Follow-Up and Replacement Articles in SAP Retail

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11-03-2008 6:22 PM
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Hi everybody,

Iu2019m using SAP Retail and I need to maintain Follow-Up and Replacement Articles.

Iu2019ve created the Follow-Up Categories in the customizing and Iu2019ve assigned
replacement article to the original article in transaction WRFFUART.

Does anyone know how the subsequent process works? If I create a Purchase Order or a Sales
Order to the original article, does the system automatically replace it by the replacement
Article? Iu2019ve tested this but there was no substitution.

Thanks in advance,

SN

 SAP Managed Tags:

 Retail

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11-04-2008 6:00 PM
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Hi SN,

Substitution profile controls the behavior of article substitution. You can make necessary
customizing setting for the substitution profile in the SAP Implementation Guide (IMG) for
Logistics u2013 General under Material Master - Retail-Specific Settings - Settings for
Follow-Up/Replacement Material - Edit Substitution Profiles.

Generally, Event Control and Time Control triggers the subsitution of the article. This are the
kind of replacements possible:

1) Event-controlled replacement of an original article with a follow-up article (permanent

replacement, in case there is insufficient merchandise in the distribution center)

2) Time-controlled replacement of an original article with a follow-up article (permanent

replacement as of a specified date)

3) Event-controlled replacement of an original article with a replacement article (temporary

replacement, in case there is insufficient merchandise in the distribution center; return
switchover to the original article after the end of the switchover period at the latest)

Do let me know what kind of you are looking for.

 Regards,

Raja Muthusamy

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 SAP Managed Tags:

 Retail
 Hi SN,
 the actual substitution occurrs in the outbound delivery only. Depending on the
scenario that is configured, the trigger for the substitution can be time-controlled (for
follow-up only) or event-controlled which acutally means not sufficient or zero stock
(ATP check).
 The substitution in the outbound delivery can happen in background or can be
performed manually by executing a worklist (ta WSUBST_WORKLIST) - this
depends on customizing.
 Process steps:
 ME21N (stock transfer order)
 VL10B -> outbound delivery
 Execute worklist or let it be done in background
 as a result, you will find a new line item in the delivery, PO will be updated
accordingly.

Hi Barbara,

I am right now in same situation, the follow up article does not appear as a line item, in
outbound delivery.

Let me know whether the below has any relvance to Follow Up or replacement article

In MM42, in logistics view DC and store in RP/ forecast data

Discontinutation Indicator, I used u201C1u201D

Follow up article : I had put the substitute article , which is follow up article.

Effective Out Date: Todayu2019s dat

Or just creating realtionship in Tcode WRFFUART is enough,

Can you give some more explanation to this or do you have a document or screen shots
which can be shared or reference to links on help.sap.com for WSUBST_WORKLIST or
detail on on how a new line item appears in the outbound delivery

Regards