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The R/3 System supports two technical types of BOM to represent similar product variants and production alternatives:

A variant BOM groups together several BOMs that describe different objects (for example, products) with a high proportion of identical parts.

A variant BOM describes the specific product variant for each product, with all its components and assemblies.

A multiple BOM groups together several BOMs that describe one object (for example, a product) with different combinations of materials for different processing methods.

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The system does not define the technical type until you create either an additional alternative for a BOM or a different variant for an existing BOM.

If you already know which technical type you want when you create a BOM, you can define the technical type using a special function (see Defining the Technical Type).

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