1. ©© 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. Product Definition Scenario Overview Defining Product Properties and Product Models Specifying Product Variants Scenario Explorer Open Legend Scenario Description The following business roles are involved in this scenario: The Product Definition business scenario allows you to specify the product that you have sold to your customer and ensures that you build the product exactly as it was specified. This is particularly relevant when your company offers products that come in many variants or when it offers custom-built products described by detailed customer requirements. You can define possible product variants by product properties, product models and product specifications and reuse them. Product properties describe the features a product can have. Product models describe the possible variations of a product. Product specifications describe individual customer requirements or products variants. You can create product specifications within SAP Business ByDesign or import them from an external system. Product Definition supports to streamline product portfolio and production, meet customer requirements in delivered product and to reduce Product Master management effort. Click process chevrons for details Product Manager Product Engineer Sales Representative Scenario/Processes Business Value Scenario Flow Further Information

2. ©© 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. Product Definition Scenario Overview Defining Product Properties and Product Models Specifying Product Variants Scenario Explorer Open Legend Scenario Description The following business roles are involved in this scenario: The Product Definition business scenario allows you to specify the product that you have sold to your customer and ensures that you build the product exactly as it was specified. This is particularly relevant when your company offers products that come in many variants or when it offers custom-built products described by detailed customer requirements. You can define possible product variants by product properties, product models and product specifications and reuse them. Product properties describe the features a product can have. Product models describe the possible variations of a product. Product specifications describe individual customer requirements or products variants. You can create product specifications within SAP Business ByDesign or import them from an external system. Product Definition supports to streamline product portfolio and production, meet customer requirements in delivered product and to reduce Product Master management effort. Click process chevrons for details Product Manager Product Engineer Sales Representative Legend Process mainly driven by the user Process mainly driven by the system Manual process not supported by the system Process that communicates with third- party software (mouse-over for details) Process with relevance to Financials Related scenario Info button with more information Close Legend Scenario/Processes Business Value Scenario Flow Further Information

3. ©© 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. Product Definition Process Details: Defining Product Properties and Product Models Scenario Explorer Process Description The Defining Product Properties and Product Models business process enables you to define product properties and product models to structure product master data and thus reduce the product master maintenance effort. Product properties describe characteristics that a product can have, including the format (for example, unit of measure) and its value range. A product model describes all possible variations of a product, using a combination of properties, attachments and/or free text notes. You can restrict the allowed values for the properties and define a default value or create new properties in the product model. You can assign one or more products to a product model. The product model can then be used to specify these products, which is particularly important in the sales process. Further Information Click process chevrons for details Defining Product Properties and Product Models Create and maintain properties Create and maintain product models Assign products to models X iii Performed by Product Manager Product Engineer Scenario/Processes Business Value Scenario Flow Further Information See also Products Quick Guide Create a Product Model Specifying Product Variants In the Work Center Product Development

4. ©© 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. Product Definition Process Details: Specifying Product Variants Scenario Explorer Process Description The Specifying Product Variants business enables you to create a product specification that consists of documents that specify a certain product in more detail than the product master. These specific details, typically representing customer requirements, can be documented in attachments, as free text (notes) and/or valuated properties. If a model for this product already exists, you valuate the mandatory properties that are defined in the model. The attachments and notes that are part of this model will also automatically become a part of the product specification. It is also possible for you to change those attachments and notes. You can also create a product specification directly from a sales order. When a product specification is included in a released sales order, it can be referred to in all subsequent supply chain process steps. Further Information Click process chevrons for details Specifying Product Variants – Manual Creation of Product Specifications Create and maintain product specifications Release product specifications X ii Click here Click here to display process variants Scenario/Processes Business Value Scenario Flow Further Information See also Product Properties Quick Guide Synchronization of Notes and Attachments between Product Models and Product Specifications Defining Product Properties and Product Models In the Work Center Product Development Performed by Sales Representative

