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Table of Contents
  • ... Foreword ... 17
  • ... Preface ... 21
  • Part I ... Basic Principles of Variant Configuration ... 25
  • 1 ... Product Configuration with SAP ... 27
  • 1.1 ... Generation Change: From SAP ERP to SAP S/4HANA ... 28
  • 1.2 ... Generation Change: From LO-VC to AVC ... 32
  • 1.3 ... Which SAP Configurators Are Available? ... 39
  • 1.4 ... Product Configuration with AVC in an End-to-End Process ... 41
  • 1.5 ... Managing Product Diversity ... 47
  • 1.6 ... Manufacturing Scenarios for Configurable Products ... 50
  • 1.7 ... Summary ... 52
  • 2 ... The Path from LO-VC to AVC in SAP S/4HANA ... 53
  • 2.1 ... AVC and LO-VC: An Either-Or? ... 53
  • 2.2 ... Ways of Transformation ... 57
  • 2.3 ... Basic Principles of the Transformation ... 58
  • 2.4 ... Transition Workspaces ... 60
  • 2.5 ... Transition Workbench ... 62
  • 2.6 ... Comparing the Results ... 67
  • 2.7 ... Transferring the Material Variants ... 70
  • 2.8 ... An Exemplary Approach to Switching from VC to AVC (Greenfield versus Brownfield) ... 72
  • 2.9 ... Summary ... 76
  • Part II ... Basics of Modeling ... 77
  • 3 ... Creating Your First Configurable Material ... 79
  • 3.1 ... Basic Principles ... 80
  • 3.2 ... A First Example ... 82
  • 3.3 ... The Configurable Material Master ... 84
  • 3.4 ... Variant Classes, Characteristics, and Configuration Profiles ... 86
  • 3.5 ... The Valuation Interface of the Extended Variant Configuration ... 90
  • 3.6 ... Object Dependencies for Planning and Production ... 94
  • 3.7 ... Configuration and Prices ... 97
  • 3.8 ... Summary ... 100
  • 4 ... Master Data in the Modeling Context ... 101
  • 4.1 ... Variant Configuration Modeling Environment ... 101
  • 4.2 ... AVC Simulation Environment ... 110
  • 4.3 ... Tools from the Classification System ... 119
  • 4.4 ... Material Master, Bill of Materials, and Routing of the Configurable Material ... 145
  • 4.5 ... Configuration Profile and Configuration Scenarios ... 162
  • 4.6 ... Characteristic Groups as User Interface Design ... 197
  • 4.7 ... Summary ... 202
  • 5 ... Object Dependencies ... 203
  • 5.1 ... Basic Principles ... 203
  • 5.2 ... Variant Tables ... 228
  • 5.3 ... Object Dependencies for Interactive Configuration (High-Level Configuration) ... 240
  • 5.4 ... Object Dependencies for a Bill of Materials and Routing (Low-Level Configuration) ... 271
  • 5.5 ... Summary ... 281
  • 6 ... Pricing ... 283
  • 6.1 ... Pricing in Sales ... 283
  • 6.2 ... Pricing on the Basis of Sales Order Costing ... 295
  • 6.3 ... Pricing in Purchasing ... 296
  • 6.4 ... Microservice for Pricing on SAP Business Technology Platform ... 306
  • 6.5 ... Summary ... 311
  • 7 ... Material Variants ... 313
  • 7.1 ... Material Master ... 314
  • 7.2 ... Bill of Materials ... 319
  • 7.3 ... Routing ... 323
  • 7.4 ... Pricing ... 328
  • 7.5 ... Variant Matching ... 328
  • 7.6 ... Summary ... 336
  • Part III ... Integration ... 337
  • 8 ... Integrating Variant Configuration in Platforms via Knowledge Bases and Runtime Versions ... 339
  • 8.1 ... Architecture ... 339
  • 8.2 ... Master Data for Configuration Integration: Knowledge Bases and Runtime Versions ... 342
  • 8.3 ... Tips for Generating Knowledge Base Runtime Versions ... 346
  • 8.4 ... Instructions for (Re)generating Runtime Versions ... 365
  • 8.5 ... Using the Configuration Microservice in SAP BTP ... 373
  • 8.6 ... Variant Configuration in SAP Commerce Cloud ... 375
  • 8.7 ... Integrated Variant Configuration in SAP CPQ ... 379
  • 8.8 ... Summary ... 386
  • 9 ... New Integration Aspects for Variant Configuration ... 387
  • 9.1 ... Master Data Distribution with Product Data Replication ... 387
