spare part indicator

Definition

This key defines the item as a spare part .

Use

In a BOM explosion , you can use this indicator to restrict item selection.
The indicator does not interrupt the explosion of the BOM to the lowest level. There are two steps to the BOM explosion:

First, the system explodes the entire BOM, regardless of the indicators selected to restrict items. You do not see the result of this explosion on the screen.

Second, the system reads the indicators selected to restrict items, such as the Spare part indicator.
These indicators work as filters. The explosion result, you see on the screen only the items that fulfil the selection criteria. In this case, only the items with the spare part indicator you selected are shown.

Examples

In the IMG for BOMs, you can group spare parts together according to various points of view - for example, according to different maintenance cycles.
Spare part group A contains spare parts that need to be replaced after a machine runtime of 100 hours, whereas spare part group B contains spare parts that only need to be replaced after a machine runtime of 500 hours.