Product Supersession

You can use this section to select the products that you require to replace. If the selected card contains a product, the product is displayed. Else, you can click the + Products option to search and select the required products. The selected products are added to the list when you click Apply.

You can use this section to select the products that replace the items listed in the ‘’Products to replaced’’ section. You can select the + Products list menu and click one of these options:

• Create new product: Enables you to create a new product. You must specify the code of the product in the Enter new product code field and click Verify. When the validation is successful, you can click Apply. The selected product is added to the list.
• Selecting existing product: Enables you to search for a specific product. You can select the required product from the list and click Apply.
  Note: 

  • When multiple products are selected in Product to be replaced section, you can select only one replacement product.
  • When a single product is selected to be replaced, you can select multiple replacement products.

You can use this section to configure additional settings for the supersession link. You can specify this information:

Discontinue replaced products

If this check box is selected, you can specify a discontinuation date for each product selected in the Products to be replaced section.

Discontinuation date

The date when the replaced (predecessor) product is inactive.

Note: 

• This date overwrites existing discontinuation date.
• If the product is a part of multiple supersession chains, the latest discontinuation date is used.

History factor

The proportion of historical demand from the predecessor to transfer to the successor during supersession processing.

Note: 

• The history factor is applied during history transfer to the base replacement planning entity.
• The transferred history is aggregated to all aggregate levels.
• The application aggregates predecessor history for all aggregate levels. Whether the aggregated predecessor is included in the net history is determined by the settings configured for each aggregate level on the System Settings screen.

Link introduction and discontinuation dates

If this check box is selected, the discontinuation date is used as the introduction date for all replacements products.

Note: This option is available if there is only one product to be replaced.

Introduction date

The date when the replacement (successor) product is active.

After you specify the required information, click Replace to create the supersession link. When the validation is successful, the application performs these actions:

• Creates new products and aggregates.
• Creates links between base planning entities.
• Sets introduction and discontinuation dates.
• Transfers net history from predecessor to successor based on the defined ratio and stores as predecessor history.
• Aggregates predecessor history to all aggregate planning entities.

Supersession links cannot be created when:

• A link already exists between 2 products.
• The supersession link creates a circular chain. For example, Product A, supersedes Product B. Product B supersedes Product A.
• The supersession chain exceeds 100.