Package

A package is an orderable combination of options in a vehicle. Options listed under a package that you can delete display in red in the system. This indicates that when the package is ordered, the option should be removed from the vehicle if it is present. This is how packages can remove default option content. An example might be a package where the default low-line radio is deleted and replaced with a high-line radio.

Note

The system automatically deletes a default option if a package adds an option that is mutually-exclusive with that default option. In the example above, the default low-line radio is deleted automatically as long as the low-line and high-line radios are in an exclusive option group.

In a Vehicle Model, you can specify a package as the following:

• Retail A retail package is a package that is available to retail buyers.

• No Association This indicates that the package does not apply to the vehicle model being edited.

• Must Have A must-have is a restriction placed on a package. The package must be ordered with something else. For example, the Rear DVD player package must have the High-line radio package as well. This means, you can order a vehicle with neither option, just the high-line radio, or you can order the High-line radio and the DVD player. You cannot order a vehicle with just the DVD player. The order of the elements in the must-have statement matters. In the above example, saying that the Rear DVD must have the High-line radio means that I cannot buy the Rear DVD without the High-line radio. You can buy the High-line radio without the Rear DVD.

• Not Available Not-available is another (asymmetric) restriction type similar to a must-have, but logically different. in this case, a package is restricted so that it is not available when another package is ordered. Not-availables are bi-directional meaning that the order of the statement does not matter. If you say that the Trailer-Tow package is not available with the 5.7L engine, then you can order a vehicle with Trailer-Tow or with the 5.7L engine, but you cannot order a vehicle with both. Note With regard to Must Have and Not Available restrictions, the restrictions apply to packages. However, the target can be either another package or an option. In the Must Have example above (Rear DVD must have High-line radio), the Rear DVD is a package. It must be because restrictions can apply only to packages. However, the High-line radio can be either a package or an option (which depends upon the Pro Product Plan). If Rear DVD is a package, then it means what is described above. However, it is possible that High-line radio is not a package of its own. It may be that there are several packages and High-line radio is an option underneath those packages. The target does not have to be a single package or option but can be a list. If it is a list, there is a condition that needs to be included of AND or OR. For example, you can define a must-have to dictate Trailer-Tow must have 5.7L OR 3.0L. Another example might be that Heated Seats must have Leather AND Memory.

Outside of vehicle models, packages can be collected into groups.

• Exclusive Group Packages in an exclusive group are mutually-exclusive. That is, they cannot exist on a vehicle together.

• Inclusive Group Used rarely in practice. Packages in an inclusive group are mutually-inclusive. That is, if one of the packages in the group is on the vehicle, then all of the packages in the group must also be there. If a vehicle is built that violates this, an error is reported to the user.

• Adding a Package to a Pro Product Plan

• Adding Options to a Package

• Deleting a Package from a Pro Product Plan

• Creating an Exclusive Group of Packages

• Deleting an Exclusive Group of Packages

• Creating an Inclusive Group of Packages

• Deleting an Inclusive Group of Packages

• Creating a Must Have or Not Available Restriction on a Package

• Deleting a Must Have or Not Available Restriction on a Package

Parent Topic:

Product Planner Concepts

Capital Systems Integrator User Guide, 2512.2606

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