Work Scheduling Using Bills of Material 

Use

When you plan an order, you can assign material from the bill of material for the technical object, to which the operation refers, to the individual operations. Refer to BOM Type and BOM Category

The customer exit IWO10029 is available for selecting any bill of material.

Integration

Bills of material consist of items, which are distinguished by item categories. In the standard system, you can assign the following item categories from the bill of material for the reference object to an operation:

Prerequisites

Stock Item

If you assign stock items to an operation, it has the following effects:

For more information, see Withdrawing Stock Material.

Non-Stock Item

If you assign a non-stock item from the bill of material to an operation, the system automatically generates a purchase requisition for the purchasing department directly from the order at the latest when the order is released (indicator Reservation/Purc.req. indicator in the order header). This triggers normal processing of external procurement.

For more information, see Order Processing (External Processing).

Based on the purchase requisition, a purchase order is sent to a vendor. Upon delivery, the goods receipt is posted directly to the order for which the material was requested, that is, the order is immediately debited with the corresponding costs upon goods receipt. When the invoice is received, any changes to costs incurred are settled to the order.

Variable-Size Item

If you assign variable-size items to an operation, this has the same effect as assigning stock items, since you also assign materials held in stock in variable-size items.

You can also specify the required dimensions.

Text Item

If you assign a text item from the bill of material to an operation, you make the information contained in the text item available to the employees who are processing the operation.

The short text for the text item appears on the material slip, in the same way as all the other material items.

When the shop papers are printed, the short text for the text item is issued on the material slip, in the same way as for all other material items. The long text appears on the job ticket.

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