How to create Variant Configuration Material Master in SAP PP

[stheurkar]

Dear Friend's,

Pl 's guide me for How to Create Variant Configuration Material Master.

Give me step by step procedure for Creation of Variant Configuration.If some of you having screen shots for the same with one Example, that will be a very helpful to me for creating VC.

Thanks & Regards,

Sandeep N.Theurkar

[Former Member]

Thanks reddy ur answer to this question is very helpfull for creating routing.

Thanks & regards,

Saniket

[Former Member]

Hi Sandeep,

Please find the answer below and revert if required-

**Material Master Data for Configurable Materials**

**You use central maintenance functions to create material master records for configurable**

**materials. There is some data that you need to maintain specifically for configurable materials:**

**Basic Data**

**Material is configurable indicator X**

**Sales**

**Item category group 0002 or 0004**

**Delivering plant**

**MRP**

**Strategy group For example, 25**

**MRP type For example, PD**

**Not ND**

**MRP lot size EX**

**Availability check (checking group) 02**

**Individ./collective 1**

Above details are rhe basic/essential/primary material master data for for Variant configuration Purposes in SAP-PP.

Thanking you in anticipation

Regards

Saraswati Chandra

[Former Member]

Hi,

u can create KMAT material type or any other material type like FERT but in basic data 2 view material is configurable has to select. other process are same which other posted.

Regards,

S.Suresh.

[Former Member]

Hi everyone!

I am trying to create a material in MM01 as the first step for Variant config with material type KMAT. But, I don't see the flag for 'configurable material' in basic data 2 tab. Pls let me know what I am missing. Thanks.

Romena

[former_member196398]

Romena,

It would be a good idea to create a new thread for the problem faced. Any way when you are creating the material with material type KMAT, default your material type would be defined for Configuration so no need to to do this stuff.

Activating the check box for "Material is Configurable" is applicable only for material types other than KMAT.

Regards,

Prasobh

[Former Member]

Thanks Prasobh.

I have tried creating a material with our own customized material type and it still did not show the flag for 'configurable material'.

Anyway, I will play with it and see whether I can figure it out. Thanks for your time and help!.

Romena

[Former Member]

Hi,

I am repeating what other Gurus said.

When you create material master with KMAT, you will not see "configurable material" in basic data.

KMAT itself is the configurable material, hence you will not see in the basic data.

Madhava

[Former Member]

Hi Romena,

You are not missing anything.this functionality is pre-configured in material master(mm01).You can easily find it out in Basic data view 2 (at the bottom) in material Master.

Please revert if required.

thanking you in anticipation

Regards

chandra

[former_member698542]

Hi,

I am changing the sequence to the previous post so that you can understand easily

Step1:

• Define features of the product as characteristics - T code -CT04

• Use characteristic values to describe customer requirements

• Assign characteristics to class

• Create variant class with class type 300 - Tcode CL02

Step2:

Create Material master with configurable type

Alternatives:

a) Material type KMAT

b) Assign class to material in "Classification view"

b) Material with configurable indicator in MRP-2 view

Step3

• Create Super BOM - Tcode CS01

• It should contain variable parts & non variable parts

Step 4

• Create configuration profile Tcode - CU41

• Assign variant class to config profile

Step5

• Create object dependencies - CT04

• Use characteristics & their values

Step6

Assign object dependencies to BOM components - T code-CS02

Step7

Simulate the configuration - Tcode - CU50

Hope you can get this.

pl. award if it is helpful

Thanks and regards

Murugesan

[Former Member]

Hi,

Eg: Ford car.If a sale order is raised for fiesta lxi model the system should choose red colour & for vxi blue colour respectively.

ie you need to define the characteristic and assign the values .

This characteristic need to assigned to class.

class need to be assigned to material master

1. T.code : CT04(characteristic) FORD_MODEL, Choose single value & entry required tab & give the input as 01 - fiesta_lxi & 02 - fiesta_vxi.( characteristic values)

2.Tcode: CT04, FORD_BODY( another characteristic)

Choose single value , don't click entry required.

01 - Red( characteristic values)

02- Blue

3. Create class T.code : CL02

fiesta_class

type : 300

4. OBJECT DEPENDENCY:

T.CODE : CT04

FORD_MODEL

CLICK VALUES TAB,

IN FIESTA_LXI CLICK THE 'O' meant for Obj dependency, action & extra.

Edit the dependecy,

010 $Self.ford_body = '01'. & save

Repeat the same for FIEST_VXI & instead of '01' give '02' for blue colour.

, then create a ROH as ford_body. & a KMAT material for the car. .

Then create a Super BOM with usage 3 & give component as ford_body

Then use T.code cu41 (Create config profile)

enter a profile name & class 300 & choose class assignment, choose fiest_class ,

Use T.code cu50 to check the values.

Then create a sale order.

Pl. reward if helpful.

Regards,

nandha

[Former Member]

Hi sandeep

In creating Variant configuration for a material , follow the steps.

1) CT04 : Create the characteristics which you have for the material.

2) CL01 : Create the class with class type 300 /200 and assign the creaed characteristcis

in step1 here .

3) MM01 : create the Configurable materila with Mat type KMAT , and in CLASSIFICATION

view assign the class which you have prepared .

So no w you can able to Configure a material , for that you need to wirte the related

Object depandenices , Objeect depandencies are of 4 types

1) PROCEDURES :

TCODE : CU01

2) PRECONDITION:

TCODE : CUO1

3) CONSTRAINTS :

TCODE :CU21

4) Actions

The central settings of a material like which type of BOM and whether it belongs to single

level or multi level and some mote important data can be maintained in Configuration Profile.

Configuration Profile :

TCODE : CU41

The Object dependencies you prepared can be attached in Configuration Profile such as

PROCEDURES AND CONSTRAINTS.

Preconditions can be assigned in characteristics value level and in characteristic level but not in Configuration profile.

after assigning all Object dependencies you can check the consistency of the model by using TCODE : CU50 ( wit hthis one particularly you can check whether your configuratio n is

working as you desired )

Please come back to me if you have any queries.

Reward points if it is helpful.

[Former Member]

Hi

step wise procedure in brief.

Step1:

Create Material master with configurable type

Alternatives:

a) Material type KMAT

b) Material with configurable indicator

Step2:

• Create variant class with class type 300

• Define features of the product as characteristics

• Use characteristic values to describe customer requirements

• Assign characteristics to class

• Assign class to material

Step3

• Create Super BOM

• It should contain variable parts & non variable parts

Step 4

• Create configuration profile

• Assign variant class to config profile

Step5

• Create object dependencies

• Use characteristics & their values

Step6

Assign object dependencies to BOM components

Step7

Simulate the configuration

Hope you can get this.

pl. award if it is helpful.

Regards

YMREDDY