By 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).