Introducing Make-to-Stock Production with Variant Configuration (21D)

This scope item shows the Make-to-Stock Production with Variant Configuration in which Advanced Variant Configuration enables efficient state-of-the-art configuration for configurable product variants that reflect common definitions of a configurable material.

The material variant is defined as a Bill of Material (BoM) where the components meet certain criteria. Initially, this material variant is produced and put into stock as later sales of it are anticipated by collection of planned independent requirements (PIRs).

When a customer orders a fork lifter where the characteristics of the components meet those of the material variant, the fork lifter is taken directly from stock as production already happened based on PIRs.

The sales price calculation is then based on the characteristics of the material variant. Since the material variant is available on stock, the fork lifter is directly delivered. The process finishes with the billing of the delivered fork lifter.

Execute make-to-stock production for material variants of the configurable product

Create a customer sales order for a configured fork lifter resulting in a material variant

Calculate sales prices based on characteristics of the material variant

Process the delivery and billing for the customer

Improve your company's sales and manufacturing performance with integrated Advanced Variant Configuration

Enable your sales business process to handle frequently required variants that are represented as material variants in sales and manufacturing and show the configuration on the print-out

Produce material variants upfront to incoming sales orders based on expected demand

Deliver customer sales order processing for material variants immediately if stock is available from production