BOM Transfer 

Use

You carry out a BOM transfer in order to assign specific components to network operations and to update the assignments. For more information, see the component PS – Project System under BOM transfer.

If you want to procure an assembly that has a long replenishment lead time, before the design for the entire product is complete, you carry out a BOM transfer in order to generate preliminary requirements. In this case, be aware of the note under Advance procurement in the component PS – Project System.

Prerequisites

You have maintained the reference points in the BOM items and in the network. For more information, see Maintain reference points in the BOM item and Maintain reference points in the network operation.

Furthermore, the general prerequisites apply for the BOM transfer into the project system. For more information, see the component PS – Project System under BOM transfer.

Procedure

You are in the WBS BOM browser.

  1. If necessary, select , to ensure that you are using the current processing status.

The system re-explodes the multi-level BOM.

  1. Select the header of the BOM for which you want to carry out the BOM transfer.
  1. In the context menu of the BOM header select BOM transfer PS.

You see the BOM Transfer screen. The following fields are already preassigned and are not ready for input:

In the following fields you find default values that you can overwrite:

  1. Enter the data that is not yet preassigned and click .