Alternative material in BOM

Dear SAP Friends,
I have a BOM with 1 material & want to add 1 alternative material if previous one is not available in stock.
pl tell how to create alternative material in BOM without creating alternative BOM.
Regards,
Chandra.

Hi chandra
Alternative items can be added to the BOM without alternate BOM.
In change mode of BOM CS 02 go to BOM item details There you can see alternative items with item group
There you can define you items with Priority,usage probability , Strategy,
Alternate item will be selected during MRP run as per your usage probability
Regards
J . Saravan

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PR( purchase requ) for Alternative material in BOM

Hi PP expert,
I am using alternative material in BOM. As for example my Header BOM material is u2018Yu2019 and his alternative components are X1 and X2
I have done setting in BOM
For -
X1,------
Priority ---1
Strategy - 2 ,100%
Usage prob     100
For -
X2----
Priority -
2
Strategy - -
2 ,100%
Usage prob    -
0
My client want when run the MRP , PR should be generate of material u201CX2u201D ,because there is no X2 stock and Material u201CX1u201D have more stock and want to consume X1 material 1st then X2.
X1 has been blocked for procurement.
Kindly suggest me how will generate PR of X2 when the run MRP. X2 is alternative material..
Regards,
Aqueel

Hi Aqueel!
      As I know, standard SAP cannot solve your problem. Howerver, you can try with these way:
          1/ Try to estimate how long your company will consump all X1(Ex 3 days). Use Alternative BOM 1 for X1, Alternative BOM 2 for X2. And allocate Alt 1 to Production version 1 with valid to 8/10/2010, Alt 2 to production 2 valid from 9/10/2010.
          2/ Change:
          For -
X1,------
          Priority ---2
          Strategy - 2 ,100%
          Usage prob 0
          For -
X2----
          Priority -
1
          Strategy - -
2 ,100%
          Usage prob -
100
And Run MRP, system will take X2 into accout. If you want to savage X1. Need to calculate it and manually change in comonent list of Production order (Now, X2 will consider) with X1 until X1 stock finish.
Hope it can solve you problem(not perfect).
Regards
Tony

How to maintain alternative material in a BOM for a component.

how to maintain alternative material in a BOM for a component.if stock for existing bom component is less then it should consider other alternative material in the same BOM

HI,
You can maintain alternate material for BOM Component by specifying Alternate Item group as below;
Go to CS03/CS02--> Items-> Select Component and go to details->Basic Data Tab--> General Data
Pls. find more details about Alternate Item group maintainance as below:
Alternative item: group
Consolidation of alternative items within a BOM. Every material in the assembly can be included in the alternative item group.
Use
As soon as you enter an alternative item group, you see an additional dialog box with the following data: ranking order, strategy, usage probability.
You can maintain alternative items in the following situations:
Alternative positions with specific usage probability
These alternative items are incorporated with a specific usage probability. Enter the usage probability for each alternative item in the group, so that:
dependent requirements are determined in requirements planning
dependent requirements are changed to a reservation in the production order
Alternative positions as information
You can enter an alternative item for information purposes. This item would then, for example, only be taken into account in situations involving missing parts.
As there should be neither dependent requirements nor a reservation for this item, enter no usage probability.
Procedure
Enter the same character string to denote the alternative items of an alternative item group.
Enter the same strategy for all alternative items in the alternative item group.
Dependencies
Alternative items are valuated in the following way:
Dependent requirements determination
Requirements planning determines the dependent requirements according to the usage probabilities that have been entered.
If the usage probability is 0%, then no procurement is planned for the item. For information purposes, however, dependent requirements with 0 as quantity are created.
Withdrawal posting
You can control the withdrawal posting for the resevation in the production order in the following way:
Withdrawal according to usage probability (manual change is possible)
Withdrawal if there is 100% availability
(Check ranking order and strategy)
Example: See Strategy for alternative position
Further you can also maintain alternate material if you want to stop using this material at certain time as below:
In material master of the material ,
Go to MRP-4 View----> Under Discongtinued parts specify
Discontinuation Indicator
Eff-out.
Follow-up matl
So system will automatically consider follow up material in BOM as per the settings you have maintained for the material to be replaced.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Tejas

Costing shows high value due to BOM alternative material

Hi,
In BOM we have maintained alternative material for few line items.(not maintained alternative BOM) When we do the standard cost run system is taking main material and alternative material value. so the cost of the product is showing high.
How system will behave this situation when doing standard cost estimate? how to avoid this excess value due to adding the alternative material?

