BOM Usage and Material Type

In Customizing for Production, you can define all the material types for which you can create a BOM for each BOM usage, by choosing Start of the navigation path Bill of material Next navigation step General data Define allowed material types for BOM header. End of the navigation path

In the standard system, you can create a BOM for all material types. In the fields BOM usg and Matl type, the special character "*" is entered as a place holder for all possible BOM usages or material types.

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In Customizing for Production, you can define the material types for which you can create BOMs of each usage in your company. In this case, specific field entries replace the generic entries supplied as standard, and the value in the Allowed column defines whether BOMs for this usage and material type are allowed or not allowed.

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BOM Usage and Material Types: Example

If you want to create a material BOM for the BOM usage Production, you can do this if the material has material type FERT (finished product), but not if the material has material type HIBE (operating supplies). Operating supplies are procured externally and are required for producing other products.

The table entries for this example would look like this:

BOM Usage and Allowed Material Types

BOM usage

Material type for

BOM header

Allowed

1 ( production) ( )

HIBE

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First, the system checks the entries which are not generic (HIBE), then all generic entries (*).