Material Allocation to Standard Networks

Material Allocation to Standard Networks

Use

In standard structures you can predefine material allocations by allocating material components to the activities of a standard network.

When you create a network by using a standard network as a template, the system automatically copies the material allocations.

If you use a standard network as a template for a new standard network, the system also automatically copies the material allocations, except those allocated via a standard BOM.

Prerequisites

In contrast to operative networks, you can allocate material components to a standard network, if they belong to a BOM.

If a BOM does not already exist, you must create a normal BOM or a so-called standard BOM first. Both standard and normal BOMs are always defined for a plant; if you want to allocate materials from different plants, you need a BOM for each plant.

A standard BOM does not have a "header material"; it is an aid that is just used for allocating material to one standard network.

Activities

If you have allocated components in a BOM to a standard network or changed the allocation, you must first save the standard network and then choose Standard network ® Change again, to allocate components from another BOM.

If you have already allocated material components from a BOM, a dialog box appears with the existing allocations.

If several alternative BOMs exist for a component, you have to decide which alternative to allocate.

You do not have to enter all the detail data for a material allocation in a standard network. However, when you create a network, using this standard network as a template, you can only save the network after you have entered all the necessary data.

Creating a Standard Bill of Material for Allocating Material to a Standard Network