Hi all,

we use product variants with versions. We need a feature that helps us consume on-hand inventory of older versions, before consuming and/or planning the new version.

Example: We have a bom with component ABC001. ABC001 has the version 002. Our bom already has the new version 003, but we want to make sure that we consume the older version 002.

With planning optimization there is a feature "Item substitution for bill of materials in Planning optimization". The problem is, that we have to put the priority to the older version. Master planning then makes sure that production use the older on-hand inventory. That is great.

But.... with prioritizing the older version in the bill of material, master planning creates planned orders for the old version.

So what we need is a feature that helps us consume the old version, but won´t create planned orders for the old version.

Unfortunately there is no possibility to switch the version of the item of a planned purchase order. If we block purchasing the old version and manually create purchase orders for the new version, net requirement does not show any pegging demand.