The explosion type determines the procedure that is used to explode the BOM in order to determine dependent requirements.
You can also use this key to control the explosion of the BOM for the planning run.
This allows you, for example, to define the explosion of assemblies with a special procurement key according to various criteria.
Indicators that Control BOM Explosion
In Customizing for Production, you define whether the following system activities take place by choosing Bill of Material
® Item Data ® Define explosion types: