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 Co-Products: Prerequisites

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 Note

Do not set the indictor Co-product for by-products.

End of the note.