SAP Variant Configuration Training (AVC and LO-VC)
SAP Variant Configuration training teaches you to model products that are ordered in thousands of valid combinations.
- 35 hours
- Intermediate
- Live online
What is SAP Variant Configuration Training (AVC and LO-VC)?
SAP Variant Configuration training teaches you to model products that are ordered in thousands of valid combinations. You cover characteristics and characteristic values, classes and classification, configuration profiles, object dependencies including preconditions, selection conditions, procedures and actions, constraints and constraint nets, super BOM and super routing with dependency assignment, Advanced Variant Configuration and how it differs from classic LO-VC, variant pricing with variant conditions, configuration in sales orders and quotations, and the flow into production orders.
What you get
- Model characteristics, values and classes for a configurable product
- Create configuration profiles with a usable interface
- Write preconditions, selection conditions and procedures correctly
- Build and test constraint nets
Who this course is for
New to the field
- PP or SD consultants adding configuration
- Product engineers moving into SAP
- Order engineering and technical sales staff
Working professionals
- Teams implementing AVC or migrating from LO-VC
- Manufacturers of configurable products
- Anyone supporting a variant configuration model
Prerequisites
- SAP PP or SD experience is important.
- Engineering or product configuration experience is a strong advantage.
What you will be able to do
- Model characteristics, values and classes for a configurable product
- Create configuration profiles with a usable interface
- Write preconditions, selection conditions and procedures correctly
- Build and test constraint nets
- Set up super BOM and super routing with dependencies
- Configure variant pricing with variant conditions
- Explain AVC versus LO-VC and assess a migration
Salary range
- India
- 9-30 LPA
- United States
- 115k-160k
Market ranges for SAP Variant Configuration Consultant, not a guarantee. Actual pay depends on experience, location and employer.
Curriculum
Variant configuration foundations
Understand what problem configuration solves.
- Configurable products versus variants as materials
- Make to order configurable scenarios
- LO-VC and Advanced Variant Configuration
- When AVC is worth adopting
- Master data landscape for configuration
- Configuration in the order to cash flow
- Key transactions and Fiori apps
- Scoping a configuration project
Characteristics and classes
Define the questions and the answers.
- Characteristic creation and data types
- Characteristic values and value hierarchies
- Restrictable characteristics and allowed values
- Multiple values and intervals
- Class type 300 and classification
- Class node structure
- Characteristic groups and user interface design
- Naming and governance for large models
Configuration profiles and user interface
Control how the product is configured.
- Configuration profile creation
- Configuration parameters and scenarios
- Class assignment to the profile
- Interface design and characteristic sequence
- Value assignment and defaults
- Configuration initial screen
- Multi-level configuration
- Testing a profile before release
Object dependencies
Encode the product rules.
- Dependency types overview
- Preconditions and their use
- Selection conditions for BOM and routing
- Procedures and value inference
- Actions and why they are discouraged
- Dependency syntax and variables
- Dependency assignment points
- Debugging a dependency that does not fire
Constraints and constraint nets
Model relationships that work in any direction.
- Constraints versus dependencies
- Constraint syntax and objects
- Constraint nets and their maintenance
- Inference and restriction
- Constraint performance considerations
- Combining constraints with procedures
- AVC constraint handling differences
- Testing a constraint net systematically
Super BOM, super routing and production
Build what was configured.
- Super BOM concept and structure
- Selection conditions on BOM items
- Variant parts and optional items
- Super routing and operation selection
- Reference characteristics and formulas
- Order BOM and its use in engineer to order
- Production order from a configured order
- Configuration changes after order creation
Variant pricing, AVC and operations
Price the configuration and run the model.
- Variant conditions and pricing
- Surcharges and discounts by characteristic
- Pricing from reference characteristics
- Advanced Variant Configuration capabilities
- AVC simulation and explanation features
- Migration from LO-VC to AVC
- Model maintenance and change control
- Common production issues in configuration
Projects you will build
Configuration model build
Model a configurable product with characteristics, class and configuration profile, then configure it in a sales order with a usable interface.
Dependencies and constraints
Add preconditions, selection conditions and a constraint net so invalid combinations are impossible, then test systematically for gaps.
Super BOM to production
Build a super BOM and super routing with selection conditions, configure an order with variant pricing, and generate the production order.
Tools you will use
- Characteristics and classes
- The question and answer layer of every configuration model.
- Configuration profile
- Scenario control and the configuration user interface.
- Dependency editor
- Preconditions, selection conditions, procedures and actions.
- Constraint net maintenance
- Multi-directional product rules for complex models.
- Super BOM and super routing
- Selection driven bills of material and operations.
- Variant conditions
- Characteristic driven pricing in sales documents.
Certification
- Exam
- Variant configuration is examined within SAP's S/4HANA manufacturing and sales credentials rather than a dedicated exam. We map the course to C_TS422_2023 (Production Planning and Manufacturing) as the nearest current credential.
What learners say
Constraints versus dependencies is the distinction everyone fudges. Building a constraint net and testing it for gaps was the most useful week of my year.
We make configurable machinery. The super BOM and selection condition sessions matched our actual product structure exactly.
Hard subject, taught patiently. The debugging approach for dependencies that do not fire has saved me many hours since.
Fees and training modes
Choose how you want to learn. No-cost EMI is available on the live and 1-to-1 modes.
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Live Online Training
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Interactive live batches, weekday or weekend, with the full cohort and lifetime recordings.
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1-to-1 Training
₹49,000
Fixed for every course, no-cost EMI
Private one-on-one coaching at a pace and schedule you set.
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Self-paced Training
₹9,000
One-time fee, lowest-cost option
Learn on your own time with recorded sessions and the same materials.
Refunds and cancellations are covered in our refund policy.
What a day looks like
- Invalid configurations
- A combination the system allows but engineering does not, which means a missing dependency or constraint.
- Model changes
- New options and variants, each needing dependency and BOM updates without breaking existing orders.
- Pricing queries
- A configured price that looks wrong, traced to variant conditions or reference characteristics.
- Order engineering support
- Helping sales configure an unusual requirement, sometimes with an order BOM.
- Performance
- Large models that configure slowly, usually constraint or dependency design.
Training a team?
We run this course as private corporate training, tailored to your systems and scheduled around your team. Tell us your group size and what you need to cover.
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