Example: Order BOMs in Variant Configuration

The material BOM of material A contains components B and C, which are assemblies. The material BOM of material B contains components D and E. Component D has 2 variants that have dependencies. According to the values assigned in the sales order, only one of these variants is used. Similarly, component E has 3 variants. The following graphic shows this BOM as a multi-level super BOM with all variants.

Multi-Level Super BOM

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Once you have assigned values to the characteristics of material B, it transpires that the second variant of component D and the first variant of component E are selected. (The components that are not used are shown in black in the following graphic.)

Multi-Level Super BOM After Characteristic Value Assignment and Before Fixing

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You fix the assembly. When you save the configuration result, the system generates an order BOM for material B. If Result-oriented BOM is set in the configuration profile of the configurable material, the system only creates the components that are used in the order BOM (see Creating a Result-Oriented BOM ). If this indicator is not set, the system creates an order BOM that contains all components of the super BOM and the local dependencies as a copy, referencing all other data (see Creating a Knowledge-Based BOM ).

Order BOM After Fixing – Result-Oriented BOM

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