Defining alternative items and replacement itemsYou can use alternative items and replacement items for items you sell to customers. The difference between alternative items and replacement items is as follows:
You define both alternative items and replacement items in the Alternative Items (tcibd0505m000) session. Technically, these items are the same. To define alternative items To define an alternative item for an item:
If a standard item can be substituted by multiple alternative items, you can assign a priority code to each alternative item. Note The item for which you define an alternative and the alternative items must be of one of the following types:
To define a replacement item A replacement item can be used as a replacement for the original item. In general, the replaced item has different properties than the original item. For example, you sell a machine of which you created an improved version. The old and new versions have different item codes. You define the new item to be the replacement item for the original item. An item can have no more than one replacement item. If, after some time, the replacement item itself is replaced, you can again define a replacement item for the replacement item. To define a replacement item for an item:
Note The item for which you define a replacement item and the replacement item must be of these types:
Type of replacement The Alternative Items (tcibd0505m000) session displays the type of replacement of each alternative item and replacement item. The following example illustrates how you must interpret the values of the Type of Replacement field. Example Last year, item M0023 was replaced by item M0023A. Item M0023A was replaced by item M0023B. You defined item M0044 as an alternative item for item M0023B, to be used if M0023B is out of stock. Item M0044 has no replacement relationships.
Alternative materials in BOMs To handle alternative items used as material in a bill of material (BOM), refer to Alternative materials in BOMs.
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