Sequence of estimated material lines

If you generate a production order, the BOM lines for the item are listed as materials in the Estimated Materials (ticst0101m000) and Estimated vs. Actual Material Costs (ticst0501m000) sessions. The following determines the sequence and number of the material lines:

  • The Sorting Method Components parameter in the Production Order Parameters (tisfc0100s000) session.
  • The aggregation of the BOM lines.

The sequence of the material lines

You can select the following values:

  • Item

    All components are sorted by item code, in alphabetical order.

  • Operation and Item

    The components are first sorted by operation (at the highest level), then by item code.

  • Pos. Highest BOM Level

    The components are sorted by position numbers from the BOM of the main item.

  • Own BOM Position

    The position numbers of the components' BOMs are used for sorting purposes.

Example

BOM

Estimated materials

Sorting method   Sorting method
Pos. Highest BOM Level Own BOM Position
10 saddle 10 saddle
20 rim 20 frame
30 spokes 30 spokes
40 frame 40 rim

In the example, the wheel is a phantom. As a result, the wheel is not listed in the estimated materials.

The aggregation of the BOM lines

The material lines for a specific production order equal the bill of material (BOM) lines of the production order's item. However, sometimes fewer material lines are specified in estimated materials than BOM lines are present due to equal BOM lines being aggregated into single material lines. This limits the number of material lines compared to BOM lines.

Note: You can only aggregate BOM lines if all net quantities are either negative or positive. Positive and negative net quantities cannot be aggregated together.

Example

You copy a BOM line with a net quantity of 2, which results in two equal BOM lines. When a production order is generated, one aggregated material line is generated with a net quantity of 4.

To consider different BOM lines equal, the following values must be the same for both lines:

  • Component (item)
  • Operation
  • Lot selection
  • Backflushing Yes/No
  • Material control method
  • Warehouse
  • Inspection Yes/No
  • Revision
  • Scrap factor
  • Width, length
  • Number of units

  • BOM text

  • BOM position number:

    • If Own BOM Position is selected in the Sorting Method Components parameter, aggregation takes place if the position number for all BOM lines is the line's current BOM position.

    • If Pos. Highest BOM Level is selected in the Sorting Method Components parameter, aggregation takes place if the BOM position number for all BOM lines is based on the main item's BOM position number.