Use
The different application areas within a company only process the item data that is relevant to their area. For this reason, you enter a BOM usage when you create a BOM. This usage defines which item statuses are allowed for all items in this BOM.
For example, if you create a BOM for the design department, data that is relevant to design is entered. Meanwhile, the sales department requires data that is relevant to sales and distribution. These two BOMs may contain different items. The system stores these different BOMs for a product under different internal BOM numbers.
Procedure
How to create a BOM for an additional usage:
You see the Create material BOM: Initial screen.
– Material (which already has a BOM for a different usage)
– Plant (in which you want the BOM to be valid)
– Usage (for which no BOM exists yet)
– Alternative (if required)
– Data to define the validity period
The item overview appears.
The item detail screen appears.
See also:
Status/Long Text– Process the indicators for the item status and new item data, as required.
– Confirm your entries.
You get the message:
BOM for material <material number> created
The system assigns a new internal BOM number.