Use up and alternative materials and customized items

If you define a customized BOM for a customized item, you can add both project items and standard items as use-up material or as alternative material for a BOM component.

In other words, in the Use Up and Alternative Materials (tibom0150m000) session, you can leave the project segment empty, or enter a project code. The alternative material's project segment must be empty or equal to the main item's project segment.

Automatic creation of customized BOM
Note

This functionality is available only if the Use Up and Alternative Materials check box in the Implemented Software Components (tccom0100s000) session is selected.

In the following sessions, LN can create a customized project structure:

  • Generate (Project PCS) Structure for Sales Orders (tdsls4244m000)
  • Bill of Material (tibom1110m000)- if the Customize BOM Line automatically in the Project Control Parameters (tipcs0100m000) is selected and you insert a customizable component.
  • Generate (Project) Structure for Product Variant (tipcs2220m000)
  • Copy Standard Product Structure to Customized Structure (tipcs2230m000)
  • Copy Customized Product Structure to Customized Structure (tipcs2231m000)

If LN creates a customized project structure, LN can also copy any use-up material and alternative material to the customized BOM's use-up and alternative materials, depending on the setting of the Use Up Material check box and the Alternative Material check box.

The copied use-up materials and alternative materials always have an empty project segment, except in the following situation. If you copy a customized product structure to another customized product structure with the same project code (and a different item code), LN also copies the project segments of the use-up materials and alternative materials.

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