Sales BOM

[former_member326595]

Hi,

Can any one tell me what is sales BOM and its use with respect to SD module.

Regards

Ajoy

[former_member326595]

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[Former Member]

Hi Ajay,

What is BOM ?

A bill of material (BOM) describes the different components that together create a product. A BOM for a bicycle, for example, consists of all the parts that make up the bicycle: the frame, the saddle, wheels, and so on.

Process Flow

When you enter the material number of a bill of materials that is relevant for sales order processing, the system displays the material that describes the whole bill of materials as a main item. The individual components are displayed as lower-level items.

There are two ways to process a bill of materials in Sales. Once you have entered a bill of material in a sales order, the system runs pricing, inventory control, and delivery processing at:

- Main item level if the material is assembled, or

- Component level if the material is not assembled

The type of processing used by the system is determined by the item category group that you enter in the material master record for relevant materials.

Processing at Main Item Level

If you want the system to carry out pricing, inventory control, and delivery processing at main item level, enter ERLA in the Item category group field of the Sales: sales org. 2 screen in the material master record of the finished product. This means that the components only function as text items and are not relevant for delivery. The following graphic shows how a bill of material is processed at main item level.

Processing at Component Level

If you want the system to carry out pricing, inventory control, and delivery processing at the component level, enter LUMF in the Item category group field of the Sales: sales org. 2 screen in the material master record of the finished product. In this case, only the components are relevant for delivery. During processing the system automatically creates a delivery group. The latest delivery date among all the components becomes the delivery date for the entire delivery group.

It is completely related to SD Module.

For Example let us consider we are manufacturing a car. So it is divided into many parts.

Similarly we will first manufacture the engine. Then it's body and then wheels and so on. So it is a combination of many parts. So, for manufacturing a each material we require some tools to manufacture so we have to purchase them by raising some bills. In this we are having levels in which we explore our materials by which they are manufactured. This is Bill of material.

I hope this will be helpful for you.

Thanks,

Swamy Kunche

[Former Member]

Hi Ajoy,

Check these links -

http://www.sap-img.com/sap-sd/sales-bom-implementation.htm

http://www.sap-img.com/sap-sd/how-to-know-that-sales-bom-is-working-or-not.htm

A bill of material (BOM) describes the different components that together create a product. A BOM for a bicycle, for example, consists of all the parts that make up the bicycle: the frame, the saddle, wheels, and so on.

Process Flow

When you enter the material number of a bill of materials that is relevant for sales order processing, the system displays the material that describes the whole bill of materials as a main item. The individual components are displayed as lower-level items.

There are two ways to process a bill of materials in Sales. Once you have entered a bill of material in a sales order, the system runs pricing, inventory control, and delivery processing at:

Main item level if the material is assembled, or

Component level if the material is not assembled

The type of processing used by the system is determined by the item category group that you enter in the material master record for relevant materials.

Processing at Main Item Level

If you want the system to carry out pricing, inventory control, and delivery processing at main item level, enter ERLA in the Item category group field of the Sales: sales org. 2 screen in the material master record of the finished product. This means that the components only function as text items and are not relevant for delivery. The following graphic shows how a bill of material is processed at main item level.

Processing at Component Level

If you want the system to carry out pricing, inventory control, and delivery processing at the component level, enter LUMF in the Item category group field of the Sales: sales org. 2 screen in the material master record of the finished product. In this case, only the components are relevant for delivery. During processing the system automatically creates a delivery group. The latest delivery date among all the components becomes the delivery date for the entire delivery group

R/3 Variant Configuration distinguishes the following types of configuration:

High-level configuration

Low-level configuration

High-Level Configuration:

High-level configuration is for an interactive configuration task, in the sales order, for example. During configuration, the user assigns values to characteristics. Dependencies between configurable materials in the configuration structure can be mapped using constraints.

Low-Level Configuration:

Low-level configuration is for non-interactive configuration. Low-level configuration refers to "background" explosions of bills of material (BOMs), routings, maintenance orders, model service specifications, and standard networks, for example, in material requirements planning (MRP), or when creating production orders or networks. Characteristic values from the sales order, for object $ROOT or $PARENT, are automatically used to determine the BOM components and operations or activities.

For more information, kindly go through the following link:

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/c4/2de2442c2c11d290970000e8a49aad/frameset.htm

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karthik