The substitution part (sometimes called High Spares) provides the mapping of items that can be replaced by another item. Ascendo uses this information to optimize the spares requirement to see if another part can be used to support the customer demand if there is no inventory available for a given part.
Ascendo supports advanced options for the users to create the substitution order where Ascendo will look through the order to fulfill the expected spares demand. See below for an example:
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This option allows customers to maximize the efficiency of fulfilling various spares demands.