Explode Bom in Purchase Order without Subcontracting

[Former Member]

Hi Colleagues,

I have a sales BOM to represent a 'kitted item' (Lets say TV and TV stand) that are stocked as standard individual products.

These component level items are purchased from the same supplier

Is there a way of being able to raise a purchase order for the BOM header and then the PO explodes the component items and quantities? We are not using subcontracting, we simply want to be able to order the Kit header and then suggest the sub components that we can receive them seperately

Thanks

Steve

[csaba_szommer]

Hi,

In retail there's a similar functionality called structured article:

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/2b/b03886df3611d1953b00a0c930e0da/frameset.htm

...but in standard SAP you have no such option - as per my best knowledge.

Generally, you get PurReqs during MRP run and you will create a PO from several individual PurReqs that belong to one vendor.

Other option is to copy the same PO (that already contains the components).

The BOM function in PO is for subcontracting exclusively as I know.

Regards,

Csaba