BOM usages

Definition

This key defines the area (such as engineering/design or production) where a BOM can be used.

Use

By setting various indicators, you can define the maximum configuration of the item status and define whether an item must be or cannot be processed in a particular area (such as production).

Examples

A material is used in the areas production and costing in a company. For each area, you maintain a separate BOM with different items:

Production BOM:

This BOM contains items that are relevant to production. These items are copied to the planned order. Dependent requirements are generated for them, and they are copied to the production order.

Costing BOM:

This BOM contains items that are relevant to determining the material costs of a product.
When you calculate production costs using a quantity structure, the system automatically determines the BOM and all the BOM items that are relevant to costing, in order to calculate manufacturing costs.