Defining the Item Status with the BOM Usage
Item statusBy defining the BOM usage (Customizing for Bills of material, step Define BOM usages), each company determines which item statuses can and cannot be set.
The item status covers a range of indicators that can be entered for BOM items, such as relevant to engineering, relevant to production, relevant to costing, and so on.
These item status indicators control:
The indicators define whether further processing is required, allowed, or not allowed. If processing in an application area is supported, you can maintain application-specific data for the items. For example, only items that are relevant to production are copied to a production order.
See also:
Restricting the View for BOM ExplosionItem Status Indicators
You can define indicators as optional fields for a BOM usage. This means that you can set these indicators for one item in a BOM and not for another item.
When you configure your R/3 System, you define application areas for which BOM items are relevant by using the following indicators:
See also:
Status/Long Text
Item Status Example
The following table shows an example of indicators set for the BOM usage Design.
Item statuses for BOM usage Design
Indicator |
Maintenance |
Item relevant to engineering |
must be maintained |
Item relevant to production Spare part |
can be maintained |
Item relevant to plant maintenance Item relevant to sales and distribution |
cannot be maintained |
Before you can enter PM structure elements and items relevant to plant maintenance in functional location BOMs and equipment BOMs, you need to choose a BOM usage that supports plant maintenance items.
Each area (for example, production or design) maintains a separate BOM with a separate usage. If you create several BOMs for one material with different usages, the system saves each BOM usage under a separate internal BOM number.
Authorizations for BOMs are defined per BOM usage.
BOM Usages for a Material: Example
The following graphic shows how BOMs with
different usages are stored for one material (men’s racing bicycle PP-MRB01).
