Product Variants (Assembly) (tiapl3500m000)

Field Information

Item

The item of the type Generic or Manufactured with the order system FAS.

This is the generic item that is specified on the sales order line in the Sales Order Lines (tdsls4101m000) session.

The item must have the following characteristics:

• The item type must have item type Generic or manufactured for which the Default Supply Source is Assembly.
• The item must be a serialized item
• The item must have ordering data
• The item ordering system must be FAS

These characteristics are defined in the Items (tcibd0501m000) session and the Items - Ordering (tcibd2100m000) session.

You can also configure product variants that contain purchased configurable items. You can use a configurable item to create a item structure that can hold a configurable purchased sub-assembly. The purchased sub-assembly is issued at the assembly line like other assembly parts.

For more information on procuring purchased configurable items in Assembly Control module, refer to

• Procuring configured items in Assembly Control - Master Data Setup
• Procuring configured items in Assembly Control - BOM setup
• Product variants - Purchased configurable items

Note: If a generic item is stored in inventory, you must define two items to represent the same physical item: a generic item that you use in Assembly Control and a standard item that you use in Warehousing .

Product Variant

product variant

This code is generated, based on the value of the Product Variant Number Group field in the Assembly Planning Parameters (tiapl0100s000) session.

You can also configure product variants that contain purchased configurable items. You can use a configurable item to create a item structure that can hold a configurable purchased sub-assembly. The purchased sub-assembly is issued at the assembly line like other assembly parts.

Assembly Line

The code of the assembly line on which the generic item must be assembled.

The assembly line is an effective actualized roll-off line, which is read from the Configurable Item - Assembly Line (tiapl2500m000) session.

Reference Type

Sales Quotation

The product variant is configured for a sales quotation.

Sales Order

The product variant is configured for a sales order.

Standard Variant

The product variant is a standard variant.

Pseudo Order

The product variant is a pseudo order. A pseudo order represents forecast demand. If you manually entered a product variant, the product variant's reference type is Pseudo Order.

Effectivity Unit

The effectivity unit that is linked to the product variant. If the product variant originates from a sales order, this unit is entered on the sales order and copied to the product variant.

Note: The code of the unit can differ by company, while the configuration to which these numbers refer remains the same. The configuration to which the unit refers is identified by a unit item, a unit series code, and a unit sequence number. This data actually stores the configuration, and must be set up in each company in which unit effectivity is used. The unit that is entered on the sales order, and copied to the product variant, is only a reference to these data, and can, therefore, differ by company.

Assembly Status

If one assembly order is linked to the product variant, this field displays the status of that assembly order. If, in case of a multicompany assembly model, multiple assembly orders are linked to the product variant, this field displays the assembly order status that was reached or surpassed by all of these assembly orders. If no assembly orders have been generated for the product variant, the assembly status is Open.

Note: 

• If, in the Assembly Planning Parameters (tiapl0100s000) session, the Sell Multiples of Same Configuration check box is selected, this field has the fixed value of Open.

Planned Offline Date

The date when the product variant is planned to come offline.

This date is calculated when assembly orders are generated. If an assembly order is moved, the orders are remixed and offset again. The Planned Offline Date is modified accordingly.

The default date is equal to the Requested Offline Date, which is copied from the sales order, if the product variant originates from a sales order. When the assembly orders are planned, the Planned Offline Date receives its calculated value.

Note: 

• If the Sell Multiples of Same Configuration check box is selected, this field is empty, because new assembly orders can be created for this product variant at any time.

Configured by Configurator

If this check box is selected, this product variant was configured by using the Product Configuration module or in the CPQ Configurator.

Sell Multiples of Same Configuration

If this check box is selected, a sales order line with this product variant can have an order quantity greater than one. An assembly order always has order quantity one. More than one assembly order can be needed to fulfill one sales order line.

The setting of this check box is derived from the setting of the Sell Multiples of Same Configuration check box in the Assembly Planning Parameters (tiapl0100s000) session at the moment of creation.

When you create a product variant in the Product Variants (Assembly) (tiapl3500m000) details session, LN sets this check box to the value of the Sell Multiples of Same Configuration check box in the Assembly Planning Parameters (tiapl0100s000) session. The setting of this field remains unchanged if you later select or clear that check box in the Assembly Planning Parameters (tiapl0500m000) session.

LN was designed in this way to allow you to change the Sell Multiples of Same Configuration check box in the Assembly Planning Parameters (tiapl0100s000) session without disrupting existing orders.

Current Standard Cost

The standard cost of the product variant coming of the roll-off line based on the cost calculation in the Product Variant Standard Costs by Calculation Code (tiapl3540m000) session.

Current Standard Cost Effective Date

The date the current standard cost was calculated is displayed.

Warehouse

The warehouse where the end item is stored.

Reference Order

The code of the sales order from which the product variant originates.

Reference Position

The position number of the sales order line in the Sales Order Lines (tdsls4101m000) session.