Exploring SAP Fiori Applications for Engineer to Order Production with Variant Configuration

The following is a list of key features:

• Start a new simulation by manually entering the configurable product and its necessary input parameters (Plant, Configuration Date, Quantity, BOM Application).
• Search and list existing objects (configurable products, configured objects, saved simulations) and start a new simulation by clicking an item in the search results. You can narrow you search based on the following attributes:

  • Type (Product, Sales Order Item, Product Variant, Simulation, Quotation Item, Purchase Order Item, Purchase Requisition Item)

  • Product

  • Plant

  • Created By

  • Created On

  • Status

  • Show Favorites Only

  • Last Changed By

• Activate the trace of the configuration process before starting a new simulation by selecting Activate Trace. The trace messages are displayed during the simulation process.

• Display the Exploded BOM, Super BOM and Routing Structure of your object.

• Configure your currently opened simulation using the characteristic value assignment screen.

• Edit the simulation parameters during simulation (Plant, Configuration Date, Quantity, BOM Application).

• Display the Properties and Object Dependencies (along with the dependency code) of a selected BOM item, characteristic, characteristic value or configuration profile in the Inspector view. You can also see the selectable and not selectable list of values in the case of characteristics.

• See the following additional features related to the routing structure:

  • Display the complete routing structure (standard sequence, parallel sequences, alternative sequences, operations, reference operations, reference sub-operations).

  • Display the most important information about the routing sub-objects (standard sequence, parallel sequences, alternative sequences, operations, reference operations, reference sub-operations, components).

  • Go into the alternative and parallel sequences and explore their operations.

  • Access the routing results in single- and in multi-level cases as well.

  • See the effects of configuration changes in the routing, and how the routing changes given different simulation dates.

  • Display the list of object dependencies assigned to the different routing elements.

  • Display the list of components (configurable and non-configurable) assigned to an operation and the details of a selected component.

  • Display the routing-relevant trace messages.

  • Display the Super Routing of a component.

• List all sales order items which are marked as Ready for Engineering to give a worklist to your order engineers.
• Fixate Bill of Materials of Configurable Products in the Order Engineering Worklist app (fixed against changes of BOM master data and through BOM explosion results).
• Insert, update and delete order bill of material items in the Order Engineering Worklist app.
• Configure Multi-level Products as an order engineer in the Order Engineering Worklist app.
• Compare configuration differences in the sales order after engineering is finished.
• Accept engineering changes in the sales order item to complete the item after engineering is done.
• Mark sales order items for re-engineering in case there are changes (to highlight the importance of these items to the order engineers).