Alternate BOM & Alternate Routing

Hi All,
       What is Alternate BOM ?
       What is Alternate Routing ?
       How do I create Alternate BOM ? [Please give me a step by step procedure]
       How do I create Alternate Routing ? [Please give me a step by step procedure]
       What are all the configuration set-up is required to automatically and manually select the Alternative BOM while creating a Planned and Production Order ?
   What are all the configuration set-up is required to automatically and manually select the Alternative Routing while creating a Planned and Production Order ?
Please provide me an understanding on above questions will be grateful.
Thanks in Advance

Dear Madhan Shah,
If you are new to the FORUM kinly read the rules first, so that in future you wil avoid posting mulitple questions in same thread.
What is Alternate BOM ?
If you have more than one BOM for same material then each BOM is created as alternate BOM
EX - The BOM for producing sample will not be same as BULK so based on lot size you will have this.
What is Alternate Routing ?
If you have more than one ROUTING for same material then each ROUTING is created as alternate ROUTING
EX - The ROUTING for producing samplING will not be same as BULK so based on lot size you will have this.
How do I create Alternate BOM ? Please give me a step by step procedure
First create a BOM in the CS01 and save it.
Again create a BOM for the same material, the system will give you a message telling Alternate bom created.
You can see the alternate bom number.
How do I create Alternate Routing ? Please give me a step by step procedure
First Create a Group and Group counter 1
Add the second routing as Group counter 2
You can define the Alternate routing / group counters based on the lot size or validity
What are all the configuration set-up is required to automatically and manually select the Alternative BOM while creating a Planned and Production Order ?
What are all the configuration set-up is required to automatically and manually select the Alternative Routing while creating a Planned and Production Order ?
For above 2 questions
NO configuration is requried
Creat PRoduction version in C223
Here you define in each production version which is the BOM and routing it has to use.
Each production version you can define it with a lot size or valdiity period.
IN the MRP4 against the selection method you can define how the production version has to be selected.
Kindly let me know your feedback , if answered kindly close the thread.
reg
Dsk

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> In my business(Discrete) scenario I have alternate bom and routing has group counters. some times i should use first BOM and First group counter. Then next Bom and next group counter. But lotsize is same( prodcution version how to assign).
>
> When creating production order i should select which ever i need.
>
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Hi,
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Please refer this link for,
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