Product variants - Purchased configurable itemsThis topic explains the following functionality that pertains to purchased configurable items:
Compare variants You can compare two product variants to check the following:
Note You can consider two configured items as interchangeable if all the options are the same. You can compare the following configured items of a product variant:
To compare the configured items of a product variant , you can use the Option List ID. The configurable items are compared at the option set level. Two configured items that are created by a variant are considered as interchangeable if they have the same Option List ID. The Option List ID is used for the following types of transactions:
Variant numbers and Option list IDs The matching of demand and supply of purchased configurable items is based on the Option List ID. The matching of the demand and supply of a manufactured assembly end item is based on the product variant. Example the demand for the manufactured assembly end item is generated when a product variant is created for a new sales order. The Option List ID for this variant matches with a redundant variant which is in stock. An assembly order is created to meet this demand is created as the variant numbers differ. The variants numbers and Option List IDs are used in the following processes:
Product variant purchase price structure You can set up the purchase price for a configured item. The purchase price depends on the options of a configured item. You can calculate the purchase price of a variant during the configuration process. You can do so, after you calculate the sales price. If you update the variant, you are prompted to re-calculate the sales price. To re-calculate the sales price, the configuration date is used as the reference date for price list validation. You can set the configuration date in the Sales Parameters (tdsls0500m000) session in the Sales package. The Configuration Date (PCS) can be:
To calculate the purchase price for a set of variants, you can use the Calculate Product Variant Purchase Price Structure (tipcf5235m000) To calculate the purchase price for the current variant, you can use the following sessions:
The purchase price for the schedule is retrieved from the Generic Price Lists (tipcf4101m000) session and is based on the value selected in the Purchase Price Date Type field in the Pricing Parameters (tdpcg0100m000) session. Allowed values
Important! The purchase price structure is used for analysis only. Note Since different dates are used as reference date for sales price/purchase price calculation, the price on the schedule can differ from the price displayed in the variant data.
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