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Modification Parameters
This step allows you to define the following
central settings for your BOMs:
If you activate
validity maintenance, you then have the option of specifying a "valid from"
date when maintaining a BOM. If validity maintenance is not active, BOMs are
created with the current date or if necessary with the internal system low
date (1.1.1990).
If you activate the
low date (1.1.1990), this will be proposed as the "valid from" date instead of
the current date.
- If you activate engineering change management,
you have the option of making BOM changes with a history in reference to a
change number (in other words the state of the BOM before and after the change
will be recorded in the system).
If you deactivate
engineering change management, you cannot make any changes in the BOM with a
historical record.
You only determine
in this step whether or not BOM maintenance can be carried out with
engineering change management. You specify in the menu option "
Determine history requirement for BOMs " whether the use of
engineering change management is compulsory in particular cases.
Here you can define
a proposed unit of measurement for the BOM header and the BOM items. Remember
that the base unit of measure for equipment BOMs and functional location BOMs
is always 'piece'.
You only use this
indicator when you have activated the BOM engineering change
management.
If you want to
maintain BOMs from a CAD system, activate the CAD switch. This switch ensures
that an additional field appears in the BOM header and BOM item. This field
tells you whether the BOM header or BOM item was maintained from the CAD
system.
Note
The modification parameters set here are valid
both for material BOMs and equipment BOMs. This is, as a rule, a one-time
setting which should not be changed once the system is productive.
Default
settings
The following settings are supplied in the
standard system:
- validity maintenance and EC management are
active
- the current date is proposed
Recommendation
It is recommended that you use the SAP standard
settings.
Activities
Define the central settings for
BOMs.