Selling multiples of product variants for assembly
For assembly items, two types of sales order lines exist. Depending on the type of end item, Assembly Planning must be configured differently for both types of sales order lines.
Depending on the setting of the Sell Multiples of Same Configuration check box in the Assembly Planning Parameters (tiapl0100s000) session you either:
Sell single
If this check box is cleared, the order quantity on the sales order line has a fixed value of one. To sell multiple end items, you must create multiple sales order lines.Sell multiples
If this check box is selected, the order quantity on the sales order line is one or more.
The following table displays the differences:
| Sell single | Sell multiples |
|---|---|
| The Sell Multiples of Same Configuration check box in the Assembly Planning Parameters (tiapl0100s000) session is cleared. | The Sell Multiples of Same Configuration check box in the Assembly Planning Parameters (tiapl0100s000) session is selected. |
| The sales order line has a fixed quantity of one. You maintain sales order lines in the Sales Order Lines (tdsls4101m000) session. | The sales order line has a quantity of one or more. Specified quantities must be whole numbers. |
| The end item has item type Generic, Manufactured or Product. | The item must be storable in inventory and have item type Manufactured, or Product. To store items with this item type, they must be linked to items of the type Generic in the Configurable Item - Assembly Line (tiapl2500m000) session. To keep track of information on the link between sales order, product variant and assembly line, use demand pegging. |
| Each sales order line corresponds with one assembly order. | Each sales order line corresponds with one or more assembly orders. All assembly orders have an order quantity of one. |
| The item's serial number is used to determine which completed item is delivered to the customer. | The item's specification is used to determine which completed item is delivered to the customer. |
| The Assembly Status field of the Product Variants (Assembly) (tiapl3500m000) session displays the progress of the assembly order for the product variant of the sales order line. | The Assembly Status field of the Product Variants (Assembly) (tiapl3500m000) session always has value Open. |
| The requested offline date and planned offline date for the associated assembly order are displayed in the Product Variants (Assembly) (tiapl3500m000) session. | No requested offline date or planned offline date can be displayed for the assembly order, the product variant may be in use on multiple assembly orders at once. |
| The product variant's reference type is Sales Order. | The product variant's reference type is Standard Variant. |
| You can view demand related date in the Assembly Orders (tiasc2502m000) session for the assembly orders with the Demand Order Type Sales Order. | Assembly orders for multiples do not have demand order information. |
Note:
- Selecting Sell Multiples of Same Configuration check box does not affect product variants already in use.
- You can configure product variants that contain purchased configurable items. Usually these items are configurable subassemblies that are part of the item structure and issued at the assembly link similarly to other assembly parts.