Understanding SAP VC
Variant configuration is basically for manufacturing complex products. The manufacturer is always having to offer new variants of its products. Often, new variants are created by modifying existing product designs as you process the order. The important thing is to react quickly to customers’ requirements.
The customer determines the features of the product. For example, A customer buying a car, can choose the features of the car and combine some of the features as required.
The product configurator improves information exchange between engineering, design, sales and production. Variant configuration helps the customer or salesperson to put together specifications for the product and ensure that the product can be produced from these specifications. It also ensures that production costs do not overstep the mark.
Integration of SAP VC with various applications
Variant configuration is integrated in the applications following:
- CA Classification
- LO Material Master
- PP Bill of Material
- PP Routings
- PP–PI Master Recipes
- SD Sales
- SD Conditions
- MM Purchasing
- CO Costing
- PP Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
- PP Production Orders
- You can configure the following objects:
- Materials
- Standard networks in the Project System
- PM General maintenance task lists
- Model service specifications
Some Important Features of SAP VC
- You do not need to create a separate material for each variant of a product in your company. You can use a single configurable material to cover different variants. You create a super BOM and a super routing for this material, containing all the components and operations for producing all variants of the product.
- To define the features of a configurable material, you use characteristics. To enable you to use characteristics to configure a material, you assign the material to a class of class type 300. Possible characteristics of a car, for example, are model, country, color, and engine. The customer can choose from among different options for each characteristic (values).
- The only limitations are combinations of different features that are not possible for either technical or marketing reasons. You cannot combine all types of car engine with all types of transmission, for example, or certain types of upholstery are only available for more expensive models. In Variant Configuration, you use dependencies to control this. This prevents combinations of options that are not allowed. Dependencies also select exactly the right BOM components and operations to produce a variant.
- Each configurable object must have a configuration profile. The configuration profile for a material controls the configuration process in the sales order.
- You can make the price of a variant dependent on the characteristic values assigned (Pricing). You can use variant conditions to define surcharges and discounts for a variant.
- For variants that are required frequently, you can create material variants, which can be produced without a sales order and kept in stock. When you receive a sales order, you can check whether the variant required is in stock, so that you can deliver immediately.
Some Advantages of using VC
- There is no need to Create separate material master for each variant combination.
- Super BOM and Super Routing are enough for representing all possible Variants and Operations.
- VC is Able to react more flexibly to customer demands.
- SAP VC increases the Information exchange between sales, engineering, and production.
Salary range and GoLogica’s role in learning SAP VC:
The average salary of an SAP VC consultant or professional is $60,000 per annum. And the demand for SAP VC professionals is also high. With the rising demand in this domain learning SAP VC would be a better option to land a perfect job. GoLogica’s SAP trainers and Industry experts with 10+ years of experience in the same field and can guide you with complete practical knowledge. The flexible training patterns like weekend classes, Fastrack classes and also day-to-day classes one can easily complete this course and get placed with ease. With syllabus up-gradation with each and every update in VC you would not miss a topic in the training sessions. Along with the training you would be given access to the training videos for lifetime, and kind of support during the training also. Training with lots of live assessments and practical problem-solving techniques. This will not seem like a training session than more like a practice session. This kind of training helps you to be job-ready and also confident in facing different scenarios pertaining to SAP VC
