Single-Level BOM Explosion (SAP Library - Variant Configuration (LO-VC))

Single-Level BOM Explosion

Purpose

The BOM is exploded on one level on the result screen in the sales order. Other configurable material can be contained in the BOM and these can be configured. However, the BOMs of these materials are not exploded in the sales order.

You can combine this setting with Process: Sales order when dealing with configurable material of the BOM that you want to assemble in a set structure.

See also: Process: Sales Order

Example

The materials PC and MONITOR are configurable. The monitor has its own configuration profile and characteristics. The configurable PC has the setting BOM explosion: single level in its configuration profile. On the result screen in the sales order, you see the selected components.

Configurable material MONITOR can also be configured in the sales order. However, the BOM of the PC is not exploded, because a single-level explosion only is defined for the header material. The configuration parameters for the material MONITOR are not important in this instance.

Features

All configurable items are configured in the sales order, not only sales-relevant items. The BOMs of these materials are not exploded in the sales order.

Note

You can use filters in the configuration profile to restrict the scope of the BOM items (see Filters for BOM Explosion).

Sales-relevant items are copied to the sales order as order items.

The characteristic values assigned to each configured item are saved.

In MRP the required components are determined based on the characteristic value assignments for the head material and the subordinate items as well as the task list operations based on low-level configuration. (See also Low Level Configuration).

If you define selection conditions for the BOM items of a subordinate configurable assembly, and these selection conditions refer to the characteristics of the assembly, you must use the object variable $PARENT to refer to the characteristics.

Example

The selection conditions for BOM components of the monitor must refer to the characteristics of the monitor with object variable $PARENT – for example, $PARENT.MANUFACTURER = 'Sony'.

This type of order processing lets you use constraints to infer values for configurable materials.

Prerequisites

The configuration profile of the header material has the configuration parameter BOM explosion: single level.

Process Flow

Create a sales order and enter the configurable material as an order item.

You see the configuration editor, where you assign values to the characteristics of the material. You can then display the result of the BOM explosion by choosing Result.

If any of the selected BOM components are also configurable materials, you can assign values to the characteristics of these materials. However, the BOMs of these materials are not exploded.

The header material appears as a sales order item. If the BOM contains further sales-relevant items, these are included as sub-items. The characteristic values assigned to the header material and the subordinate configurable materials are saved.

In the planned order or production order, BOM components and operations for the configured materials are determined according to the characteristic values assigned.