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FERT Generator
FERT Generator (A Function specific to IS-AFS)
What it is ?
The FERT generator is based on the variant configuration
function in the standard R/3 system. The
function of the FERT generator during the configuration of a
material is to create storable, finished products
with their own master records, instead of pure material
variants. You can then use them as normal finished
products, for example, in sales orders or inventory
management.
How do we do?
To create finished products you must enter a Reference Material
in the system. From this, the system
copies the material master data. The reference material must
have the same base unit of measure and master
grid as the Configurable Material.
These are the ways to call this function:
You can call the FERT generator directly when creating or
changing a sales order.
You can call the FERT generator manually from the SAP
application menu under Logistics -> Sales
and Distribution -> AFS Variant Configuration -> Call FERT
Generator.
Using a T-Code : /N/AFS/FGEN
How it Works?
As soon as you have valuated a material using the configuration,
the system checks whether there is already
a finished product for this valuation. If not, the system
automatically calls the FERT generator. The FERT
generator creates the finished product. The following are
assigned to the finished product:
The master data of the reference material
The characteristics you selected during the characteristic
valuation
At the same time the FERT generator assigns the new finished
product to the maximum bill of material and the
maximum routing of the configurable material.
If you called the FERT generator directly when creating or
changing a sales order, the system subsequently
replaces the configurable material with the finished product you
created using the FERT generator.
Steps in FERT Generation:
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v During order creation a configurable material KMAT is entered
which triggers the FERT
Generator.
v The User has to make the specifications for the various
characteristics of the material.
v If there is no variant with the same set of specifications,
exists in the material master, a new material masterwill be
created.
v The new material replaces the KMAT and SO creation can proceed
normally.
User Exits :
User Exit J_4AVFGN
As part of the FERT generator functions, the AFS System provides
a user exit J_4AVFGN. You can use it to
meet the requirements of your specific business processes. The
system executes the user exit after the FERT
generator has created the new finished product and assigned it
the configured BOM and routing.
Pricing
When creating the new finished product via the FERT generator,
the system cannot copy price conditions from
the reference material or the configurable material.
There are two ways of having the system automatically create
price conditions for the new finished product,
however:
You can use user exit J_4AVFGN to create your own condition
records for your new finished products.
You can store a price material for the reference material in the
master data view of the sales org 2.
When copying the master data of the reference material to the
new finished product, the system can also copy
this price material. If you created conditions for this price
material, the new finished material gets the same
conditions.
