Working with Material BOMs in the Validation Phase

You can create a BOM without reference to a plant in the form of a group BOM. This is useful when an engineer is working with a BOM during the engineering phase, but does not know yet which plant it is used in. The group BOM can later be converted to a production-relevant, plant-specific BOM. To do this, you can either assign a plant or create a copy of the BOM.

To assign a plant, you simply add a plant to the group BOM. However, it is still the same BOM, with one internal BOM number. Therefore, when a group BOM is changed you see the changes in the plant-specific BOM.

A BOM copy is a second, separate BOM with a different internal BOM number. The group BOM only serves as a copy template.

You can select any direction for both plant assignments and copies.

Until now, most of the data was created as plant-independent ones. BOM engineer Marc has now the task to extend the existing group BOM to a plant BOM, or copy the group BOM to a plant BOM. Marc then checks and extends this data.

In this task, BOM engineer Marc copies the forklift group BOM to a plant-specific BOM in plant 1010. He familiarizes himself with the new information. He checks the header status or works with the assemblies.

Finally, he changes components like the Windows shelter.

Now, you have an impression of "Working with material BOMs in the validation phase".

Now that you have created a wide variety of bills of material (BOMs), you want to get an overview of them. A wide variety of applications are available for this purpose.

• BOM explosion
  • Level by Level
  • Multilevel
• Material where-used list
• Compare Bills of Materials
• Explode Bills of Materials

In a BOM explosion, the components of a BOM are exploded either on a single level or on multiple levels. An explosion provides you with a useful overview of the required components and materials.

The where-used list displays where a material is used, and in what quantity. This is useful for determining the requirements for a particular material.

The BOM comparison is useful if several BOMs are created for one material, and different usages or change statuses are to be determined.

The app Explode Bills of Material allows you to display a multilevel BOM with detail information. A summarized BOM is also available inside this view.

In previous tasks, BOM engineer Marc has worked with multilevel material BOMs. He was able to check the component status for every material BOM individually. Now, he is interested in multilevel evaluations.

In this task, BOM engineer Marc performs a level by level BOM explosion for his forklift prototype. He is also interested in the status information for every component on every level.

In the prior task, BOM engineer Marc performed a level by level BOM explosion. As the material BOM contains three low levels, Marc lost the overview and was unable to answer the question of which assembly belongs to which BOM. Therefore, he decides to test a different BOM explosion: a multilevel explosion.

BOM engineer Marc first created a group BOM. Then, he used this group BOM as a template for the plant BOM. When this was done, he changed the plant BOM.

Now, he wants to know what differences exist between the group and plant BOM. Therefore, he starts a BOM comparison.

Now, you have an impression of "Working with material BOM evaluation".