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Implementation Considerations
A bill of material (BOM) describes the different components that together create a product. A BOM for a
bicycle, for example, consists of all the parts that make up the bicycle: the frame, the saddle, wheels, and
so on.
Process Flow
When you enter the material number of a bill of materials that is relevant for sales order processing, the
system displays the material that describes the whole bill of materials as a main item. The individual
components are displayed as lower-level items.
There are two ways to process a bill of materials in Sales. Once you have entered a bill of material in a
sales order, the system runs pricing, inventory control, and delivery processing at:
Main item level if the material is assembled, or
Component level if the material is not assembled
The type of processing used by the system is determined by the item category group that you enter in the
material master record for relevant materials.
Processing at Main Item Level
If you want the system to carry out pricing, inventory control, and delivery processing at main item level,
enter ERLA in the Item category group field of the Sales: sales org. 2 screen in the material master
record of the finished product. This means that the components only function as text items and are not
relevant for delivery. The following graphic shows how a bill of material is processed at main item level.
For more information about how to create and maintain bills of material, see
PP - Bills of Material documentation in the R/3 library.
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