Variant Configuration with SAP
1st Edition
Published on 28. September 2009
Book
Hardback
541 pages
978-1-59229-283-7 (ISBN)
Description
This is a complete resource that teaches users how to implement, set up, and use variant configuration functionality with SAP ERP 6.0 and CRM 2007. Consultants, managers, and even business decision leaders will learn about the business processes and integration issues, details of configuration in SAP CRM, special features of industry solutions, extensions of SAP customers and partners, and the selected challenges of using variant configuration. This is the one-stop resource to mastering Variant Configuration with SAP.
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Dr. Uwe Blumöhr is Senior Education Consultant at SAP Germany. Since 1996, he has worked in the training and consulting area and he has many years of experience in the area of training, further education and qualification, in particular in variant configuration segment. Parts of the SAP training will form the basis for some sections of this book. Marin Ukalovic first experienced variant configuration in a training conducted by Dr. Uwe Blumöhr.
Dr. Manfred Münch is Application Platform Process Architect at SAP Germany's Product Management and has worked at the development labs focusing on variant configuration since 1999. Moreover, he worked as a secretary of the SAP user group, Configuration Work Group (CWG), from 2001 to 2004.
Marin Ukalovic is a Solution Architect for IM&C/Mill, Market Development, LE Manufacturing & High Tech at SAP Germany. Since 1999, he has committed his work on the subject of variant configuration. Moreover, he has been Member of the Board of Directors of the SAP user group, Configuration Work Group (CWG). He his familiar with every single aspect of this topic and he can give explanations that even laymen can understand easily.
Content
... Foreword ... 17
... Introduction ... 21
1 ... Basic Principles of Variant Configuration ... 29
... 1.1 ... What Is Product Configuration ... 29
... 1.2 ... What Is SAP Variant Configuration ... 44
... 1.3 ... How Do Business Processes Benefit from Variant Configuration ... 58
... 1.4 ... Summary ... 62
2 ... Creating a Product Model for SAP Variant Configuration ... 65
... 2.1 ... Overview of the Modeling and Integration of Variant Configuration ... 65
... 2.2 ... Tools from the Classification System ... 70
... 2.3 ... Material Master, BOM, and Routing ... 81
... 2.4 ... Configuration Profile and Configuration Scenarios ... 91
... 2.5 ... Overview of Object Dependencies ... 114
... 2.6 ... Object Dependencies for the Value Assignment Interface or the Sales View ... 134
... 2.7 ... Object Dependencies for BOM and Routing ... 166
... 2.8 ... Pricing for Configurable Materials ... 177
... 2.9 ... Product Costing for Configurable Materials ... 184
... 2.10 ... Material Variants ... 185
... 2.11 ... How to Create a Product Model for the IPC ... 196
... 2.12 ... Summary ... 202
3 ... Business Processes in SAP ERP ... 203
... 3.1 ... Introduction -- Variant Configuration in Business Processes ... 203
... 3.2 ... Integration Aspects Along the Supply Chain ... 219
... 3.3 ... Planning and Variant Configuration ... 232
... 3.4 ... Summary ... 248
4 ... Customizing SAP ERP for Variant Configuration ... 249
... 4.1 ... Explicit Customizing of Variant Configuration ... 249
... 4.2 ... Classification System Customizing ... 254
... 4.3 ... Business Process Customizing Relevant for Variant Configuration ... 260
... 4.4 ... Summary ... 272
5 ... Special Features of Product Configuration in SAP CRM ... 273
... 5.1 ... Product Configuration in Different Channels ... 273
... 5.2 ... Configuration of Products versus Services ... 274
... 5.3 ... Procedure for Integrated Production in SAP ERP ... 275
... 5.4 ... Creating a Product Model Using the PME ... 279
... 5.5 ... IPC User Interface ... 290
... 5.6 ... Special Functions of the IPC User Interface ... 291
... 5.7 ... UI Designer (as of SAP CRM 7.0 ... 297
... 5.8 ... Summary ... 299
6 ... Enhancements in SAP Industry Solution DIMP ... 301
... 6.1 ... Overview ... 301
... 6.2 ... DIMP -- Discrete Industries and Mill Products ... 302
... 6.3 ... Special Requirements of the Mill Industry ... 303
... 6.4 ... Product Configuration Enhancements in Mill Products ... 305
... 6.5 ... Summary ... 314
7 ... Enhancements and Add-Ons in the SAP Partner Environment ... 315
... 7.1 ... Sybit Model Tester (Company: Sybit GmbH ... 317
... 7.2 ... Sybit Configuration Visualizer (Company: Sybit GmbH ... 322
... 7.3 ... VCPowerPack (Company: AICOMP Consulting ... 329
... 7.4 ... it.cadpilot (Company: itelligence AG and ACATEC Software GmbH ... 332
... 7.5 ... top flow-Framework and top flow-Variant Engine (company: top flow GmbH ... 342
... 7.6 ... Product Model Validation with ConfigScan (companies: Fysbee SAS and eSpline LLC ... 350
... 7.7 ... Managing Variant Configuration (company: eSpline LLC ... 359
... 7.8 ... Summary ... 371
8 ... Project Lead Reports on Projects and Project Structures ... 373
... 8.1 ... "We're Implementing SAP!" -- A Project Lead's Experience Report ... 373
... 8.2 ... Roles in a Variant Configuration Team ... 390
... 8.3 ... ASAP for Variant Configuration Projects ... 395
... 8.4 ... Summary ... 403
9 ... Customer Reports on the Introduction of SAP Variant Configuration ... 405
... 9.1 ... Progress of the Project at Getriebebau NORD ... 406
... 9.2 ... Configurable Materials at Krones AG ... 414
... 9.3 ... Progress of the Project at Hauni Maschinenbau AG ... 419
... 9.4 ... Variant Configuration at the Felix Schoeller Group ... 423
... 9.5 ... SAP at Hülsta and in the Hüls Corporate Group ... 431
... 9.6 ... Product Configuration at Baldor Electric ... 439
... 9.7 ... Summary ... 448
10 ... Challenges in Variant Configuration ... 449
... 10.1 ... Performance Optimization ... 450
... 10.2 ... Change Management ... 457
... 10.3 ... Complex System Configurations ... 474
... 10.4 ... Summary ... 489
11 ... Configuration Workgroup ... 491
... 11.1 ... Introduction to the CWG ... 491
... 11.2 ... Tasks and Objectives ... 492
... 11.3 ... History ... 494
... 11.4 ... Organizational Structure ... 496
... 11.5 ... CWG Conferences ... 497
... 11.6 ... CWG Portal ... 498
... 11.7 ... CWG Sandbox System ... 500
... 11.8 ... Summary ... 501
12 ... Outlook for SAP Business ByDesign ... 503
... 12.1 ... SAP Business ByDesign ... 503
... 12.2 ... Product Configuration in Medium-Sized Businesses ... 504
... 12.3 ... Make to Order in SAP Business ByDesign ... 506
... 12.4 ... Product Configuration in SAP Business ByDesign ... 509
... 12.5 ... Summary ... 514
A ... Database Tables of Variant Configuration ... 517
B ... APIs of Variant Configuration ... 521
C ... User Exits of Variant Configuration ... 523
D ... Comprehensive Examples of Variant Functions ... 525
E ... The Authors ... 531
... Index ... 533