Createing Packaged Product

Question

Hi Folks,
Could you give me a step by step process of creating a packaged product in CRM? I have gone through the reference in http://help.sap.com/saphelp_crm52/helpdata/en/46/57832701a208e7e10000000a114a6b/content.htm
I need to know how exactly to do the following:
Process
1) Create a product in SAP CRM.
2) Assign the product to a category.
3) You have previously assigned one of the following roles to the category in SAP CRM:
a) sales package
b) combined rate plan
c)rate plan
3) You must choose a category to which one of these roles is assigned, otherwise the system cannot treat the product accordingly when running the product configuration, and determining the assignment of products.
4) Assign groups to the product top node.
5) You can determine whether groups are optional or mandatory, and whether they should appear as default or not.
6) Assign products to the group or individually to the package product or product.
I would be very grateful if I am guided in details about steps 4,5 and 6 especially.
Thanks.
Shiladitya De

Answer 1

Hi Sachin,
Following is how my understanding goes. I may be wrong at some places, but this may probably help you in totality.
1. Firstly, the classification should be like:
Material A-- Real Substance as well as R/3 material (with substance-matierial assignment)
Material B--Packaging
Material C---Real Substance
2. You can't assign units to substance header , though you define many tangible properties of the substance in property tree.
3. You define the composition of substance C in property tree. (I presume material C to be of significance as far as recipe / composition is concerned. In case, Material A is of aforesaid importance, then define composition for same)
4. You perform  BOM-BOS transfer for integrating recipe composition to the production order BOM.
5. For packaging the end product, you define packaging details in the material master of the "Material A".
Regards,
Pavan