Create an Order BOM

Prerequisites

You have entered the sales order for which you want to create the order BOM.

Procedure

  1. Choose Start of the navigation path Logistics Next navigation step Production Next navigation step Master data Next navigation step Bills of material Next navigation step Bill of material Next navigation step Order BOM Next navigation step Create. End of the navigation path

  2. The Create Order BOM: initial screen appears.

  3. Enter the sales order number, the order item, the material number and the BOM usage.

  1. If you want to use a material BOM, or an existing order BOM to copy from, go to step 4. If you want to create an order BOM without a reference, click and go to step 7.

Note Note

You cannot use a configurable BOM as a reference.

End of the note.

  1. Click Order BOM (copy order BOM) or Material BOM (copy material BOM).

  2. The Copy material BOM or Copy order BOM dialog box appears.

  3. Enter the data required and click .

  4. The item overview appears, for the bill of material you are using as a reference.

  5. Select the items you want to copy to the order BOM and click .

  6. The item overview for your new order BOM appears. The items you transferred are displayed in the item overview.

  7. Enter new items and alter items if necessary. Entering items in order BOMs is similar to entering items in material BOMs. However, you cannot enter class items in order BOMs. You can find further information in the Bills of Material documentation in Creating New Items .

  1. Save your order BOM.

Result

The system creates an order BOM.

You can find further information on the special features of order BOMs compared with material BOMs in Editing an Order BOM .

Order BOMs for Configurable Materials

If you use this function to create an order BOM for a configurable material, you will always see a result-orientated order BOM.

If you call up the variant configuration at a later date, do not forget that the order BOM is merged with a material BOM that has the same material number. The order BOM is then only merged with the material BOM when the following conditions are met:

  • The assembly is configurable.

  • A valid material BOM with the same material number is available.

You can stop the merge operation with the help of a customer enhancement.

You can find further information about merging in Merging with Global Material BOMs