrade Price

upgrade price

Upgrade prices can be positive as well as negative. If the upgrade price is negative, you can consider it as a discount.

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If this check box is selected, a text is present.

 

Requirement - Effectivity Units

Click to start the Requirement - Effectivity Units (tcuef0107m000) session. In this session you can determine all effectivity units for which a requirement is valid. Use this session if you apply unit effectivity according to the effectivity series approach. For more information, refer to Unit effectivity procedure 1 – series approach.

Print

Click to print requirements by means of the Print Requirements (tcuef0406m000) session, or to print effectivity units by requirements by means of the Print Effectivity Units by Requirement (tcuef0407m000) session.