Storage Location Determination in BOM Explosion 

Use

In order for the system to find the issue storage location for components in a BOM explosion in MRP or in a backflush in repetitive manufacturing, you can make the appropriate settings according to the assignment of storage locations in the plant.

Integration

The process flow for the storage location determination described here is the same as the process flow for supply area determination (if you use Kanban), thus only storage location determination is described below.

Prerequisites

Features

Production Storage Location in the BOM Item

If you have defined a production storage location in the BOM item for the withdrawal of the components, the system finds it during the BOM explosion and adopts it in the planning run. You can check it in the component overview for the planned order.

No Customizing Strategy, No Production Storage Location in the BOM Item

If you have not entered a production storage location in the BOM item nor defined a strategy in Customizing, the system checks whether the production storage location has been maintained in the material master for the component and uses it as the issue storage location in the BOM explosion.

Customizing Strategy, No Production Storage Location in the BOM Item

If you have determined a strategy in Customizing and if no storage location has been defined, the system reads the MRP group for the assembly and determines the strategy for the storage location determination. The following strategies are available:

You use this strategy if you always withdraw one particular component from the same storage location.

If no proposal issue storage location has been maintained, the system adopts the receiving storage location of the assembly or finished product. The system then uses the receiving storage location as the issue storage location for the components.

You can define the receiving storage location in the production version of the assembly in the To location field or in the material master of the assembly or finished product in the Production storage location field.

You use this strategy if you work with repetitive manufacturing and all components lie together in one storage location close to the production line where they are required.