5. ©© 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. Product Definition Process Details: Specifying Product Variants Scenario Explorer Process DescriptionFurther Information Click process chevrons for details Defining Product Properties and Product Models Specifying Product Variants – External Creation of Product Specifications i Specifying Product Variants – Manual Creation of Product Specifications Click here Click here to hide process variants The Specifying Product Variants business enables you to create a product specification that consists of documents that specify a certain product in more detail than the product master. These specific details, typically representing customer requirements, can be documented in attachments, as free text (notes) and/or valuated properties. If a model for this product already exists, you valuate the mandatory properties that are defined in the model. The attachments and notes that are part of this model will also automatically become a part of the product specification. It is also possible for you to change those attachments and notes. You can also create a product specification directly from a sales order. When a product specification is included in a released sales order, it can be referred to in all subsequent supply chain process steps. Scenario/Processes Business Value Scenario Flow Further Information In the Work Center Product Development Performed by Sales Representative See also Product Properties Quick Guide Create and maintain product specifications Release product specifications ii X

6. ©© 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. SellModel Define Properties Define Variants Include in Sales Order Product Definition Business Value Scenario Explorer Overview For midsize companies that want to increase engineering efficiency through reuse and variant management. You can increase customer satisfaction and lower costs by defining your products in terms of possible variants – the production process can be streamlined when variants are known in advance. The overall complexity of handling too many products is reduced. SAP Business ByDesign helps efficiently manage the definition of product properties to describe all possible variants of a product. Sales is supported when specifying the product variant ordered by the customer. Product Master Data can be managed centrally and de-centrally in all relevant aspects, such as sourcing, pricing, etc. Product features can be formalized through Product Properties, given by their unit of measure. All possible variants of a product can be described by the Product Model. A Product Model combines Product Properties and possible values for that product. Product Models reduce the complexity of handling many variants of the same. Product Specifications specify the product variant, either in a non-formal way by attached document or notes, or by values assigned to properties in case the product is a configurable one. The product specification is available in the subsequent production and delivery process steps. A Product Specification can be included in a Sales Order, or it can be created at the same time the Sales Order is created. Key Benefits Define Manage Product Specify Import Variants from External Configuration System Specify Variants Manually Business Value Scenario/Processes Scenario Flow Further Information

7. ©© 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. Product Definition Scenario Flow Variant: Manual Creation of Product Specification Variants of the Scenario:  Manual  External External Scenario Explorer Specifying Product Variants Order-to-Cash (Make-to-Order) Order-to-Cash (Drop Shipment) Order-to-Cash (Sell-from-Stock) Make-to-Stock Procure-to-Pay (Stock) Product Development Scenario Flow Scenario/Processes Business Value Further Information Legend & Variants Process mainly driven by the user Work Center Business document flow Related scenarios Defining Product Properties and Product Models

8. ©© 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. Product Definition Scenario Flow Variant: External Creation of Product Specification Legend & Variants Variants of the Scenario: Process mainly driven by the user Scenario Explorer Additional Application Defining Product Properties and Product Models Specifying Product Variants in external System External Configurator  Manual Manual  External Business document flow Related scenarios Scenario Flow Scenario/Processes Business Value Further Information Order-to-Cash (Make-to-Order) Order-to-Cash (Drop Shipment) Order-to-Cash (Sell-from-Stock) Make-to-Stock Procure-to-Pay (Stock) Product Development Work Center

9. ©© 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. Product Definition Further Information Scenario Explorer Scenario/Processes Forum Get in touch with experts to discuss your specific requirements. To enter the community, click here.*click here More Details SAP provides a complete product documentation, covering all aspects of the business scenario. For more details, click here.click here Self-Enablement Systems If you want to try out the business scenario, click here.*click here WIKI In addition to the product documentation, SAP provides Wikis that describe additional aspects of SAP Business ByDesign. To access the WIKI, click here.*click here Do you want to try it out?Do you need more information?Do you want to discuss with others? VV * Note that to access the links above you need to have a user in SAP Business Center. If you cannot access the page directly and if you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer®, please check http://support.microsoft.com/kb/890474.http://support.microsoft.com/kb/890474 Further Information Scenario/Processes Business Value Scenario Flow