BOM Explosion and Determining Dependent Requirements
Implementation Options
The BOM is exploded and the dependent requirements are determined within MRP during the planning run, after the system has performed the procurement quantity calculation, lot-size calculation and scheduling.
The bill of material is exploded for every new procurement proposal for an assembly during the planning run. Dependent requirements, which mean the required quantities, are determined for all the assemblies and components needed to produce the product.
Prerequisites
If you have created alternative BOMs, you have entered the corresponding indicator for the alternative BOM selection in the Selection method field in the material master (see
If the system is also to re-explode the BOM for existing procurement proposals during the planning run, at least one of the following prerequisites must be fulfilled:
Process Flow