bill of materials - settings

[Former Member]

hello,

This question is on bill of materials.

What settings are required to explode a bill of material in the sales order?

Thanks

Raymond

[former_member204513 · Accepted solution]

Hi Raymond,

There are the major settings to be consider to explode the BOM in sales order.

1.The BOM should create with the usage 5-sales and

distribution.

2.Item category settings

go to VOV7 transaction select your itemcategory then go in to details of that itemcategory here you can find the fields called Structure scope and Application under Bill of Material/Configuration tab

These two fields will control the BOM explosion in the sales order.

If you want to explode the fields should have these data.

Structure scope --> A - Explode single-level bill of material

B- Explode multi-level bill of material

C - Configuration, no BOM explosion

D - Configuration, poss. with BOM explosion

E- Structure from Customer_Function (product selection)

Application>SD01 Sales and distribution .

3.You need to do Itemcategory determination in VOV4 transaction for the header material and sub compnents of the BOM.

I hope it will help you,

Regards,

Murali.

Edited by: Murali Mohan.Tallapaneni on Jul 1, 2008 5:45 AM

[Former Member]

Hi,

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.

Hope this will help you.Award points accordingly.

Cheerz..

Subbz..

[Former Member]

You require following setting to explode BOM in sales order

• The structure scope of the item category must be 'A' or 'B'.

• In the BOM, the item must be indicated as relevant for SD (item detail -> Status / long text).