Sale of Equipment with sub-equipment attached

Hi fellow members,
We have a business scenario where two different serialized materials are assembled into a single composite unit and sold to the customer. The single unit sold to the customer also has a serial number on it. We are required to track the serial numbers of the individual components as well when the main unit is sold.
There is a sub-equipment option that could be used to attach the individual serialized devices to the main equipment. However, seek the following inputs from you:
a. Is there a way where the equipments can be attached to the main equipment master record automatically when the composite unit has been produced ?
b. If we sell the main unit, the system status of the equipment record gets recorded as ECUS. Will this also change the system status of the sub-equipments to ECUS ?
c. What is the approach to be used if we would like to create one composite unit from two individual materials without the use of a production / sub-contracting order ? Can this be done via a direct movement type ?
Appreciate your help
Regards
Rohit Zalani

Hi
The scenario you described is a production process & if you map it through PP order processing it can be tracked through its cycle. However you have following alternative as workaround-
1. Create the finished material as equipment with serialised material & with construction type feature.
2. Create a material BOM of the main material & you will get a structure of two material.
3. Component material can be serialised for their own identity.
4. You maintain the equipment master if required for the main equipments, no need to creatre equipment view of the component material.
5. Further your question- If we sell the main unit, the system status of the equipment record gets recorded as ECUS. Will this also change the system status of the sub-equipments to ECUS ?
Ans- No equipment status are maintained individually
Regards
Shakti

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