bom and super bom

[Former Member]

HI SAP Folks,

in variant configuration I came across BOM and super BOM .What is the difference between two things?

[Former Member]

Hi ,

In SAP PP .

BOM = Bil of Material.

Super BOM = configurable material contains all the components that are required to manufacture the material.

When you maintain BOMs for configurable materials, there are additional functions:

You can assign object dependencies to the BOM items for a configurable material.

You can assign the following dependency types to BOM items:

Selection conditions

To ensure that variant parts are selected when they are needed in a variant, you assign selection conditions to the variant parts.

You can use classes as BOM items for configurable materials, as well as the other types of component. When you configure the material, the characteristic values you assign can trigger the replacement of the class by a material or a document that is classified in the class. You can use a class item instead of using several BOM items with selection conditions.

You can use the classification data of a material or document as a selection condition.

Tq.