Alternative Items in BOM Explosion 

Use

The alternative items are to be planned in the planning run with certain usage probabilities.

Prerequisites

In the Alternative item data dialog box in the BOM, you have entered a usage probability for each component that belongs to an alternative item group.

Features

The dependent requirements of the alternative items are calculated according to the usage probabilities.

Example

Alternative item 1

Usage probability 60 %

Alternative item 2

Usage probability 30 %

Alternative item 3

Usage probability 10 %

The dependent requirements are passed on in the amount of 150 pieces. The system uses 90 pieces of alternative item 1, 45 pieces of alternative item 2, and 15 pieces of alternative item 3.