SAP PressVariant Configuration with SAP (2ed)高清

• Implement and use Variant Configuration with SAP
• Build and maintain a complete product model
• Updated coverage on SAP ERP 6.0 enhancement pack 5 and CRM 7.0

With this all-inclusive reference, you have everything you need to implement, customize, and use Variant Configuration with SAP. Whether you’re a consultant, work directly with variant configuration, or are a manager, this book contains essential information you need in order to make key decisions on how Variant Configuration works best for your company.

Variant Configuration in ERP and CRM
Understand how to integrate Variant Configuration in processes such as quality management and customer service, and explore the necessary Customizing steps.

Advanced Integration Topics
Find extensive coverage on business processes for SAP ERP, including the Order Engineering Workbench, planning Variant Configuration, and more.

Industry-Specific Solutions
Learn about unique configurations and enhancements that are possible within specific industries and how to manage them, accompanied by customer examples and practical suggestions.

Expert Knowledge
Benefit from the authors’ and SAP customers’ notes on special challenges encountered when implementing and using Variant Configuration for product models.

Updated and Expanded
This new edition covers integrated Product and Process Engineering (iPPE), Product Data Replication (PDR), the new PLM environment, and much more.

Highlights

Product Model
• Configuration profile and scenarios

Business Processes in SAP ERP
• Integrated process and product engineering (iPPE)
• Integration, Customizing

Product Configuration
• Variant Configurator LO-VC
• Internet Pricing and Configurator (IPC)

Challenges
• Performance optimization, change services
• Product Data Replication (PDR)

Project and Practical Reports 
• Industry solution DIMP reports, project managers, SAP customers and partners
• Configuration Workgroup (CWG) and outlook on SAP Business ByDesign

The Authors

Uwe Blumöhr, Manfred Münch, and Marin Ukalovic work at SAP and hold different positions in the area of Variant Configuration.

Table of Contents

• ... Foreword ... 19
• ... Introduction ... 23
• 1 ... Basic Principles of Variant Configuration ... 31
• 1.1 ... What Is Product Configuration@ ... 31
• 1.1.1 ... Terminology ... 32
• 1.1.2 ... Elementary Configuration Modules ... 36
• 1.1.3 ... Product Configuration in Logistic Scenarios ... 39
• 1.1.4 ... Core Problem of Variant Diversity ... 41
• 1.1.5 ... Procedural and Declarative Approaches ... 44
• 1.2 ... What Is SAP Variant Configuration@ ... 47
• 1.2.1 ... Product Configuration Using Variant Configuration (LO-VC) ... 48
• 1.2.2 ... Further Areas of Use ... 48
• 1.2.3 ... “Hello World” Example ... 49
• 1.2.4 ... Variant Configuration (LO-VC) ... 55
• 1.2.5 ... Internet Pricing and Configurator (IPC) ... 59
• 1.3 ... Enhancing Business Processes with Variant Configuration ... 63
• 1.3.1 ... Prerequisite for the Usage of Variant Configuration ... 63
• 1.3.2 ... Factors for the Usage of Variant Configuration ... 64
• 1.3.3 ... Exemplary Consideration on the Master Data Volume ... 66
• 1.4 ... Summary ... 67
• 2 ... Creating a Product Model for SAP Variant Configuration ... 69
• 3 ... Business Processes in SAP ERP ... 219
• 4 ... Customizing SAP ERP for Variant Configuration ... 311
• 5 ... Special Features of Product Configuration in SAP CRM ... 337
• 6 ... Challenges in Variant Configuration ... 367
• 7 ... Enhancements in SAP Industry Solution DIMP ... 447
• 8 ... Enhancements and Add-Ons in the SAP Partner Environment ... 465
• 9 ... Project Lead Reports on Projects and Project Structures ... 543
• 10 ... Customer Reports on the Introduction of SAP Variant Configuration ... 579
• 10.1 ... Progress of the Project at Getriebebau NORD ... 580
• 10.2 ... Configurable Materials at Krones AG ... 590
• 10.3 ... Progress of the Project at Hauni Maschinenbau AG ... 594
• 10.4 ... Variant Configuration at the Felix Schoeller Group ... 602
• 10.5 ... SAP at Hülsta and in the Hüls Corporate Group ... 610
• 10.6 ... Lenze Group—Past, Present, and Future Configuration ... 620
• 10.7 ... Product Configuration at Baldor Electric ... 626
• 10.8 ... Summary ... 635
• 11 ... Configuration Workgroup ... 637
• 12 ... Outlook for SAP Business ByDesign ... 647
• 12.1 ... SAP Business ByDesign ... 647
• 12.2 ... Product Configuration in Medium-Sized Businesses ... 648
• 12.3 ... Make to Order in SAP Business ByDesign ... 650
• 12.4 ... Product Configuration in SAP Business ByDesign ... 654
• 12.5 ... Summary ... 658
• ... Appendices ... 661
• A ... Database Tables of Variant Configuration ... 663
• B ... APIs of Variant Configuration ... 669
• C ... User Exits of Variant Configuration ... 671
• D ... Comprehensive Examples of Variant Functions ... 673
• E ... The Authors ... 681
• ... Index ... 683