Supersession

The Supersession program will process the supersessions in the Autoline module, Stock Management. This program is written to handle all supersession types Mercedes-Benz knows.

Modules involved

The modules used in this program are shown underneath.

Stock Management

This is the module where all parts in the dealer stock reside. Also the active supersessions will reside in the Stock management module. With active supersessions is meant the parts that are superseded by parts, which are active parts at the dealer. Parts that only are available on the price file, with their superseded information will reside within MS if supplied by Mercedes-Benz.

Parts Point of Sale (P.O.S.) and Purchase control

These two modules are the modules that will use the supersessions. At Point of Sale, also the supersessions can be used which are available on the price file, if these supersessions will be delivered in the future.

Manufacturer systems

In case all supersessions are delivered to the dealer this information will be stored in manufacturer systems. This information can be used for:

• Making the EPC interface aware of the fact that there might be stock from the part selected in the EPC that has a supersession.

• When creating a new part from the price file supersession information could be supplied.