SAPTRAINName the different types of AFS Bill of Materials (BOM)
Create a sales order for a BOM
At the conclusion of this unit, you will be able to:
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Seasons
Material
Determination
Mass
Customer
Change
Mass
Data
Change
Sales
Information
System
AFS -
Retail
Interface
This unit covers the AFS specific functionality, such as Prepacks and Assortments, and Sales Order Processing.
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Prepacks & Assortments: Business Scenario
You would like to sell predefined combinations of quantities and sizes of particular materials to your customers. In this case, you create a prepack for use in Sales Order Processing (processing at main item level).
You may also group together different materials into assortments if the quantities and sizes vary according to the customer’s requirements (processing at component level).
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MRP
A prepack is a set of predefined combinations of quantities and sizes in the BOM structure. The header material may contain a master grid that is different from the grids of the components. In this case, you maintain the assignment of grid values of the header to the components. If the header and component materials contain either the same master grid or grids with the same dimensions, you only maintain deviation quantities for the BOM. All items, independent of their levels in the BOM, are MRP relevant.
A prepack is planned for requirements as one unit, not on the basis of the components. Processing is carried out at main item level (pricing, inventory management, delivery processing, and so on).
If a material is used as header material in a prepack, it needs to be defined as a regular AFS material. You have to assign a grid and flag the AFS status MRP. Moreover, you have to assign the item category ERLA (components are only used as text positions and are not relevant for delivery).
For example, a golf pack will always consist of a shirt, pants and a cap in the sizes relating to a size of the header material. The pricing is maintained at header level.
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AFS Prepack Shoe 5814
12
18
24
x
x
x
MRP
In this example, only one component (Shoe 5814) is assigned to the header material (AFS prepack Shoe 5814). The header material contains a master grid (special Prepack Grid) and the component contains the usual grid used for shoes (Shoe Grid).
BOM: Different shoe sizes and different quantities are assigned to the different prepack sizes (small, medium, large).
The total quantity for the prepack sizes (spread among the different shoe sizes) are:
Prepack small: 12 Pairs
Prepack medium: 18 Pairs
Prepack large: 24 Pairs
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MRP
An assortment is usually put together at the request of the customer whereby the quantity and sizes of the set may vary but not the items within the BOM structure. A set material BOM is the same concept as a phantom assembly in the standard system, in that the header material is merely a grouping of two or more finished products. The header material usually contains no master grid but may have categories. The components may have differing master grids. The sizes and quantities are allocated when the BOM is exploded after a sales order has been entered. The components are stockable items.
Assortments are not planned as one single unit but on the basis of single components. Processing is carried out at component level (pricing, inventory management, delivery processing, and so on).
If a material is a header material used in a sales BOM for an assortment, you must activate the set material field in the material master record. Furthermore, you have to assign the item category LUMF to the header material (only components are ready for delivery). The AFS MRP should not be flagged. The material grids are assigned to the material master of the components. The pricing is maintained at component level.
For example, a customer may want to have an assortment consisting of a golf shirt, golf pants, and golf balls. The header material has no grid. The golf shirt and pants have a grid but the golf balls are a standard material. You enter the requirements at SKU level when entering the sales order.
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Name the different types of AFS Bill of Materials (BOM)
Create a sales order for a BOM