Dear Govindaraj,
If there are alternative items maintained in the BOM,then as per the usage probability defined for each
item the cost will be taken.
say for one item if its 60% and for the another if its 40% means accordingly the cost gets captured.
So goto CS03,say Items X and Y are defined under alt.item group A1,now select the first item(row) X
and click on item details and check under Basic tab page you will be able to see the alt.item group
along with priority,strategy and usage probability.
So in CK11N or CK40N,it will be showing as 6 ea and 4 ea along with their prices for costing part.
So as per to the usage prob it picksup for the costing part.
Check and revert back.,
Regards
Mangalraj.S

Creation of alternative material in production

Dear folks,
I have following requirements:
Customer orders Material A and for some reason (e.g. low stocks), the mrp controller decides to produce an alternative material (B) which is
equal to Material A. This also counts for planned independent requirements.
How can I maintain this in SAP? I tried to use alternative item group in the BOM, but this does not solve my requirement, since this is just a function to assign an alternative BOM position for Material A. I really need to assign an alternative material on header level.
The assignment has to take place before actual production. We cannot use Material Determination (SD) - Transaction VB11.
Any ideas? Is this something we have to develop?
Kind regards,
Peter

Hi Peter,
Check these links for discontinuation parts:
Discontinued Parts - Material Requirements Planning (PP-MRP) - SAP Library
Concept of Discontinuation Data - Material Master and BOM
Regards,
Anupam Sharma

Alternative item group bom

Hi All,
Is there any way we can differentiate between the primary material and secondary material using alternative item in bom
I know we have usage probability strategy ranking in alternative group but i guess they dont specify which one is primary and which one is secondary material
any suggestions would be highly appreciated
Thanks
shaiil

Usage probability is for MRP run.
Priority is the order in which stock is checked in order to reserve.
if either 100% of A or 100% of B can fulfill the demand then it will pick that component based on priority (A first, B second).
Let us make it a little bit more detailed.
Component A
Priority 1
Strategy 2 ( 100 %)
Usage prob. 30
Qty reqd in BOM : 20 EA
Component B
Priority 2
Strategy 2 ( 100 %)
Usage prob. 70
Qty reqd in BOM : 10 EA
If Available stock
A: 20
B: 10
Component A is picked to make reservation.
If Available stock
A: 4
B: 6
(After MRP run)
pur req for A: 2 EA and
pur req for B: 1 EA
If Available stock
A: 0
B: 0
(After MRP run)
pur req for A: 6 EA and
pur req for B: 7 EA
If either 100% of A or 100% of B cannot fulfill the requirement then MRP run will look at the usage probability and generate purchase orders based on the probability and available stock.
But you want to purchase either component A or component B (according your requirement where you want to make one of them primary) It makes little sense to set one at 30% and other 70% so you set that component usage probability for primary as 100% and rest of the components in the group 0 so that pur reqs are generated only for the primary.
Example you always want the system to look for A if it's in stock and can fulfill demand but you always want to purchase B first, so you set priority 1 for A and probability 0 and usage probability 100 and priority 2 for B
Edited by: Jeevan Sagar on Oct 13, 2011 4:47 PM
Edited by: Jeevan Sagar on Oct 13, 2011 5:13 PM

Multi level follow up material in BOM

Dear All,
Our client have a requirement for multi lvel follow up material in BOM.
for example
BOM for Finish Good made of A.
if material A is depleted then used material B
if material B is depleted then used material C
if A and B have stock used A(higher priority)
I tried to used follow up material in MRP4 and BOM but it can not be used for multi level like this case.
Is there any solution for this?
Best regards,
Fred

Hi anyway I tested the BOM master data like this
F/G 1 Master Box
|--- A 10 PCS Alt Group Z1 Priority 1 Usage 100% Strategy 2 (100% Check)
|--- B 10 PCS Alt Group Z1 Priority 2 Usage 100% Strategy 2 (100% Check)
|--- C 10 PCS Alt Group Z1 Priority 3 Usage 100% Strategy 2 (100% Check)
Stock A is depleted
Stock B enough
stock C enough
Expected result F/G only used B 10 PCS
Actual result is
F/G 1 Master Box
|-- A 10 PCS
|-- B 10 PCS
|-- C 10 PCS
Do ou have ides how should the percentage in BOm is maintain?
Best regards,
Fred

MRP run for header material with bom usage-3

Dear All,
We have header material with bom usage-3.We maintain the stock at child components only ,not at header
I have created the planned independent requirement for header material.I have created a sales order but sales order is not shown in md04.
What can be the further setting I am missing for mrp run of above scenario.
with regards,
pradeep

Dear ,
Couple of checks points for you :
1.Check the material master Sales Org Veie-Item Categoery .As you have mentioned Item Categoery -TAQ which is not relevent for requirement planning throgh schedule line category -CT ( CT means there will not be any inventory or good movement and requirement will not be passed for MRP ) .Only CP -line item categoery does requirement passing through MRP and it will show u in MD04. So the summery is if you want to generate an MTO order for the same FG material , you should matian the Sales Line item categoery as MTO in sales Org View and it will pop up in VA01 whiel logging Sales Order .
Generally , TAQ item categoery are used in Project Billing or Delivery .ok and they will not be having any availabilit check so it KP ( no check ) .
But for MTO order , you should have availablty chek 02/01 in MRP3 view and also MTO Sales Item categoery .
Based on the above information logg an sales order , release credit chek in VKM3, SAVE and check in MD04.
Create PIR in MD61 and Run MRP on the both cases .I have tested its working .but noit with TAQ item categoery ok
2.Why do you need to create Sales Order for dependent Item-Y because it will be in X-BOM item ? Make sure that Y- should have Sales Item categoery in material master -MM02-Sales Org View as NORM item .If you really want to create sale sorder for this item , it should TAN or NORM .
3.Other PIR detail is fine .
Try and revert back
Regards
JH