  • 9.2 ... SAP Variant Configuration with SAP Teamcenter ... 424
  • 9.3 ... Requirements Management and Documentation in Modeling: SAP Enterprise Product Development ... 432
  • 9.4 ... Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence for Configurable Products ... 437
  • 9.5 ... Integrating AVC with SAP Workflow Management ... 447
  • 9.6 ... Two-Tier Scenario: Cross-System Procurement of Configured Products ... 453
  • 9.7 ... Summary ... 456
  • 10 ... Solutions from SAP Partners ... 457
  • 10.1 ... 3D Configuration ... 457
  • 10.2 ... Artificial Intelligence-Optimized Processing of Customer Requests ... 470
  • 10.3 ... Variant Table Contents on SAP Business Technology Platform ... 482
  • 10.4 ... Variant Configuration with Machine Learning ... 492
  • 10.5 ... Hybrid System Configuration, End-to-End Automation, and API-Based Integration with SAP Solutions ... 503
  • 10.6 ... Summary ... 513
  • Part IV ... Industry Best Practices ... 517
  • 11 ... Case Study: Transformation from LO-VC to AVC ... 519
  • 11.1 ... AVC Preliminary Study ... 519
  • 11.2 ... Best Practice Transformation: A Real-Life Example ... 526
  • 11.3 ... Summary ... 532
  • 12 ... SAP Variant Configuration Communities ... 533
  • 12.1 ... Configuration Working Group ... 533
  • 12.2 ... The DSAG Variant Configuration Working Group ... 543
  • 12.3 ... SAP AVC Customer Co-Innovation Council ... 546
  • 12.4 ... Summary ... 547
  • ... The Authors ... 549
  • ... Authors ... 549
  • ... Contributors ... 550
  • ... Foreword Authors ... 557
  • ... Index ... 559

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      Publisher: SAP Press
      Publication Date: 29/02/2024
      ISBN13: 9781493223589, 978-1493223589
      ISBN10: 1493223585
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      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Table of Contents
      • ... Foreword ... 17
      • ... Preface ... 21
      • Part I ... Basic Principles of Variant Configuration ... 25
      • 1 ... Product Configuration with SAP ... 27
      • 1.1 ... Generation Change: From SAP ERP to SAP S/4HANA ... 28
      • 1.2 ... Generation Change: From LO-VC to AVC ... 32
      • 1.3 ... Which SAP Configurators Are Available? ... 39
      • 1.4 ... Product Configuration with AVC in an End-to-End Process ... 41
      • 1.5 ... Managing Product Diversity ... 47
      • 1.6 ... Manufacturing Scenarios for Configurable Products ... 50
      • 1.7 ... Summary ... 52
      • 2 ... The Path from LO-VC to AVC in SAP S/4HANA ... 53
      • 2.1 ... AVC and LO-VC: An Either-Or? ... 53
      • 2.2 ... Ways of Transformation ... 57
      • 2.3 ... Basic Principles of the Transformation ... 58
      • 2.4 ... Transition Workspaces ... 60
      • 2.5 ... Transition Workbench ... 62
      • 2.6 ... Comparing the Results ... 67
      • 2.7 ... Transferring the Material Variants ... 70
      • 2.8 ... An Exemplary Approach to Switching from VC to AVC (Greenfield versus Brownfield) ... 72
      • 2.9 ... Summary ... 76
      • Part II ... Basics of Modeling ... 77
      • 3 ... Creating Your First Configurable Material ... 79
      • 3.1 ... Basic Principles ... 80
      • 3.2 ... A First Example ... 82
      • 3.3 ... The Configurable Material Master ... 84
      • 3.4 ... Variant Classes, Characteristics, and Configuration Profiles ... 86
      • 3.5 ... The Valuation Interface of the Extended Variant Configuration ... 90
      • 3.6 ... Object Dependencies for Planning and Production ... 94
      • 3.7 ... Configuration and Prices ... 97
      • 3.8 ... Summary ... 100
      • 4 ... Master Data in the Modeling Context ... 101
      • 4.1 ... Variant Configuration Modeling Environment ... 101
      • 4.2 ... AVC Simulation Environment ... 110
      • 4.3 ... Tools from the Classification System ... 119
