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Extending KMATs with SMATs
| Presenter | Henrik Reif Andersen and Peter Tiedemann |
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| Bio | Henrik is Professor of Computer Science and CEO of Configit. He has 20 years of experience in IT development and research and has published a broad range of scientific publications. He is an experienced presenter. Peter holds an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in Computer Science. His main research focus has been on configuration engines and constraint solving. He is currently working with developing of software tools to support Variant Configuration is SAP and has through his worked gained a solid understanding of the semantics of the configuration engines in SAP. |
| Company | Configit A/S  |
| Abstract | Typically, KMATs are developed with a manufacturing perspective in mind. In this talk we show how KMATs can be supplemented with a new construction called SMAT (for Sales MATerial) that supplements existing KMATs with configuration from a sales perspective allowing guided selling. We demonstrate how the SMAT and the KMAT can be executed side-by-side so that a user can configure a product from a sales perspective but in every step of the process be assured that the configuration being built up is also acceptable with respect to the KMAT. This is obtained by having two configuration engines execute simultaneously and synchronize on every step. From a process pespective the SMATs can be maintained by one group of people related to sales support and technical marketing and the KMATs by another group of people involved in product management and manufacturing. The presentation will show how this is used by SAP customers. |
| Audience | Intermediate: Modeler, Process Expert, Developer, Configuration Mgr/Dir, Business Mgr |
| Presentation | Extending KMATs with SMATs |