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Procedure documentation Create an Order BOM Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Prerequisites

You have entered the sales order for which you want to create the order BOM.

Procedure

  1. Choose Logistics ® Production ® Master data ® Bills of material ® Bill of material ® Order BOM ® Create.

    2. The Create Order BOM: initial screen appears.

  2. Enter the sales order number, the order item, the material number and the BOM usage.
  1. If you want to use a material BOM, or an existing order BOM to copy from, go to step 4. If you want to create an order BOM without a reference, click This graphic is explained in the accompanying text and go to step 7.

Note

You cannot use a configurable BOM as a reference.
  1. Click This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Order BOM (copy order BOM) or This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Material BOM (copy material BOM).

    2. The Copy material BOM or Copy order BOM dialog box appears.

  2. Enter the data required and click This graphic is explained in the accompanying text.

    3. The item overview appears, for the bill of material you are using as a reference.

  3. Select the items you want to copy to the order BOM and click This graphic is explained in the accompanying text.

    4. The item overview for your new order BOM appears. The items you transferred are displayed in the item overview.

  4. Enter new items and alter items if necessary. Entering items in order BOMs is similar to entering items in material BOMs. However, you cannot enter class items in order BOMs. You can find further information in the Bills of Material documentation in Structure link Creating New Items.
  1. Save your order BOM.

Result

The system creates an order BOM.

You can find further information on the special features of order BOMs compared with material BOMs in Editing an Order BOM.

Order BOMs for Configurable Materials

If you use this function to create an order BOM for a configurable material, you will always see a result-orientated order BOM.

If you call up the variant configuration at a later date, do not forget that the order BOM is merged with a material BOM that has the same material number. The order BOM is then only merged with the material BOM when the following conditions are met:

You can stop the merge operation with the help of a customer enhancement.

You can find further information about merging in Merging with Global Material BOMs

 

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