      • 4.4 ... Material Master, Bill of Materials, and Routing of the Configurable Material ... 145
      • 4.5 ... Configuration Profile and Configuration Scenarios ... 162
      • 4.6 ... Characteristic Groups as User Interface Design ... 197
      • 4.7 ... Summary ... 202
      • 5 ... Object Dependencies ... 203
      • 5.1 ... Basic Principles ... 203
      • 5.2 ... Variant Tables ... 228
      • 5.3 ... Object Dependencies for Interactive Configuration (High-Level Configuration) ... 240
      • 5.4 ... Object Dependencies for a Bill of Materials and Routing (Low-Level Configuration) ... 271
      • 5.5 ... Summary ... 281
      • 6 ... Pricing ... 283
      • 6.1 ... Pricing in Sales ... 283
      • 6.2 ... Pricing on the Basis of Sales Order Costing ... 295
      • 6.3 ... Pricing in Purchasing ... 296
      • 6.4 ... Microservice for Pricing on SAP Business Technology Platform ... 306
      • 6.5 ... Summary ... 311
      • 7 ... Material Variants ... 313
      • 7.1 ... Material Master ... 314
      • 7.2 ... Bill of Materials ... 319
      • 7.3 ... Routing ... 323
      • 7.4 ... Pricing ... 328
      • 7.5 ... Variant Matching ... 328
      • 7.6 ... Summary ... 336
      • Part III ... Integration ... 337
      • 8 ... Integrating Variant Configuration in Platforms via Knowledge Bases and Runtime Versions ... 339
      • 8.1 ... Architecture ... 339
      • 8.2 ... Master Data for Configuration Integration: Knowledge Bases and Runtime Versions ... 342
      • 8.3 ... Tips for Generating Knowledge Base Runtime Versions ... 346
      • 8.4 ... Instructions for (Re)generating Runtime Versions ... 365
      • 8.5 ... Using the Configuration Microservice in SAP BTP ... 373
      • 8.6 ... Variant Configuration in SAP Commerce Cloud ... 375
      • 8.7 ... Integrated Variant Configuration in SAP CPQ ... 379
      • 8.8 ... Summary ... 386
      • 9 ... New Integration Aspects for Variant Configuration ... 387
      • 9.1 ... Master Data Distribution with Product Data Replication ... 387
      • 9.2 ... SAP Variant Configuration with SAP Teamcenter ... 424
      • 9.3 ... Requirements Management and Documentation in Modeling: SAP Enterprise Product Development ... 432
      • 9.4 ... Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence for Configurable Products ... 437
      • 9.5 ... Integrating AVC with SAP Workflow Management ... 447
      • 9.6 ... Two-Tier Scenario: Cross-System Procurement of Configured Products ... 453
      • 9.7 ... Summary ... 456
      • 10 ... Solutions from SAP Partners ... 457
      • 10.1 ... 3D Configuration ... 457
      • 10.2 ... Artificial Intelligence-Optimized Processing of Customer Requests ... 470
      • 10.3 ... Variant Table Contents on SAP Business Technology Platform ... 482
      • 10.4 ... Variant Configuration with Machine Learning ... 492
      • 10.5 ... Hybrid System Configuration, End-to-End Automation, and API-Based Integration with SAP Solutions ... 503
      • 10.6 ... Summary ... 513
      • Part IV ... Industry Best Practices ... 517
      • 11 ... Case Study: Transformation from LO-VC to AVC ... 519
      • 11.1 ... AVC Preliminary Study ... 519
      • 11.2 ... Best Practice Transformation: A Real-Life Example ... 526
      • 11.3 ... Summary ... 532
      • 12 ... SAP Variant Configuration Communities ... 533
      • 12.1 ... Configuration Working Group ... 533
      • 12.2 ... The DSAG Variant Configuration Working Group ... 543
      • 12.3 ... SAP AVC Customer Co-Innovation Council ... 546
      • 12.4 ... Summary ... 547
      • ... The Authors ... 549
      • ... Authors ... 549
      • ... Contributors ... 550
      • ... Foreword Authors ... 557
      • ... Index ... 559

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