Production Bill of Material Alternative Materials (timfc3120m000)

Use this session to manage alternative materials for production bills of material.

Note: 
  • For the production bill of material that originates from Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), you can add or delete the alternative materials for the production bill of material only if the Manual Add/Delete Alternative Material check box is selected in the Production Bill of Material Control (timfc3199m000) session.
  • Infor LN allows you to modify a field on the alternative material line of a production bill of material with a status of New only if:
    • The Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is not the origin of the production bill of material.
    • You can manually modify the PLM Controlled fields based on the settings defined in the Production Bill of Material Control (timfc3199m000) session.
    • The field is not controlled by PLM based on the template defined in the Production Bill of Material Control (timfc3199m000) session.
Note: To use this session the Job Shop by Site parameter in the Concept Activation (tcemm4600m000) session must be set to Active or In Preparation.

Field Information

Product

The product ID.

Revision

The bill of material (BOM) revision.

Status

The status of the production bill of material.

Allowed values

  • New
  • Approved
  • Expired
Position

The material's position number.

Item

The standard item on the material line for which the alternative is defined.

Alternative

alternative material

Alternative Priority

The alternative priority determines which of the alternatives LN will select first.

Allowed values

  • 1

    The alternative that will be selected if the inventory of the standard material (and the use-up material, if any) is insufficient.
  • 2

    The alternative that will be selected if the inventory of the standard material and the first alternative material (and the use-up material, if any) is insufficient.
  • 3, 4, 5, ...

    Lower priority alternative materials.
  • 9

    The lowest priority alternative material.

Alternative Item

The alternative material.