configurable material

[Former Member]

Hi,

What is the use of configurable material.?

Thanks,

Sneha.

[Former Member]

Hi,

Configurable material is useful if you have a large number of combination of parts that go into a

product. It means different permutations and combinations of the parts for same material. If you

maintain a unique material code for each combination , you require a large number of material

numbers. KMAT may be used in such a case where you maintain just one generic product code.

A super BOM is maintained for such a material consisting of all possible alternatives. A routing is

also maintained consisting of all possible operations that could be used. Typically configurable

material is used in Made To Order (MTO) environment. However frequently ordered

configurations may be planned with a material variant which needs to have a material master record.

Thus Material variants may have stock and value. Depending upon characteristic values chosen at

sales order entry Sales Order BOM is created. Routing operations are also chosen depending upon

which BOM components are assigned to them.

Reward if helpful...

Cheers,

Sowjanya Gosala.