web
You’re offline. This is a read only version of the page.
close
Skip to main content

Announcements

No record found.

News and Announcements icon
Community site session details

Community site session details

Session Id :
Supply chain | Supply Chain Management, Commerce
Unanswered

PRODUCT VARIANT _AUTOMATIC CREATION + AAUTOMATIC BOM OF LAKHS OF PRODUCT VARIANT

(0) ShareShare
ReportReport
Posted on by 235

Hello Experts , 

Kindly assist on below scenario !

Scenario: -   Customer is in sofa manufacturing business deals with N number of sofa  variants which end user can choose as per their choices & customization . 

Customer has numerous ranges of sofa variants which includes from below: -

  • Modules (Corner, 4-seater, 3-seater, 2-seater, single seater, footstool etc)
    • Piping options circa 20+
    • Fabrics – Selection of circa 2,000+
    • Sofa Feet – Multiple
    • Stuffing (Internal Fillings) – 3
    • Scatter cushions options – Multiple

Customization of sofa choices are highly dynamic in nature in terms of height / colour / fabric etc (All components) . 

Q1:- How this can be catered by dynamics 365 F&O so that all possible variants will show on system and the variant which customer chooses then respective BOM will be generated automatically.  

Q2:- How to cater the above scenario where the volumes are in several thousand & automate if these orders are coming from 3rd party system via EDI .

Q3:- if this can’t be achieved via standard product  then what could be the solution ?

 Note :-  All permutations & combinations should be entered / created automatically from where customer can choose & BOM will be initiated )  Here it will go in thousands and thousands . 

I have the same question (0)
  • TS-XYZ Profile Picture
    125 on at

    Hello

    I think the better way to create all BOM is create Product configuration model for this example.

    When you create line in sales order then you check this option what client need and system create new variant of this product and new BOM for this product.

    You need create Product master with configuration technology = constraint based configuration connected with this product configuration model.

    Best regard

    TomS 

  • vivekd365singh Profile Picture
    235 on at

    Thanks Tom for the Prompt Reply :-

    However have gone through with product configurator /model and tries it and could find any capability where lakhs of attributes can be punched in the system and similarly for each customized sales order BOM gets created automatically .

    Requirement is without creating lakhs of attributes in system manually the operation should get completed .

    Please help me to understand more if product configuration has further extensive capability !  and how that can be achieved .  

  • André Arnaud de Calavon Profile Picture
    305,150 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    Hi Vivek,

    What I do understand is that you will get a lot of orders via EDI. The product configurator is a tool for configuration of products during sales order entry. Without knowing the details of the EDI messages, I'm not able to suggest something valuable. How do you get the details of the variants via the EDI orders?

  • vivekd365singh Profile Picture
    235 on at

    EDI comes at the end if the standard d365 f&o doesn't have the capability how we can reach out to the solution .

    Ultimately looking for the solution where lakhs of variants can be created & without manual creation of  attributes (e.g in PC )  & BOM Lines .

    Q1:- How this can be catered by dynamics 365 F&O so that all possible variants will show on system and the variant which customer chooses then respective BOM will be generated automatically.  

    Q2:- if this can’t be achieved via standard product  then what could be the solution ?

    Note :-  All permutations & combinations should be entered / created automatically from where customer can choose the variant & BOM will be initiated )Here it will go in thousands and thousands .

  • vivekd365singh Profile Picture
    235 on at

    Hi Andre ,

    Also its on proposal hence we are not sure on EDI messages etc .

  • vivekd365singh Profile Picture
    235 on at

    Hi Andre ,

    Thanks for the reply , have further clarified/added couple of points in trail .

    Please help me to understand step by step if possible whether  1. standard product without EDI has the capability to cater thousands / lakhs of variants that too automatic variant creation + BOM creation .

    2. If they are using EDI then how that is possible .

  • André Arnaud de Calavon Profile Picture
    305,150 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    Hi Vivek,

    I'm not able to understand from your question and replies how the variants will be added or maintained in the application if it will not be done manually. Where does that data come from?

  • vivekd365singh Profile Picture
    235 on at

    Dear Andre ,

    Will break the question in parts and rewrite it again so that it be clear !

    Scenario: -   Customer is in sofa manufacturing business deals with N number of sofa  variants which end user can choose as per their choices & customization .

    Customer has numerous ranges of sofa variants which includes from below: -

    Modules (Corner, 4-seater, 3-seater, 2-seater, single seater, footstool etc)

    • Piping options circa 20+

    • Fabrics – Selection of circa 2,000+

    • Sofa Feet – Multiple

    • Stuffing (Internal Fillings) – 3

    • Scatter cushions options – Multiple

    Customization of sofa choices are highly dynamic in nature in terms of height / colour / fabric etc (All components) .

    Q1:- How this can be catered by dynamics 365 F&O so that all possible variants will show on system and the variant which customer chooses then respective BOM will be generated automatically {volumes are in several thousand}

    If answer is Product configuration model then do we need to write the all possible combinations /variants manually under attributes /components etc in the section of Product configuration model ?  for example there are 3000 kind of fabric and it can have N number of variant's permutation of combination with piping /sofa feet etc .

    Similarly for the thousands of variants combinations do we need to manually write the BOM as well ?

    Does the Product configuration has any extensive capability which can be used in this scenario ? 

    I hope now it should be clear the 1st part of the scenario . 

    _______________________________________________________________________________

    pastedimage1629781819234v1.png

  • jannawangD365 Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    www.bing.com/search

    this is configuration doc which could help. however, I don't think it can realize all the requirements you mentioned.

  • vivekd365singh Profile Picture
    235 on at

    Thanks , however have already exhausted the docs .. those are high level couldn't connect many of them processes . e.g. difficulty to understand the constraints .

Under review

Thank you for your reply! To ensure a great experience for everyone, your content is awaiting approval by our Community Managers. Please check back later.

Helpful resources

Quick Links

Introducing the 2026 Season 1 community Super Users

Congratulations to our 2026 Super Stars!

Meet the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Contact Center Champions

We are thrilled to have these Champions in our Community!

Congratulations to the April Top 10 Community Leaders

These are the community rock stars!

Leaderboard > Supply chain | Supply Chain Management, Commerce

#1
André Arnaud de Calavon Profile Picture

André Arnaud de Cal... 164 Super User 2026 Season 1

#2
Laurens vd Tang Profile Picture

Laurens vd Tang 105 Super User 2026 Season 1

#3
Zain Mehmood Profile Picture

Zain Mehmood 89 Most Valuable Professional

Last 30 days Overall leaderboard

Product updates

Dynamics 365 release plans