Super BOM in Variant configuration

Hi SAP gurus,
Can anyone tell me the difference between Variant configuration and Super BOM, if possible with an example.
And also please forward any information on configuring the Super BOM.
Thanks & regards,
Praveen Kumar,
[email protected]

Hi,
For super BOM u need to do do the following configurartion settings.
1. For Min item pricing go to VOV7 and select TAQ , go to structure scope and keep B(Explode Multi BOM)
2. then go to v0v4 do the settings
         OR ERLA TAQ
         OR NORM TAQ TAE
         OR NORM TAE   TAE
3. Maintain the records in CS01.
Regards,
Sree

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