Alternative materials in BOMsSome items are interchangeable even when these are purchased from various vendors. You can use any of these items as material in a bill of material (BOM). If a shortage of a standard material is expected to delay a production order, LN can automatically select one of the alternative materials. You can define up to nine alternative materials for any material in a BOM. The use of alternative materials has the following advantages:
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Priority of an alternative material You can specify the priority of each alternative material. If the standard material is out of stock, LN first tries the highest-priority alternative. If that material is also unavailable, LN tries the alternative that has the next priority. To distribute a material requirement over multiple items If, on a BOM line in the Bill of Material (tibom1110m000) session, the Allow Multiple Items check box is selected, LN can split a material requirement over multiple alternative materials or partly fulfilled by the materials. Example If ten pieces are needed and only six pieces of the requested material are available, first the six pieces of the original are used then four pieces of the alternative to fill the full quota. Checks for alternative materials At one or more of the following points in a production order's life cycle, depending on parameter settings, LN can check whether an alternative material must be used:
For more details, refer to the Searching for alternative and use-up materials. topic.
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