The following prerequisites must be fulfilled if you want to create a production order with co-products or by-products.
Prerequisite for the main product:
The indicator
Co-product
must be activated in the material master of the main product (MRP area)
Prerequisites for a co-product:
The indicator
Co-product
must be activated in the material master of the co-product (MRP area)
The co-product must be listed as an item in the bill of material of the main product
On the
Basic data
tab page of the BOM item, the indicator
Co-product
must be activated in the field group
General data
.
Prerequisites for a by-product:
The by-product must be listed as an item in the bill of material of the main product
The bill of material item must have a negative quantity (for example ‘1 -’).
Note
Do
not
set the indictor
Co-product
for by-products.