BOM Changes in the SAP R/3 System (SAP Library

BOM Changes in the SAP R/3 System

In the R/3 System, you can change bills of material either with or without saving a history.

Change without history

A change made during the development phase of a product that does not need to be document.

The state of the bill of material before the change is not stored. You can only process the data you last saved.

Change with history

A change that may require further activities within the company and which must be verified (for example, Change BOM ® Change routing ® Change inspection plan).

Engineering change management in the R/3 System enables you to document all changes.

The header and item records are duplicated.
Changes to sub-items are not saved historically, even if you make these changes with reference to a change number.