Q4_How to manage software material and BOM in SAP_High-tech Industry PLM Implementation Issues

Hello,
We are implementing SAP PLM for a high-tech company which designs and manufactures mobile phones (ODM). Since we are new in PLM consulting and we are facing with some implementation difficulties, we are looking for some solutions here.
Question 4: How to manage software material and BOM in SAP?
Currently, software are not managed as material in the BOM. How to manage software material in PLM, can anyone help us with some suggestions.
Question 5: PADS integration with PLM.
Currently, customer is using Pro/E and PADS to design their product. SAP has already provided standard interface for Pro/E integration. But for PADS, there is no such interface. Because of the specialization of electrical components managed in PADS, different from structural parts in Pro/E, how to transfer them between PLM system and manage them in the PLM system has become an difficulty. We will appreciate a lot if anyone can share us with some successful solutions.

Hi,
software, typically a released version of software, is typically managed as a normal material master, and a related document with the code as a package (e.g. ZIP), if really needed.
Software in development is managed typically with a dedicated Software Configuration Management tool like Rational ClearCase, Subversion, MKS Integrity, ....
Regards, Ulf

Alternative for WBS BOM

hello
In standard BOM for PP in T-code eg cs01 I can write alternative. But if I want to create WBS BOM with T-code cs71 I can't see such field for alternative. I checked in help.sap.com that alternative for WBS BOM are not used. I don't know why but there is not alternative filed in CS71.
So is there any other way to get alternatives for WBS BOM like modification, exit etc.
I checked SAP notes for this but I can't find.
Any help?

hello
Thank you for your answers.
I have business process where I need WBS alternative. Why? Because of history of changes. My client wants to have 2 versions of one WBS BOM. One for history only and second for operative work. After some changes in WBS BOM and finish the project my client wants to analyse historical version which is created when project starts and the last operative version of the same WBS BOM.
@Uddhab
>If we prepare two BOM for a single WBS and attach the same in the WBS, then 2 requirement will flow and there will additional >quantity in the production.
Yes, if we attach. I want to attach only one WBS BOM so I don't multiply quantity.

Requirement of an alternative material

Hi,
i have a requirement for a none stock material NLAG.
Normaly such materials doesnt allow stock. I want to have something as an alternative materialnr which should be used for stock postings.
That means i have several "none stock materials" which should be linked to one material which handles the stock postings.
Perhaps a NLAG material is the wrong material type.
The process should work like that:
- Entering a sales order with the "none stock material" with ATP check to the alternative material
- Delivery with none stock material, but on goods movement side allways with the alternative material
- Invoicing again with none stock material
So that means sales module should work with the "none stock material" and logistic side should automaticaly have the posting one one corresponding material.
Like a group material.
Perhaps somebody has a good idea.
Thanks

Hi carl,
i hava the same problem,
can you show your solution?
Thanks,
regards, dieter

How to attach a drawing for a material to BOM? Is it possible?

hi, all SAP experts,
for creating document i went in cv01n but i don't found any tab or space where i will attach a drawing.So please tell me how to attach a drawing for a material to BOM?
thanks in advance
regards
Nitin Nerkar

Yes, it is.
Please check this link:
how i will attach drawing in bom and how i will see the drawing in screen.
(please use the search function of the forum)

How to know the parent material in BOM if we know the last level material

Dear all,
We have around 40000 material codes with 18 digits. We can't remember all these. If we know the material code, we can easily find out sublevel or downlevel material by CS03,CS11 ,.....
But if we know the material code , how to find upper level material code in BOM ?
How to know the parent material in BOM if we know the last level material ?
Pl' answer.

Hi Kishore,
Have u tried with report CS15. Give last Level Material ->goto nect Screen->select "Multi level " check box then excute.
it will give All Parent material of Last material, u can indentify with BOM level NO.
regards
pradeep

Posting a material with BOM together?

Dear SAPIENTS
When I am doing MIGO Posting for a material and this material has BOM with some quantity then I want BOM component should also be posted together with that material.
Regards,
Kaushal Rai

hi,
Co- product is cost relevant (cost relevancy indicator is ticked)..
If you look at a petro chemical refining industry their main input material will be "Crude oil" during refining they get "Petrol", "Diesel", "Kerosene", "Naptha" & "Water" etc...
So the whole of the production cost should not go to "Petrol" alone, as Diesel, Kerosene and "Naptha" are also sellable. Water is not sold out, but is being used internal for the operation.
In this scenario "Petrol". "Diesel", "Kerosene" and "Naptha" are defined as co-products in the material master. And the cost which needs to be distributed among them are in the ratio 30:30:20:20, so in the joint production details we select the apportionment structure, and here we define the equivalence number by entering the materials and numbers as required by us as 30:30:20:20.
Now BOM is defined for the main product "Petrol" and Diesel", "Kerosene", "Naptha" and Water are defined in -ve quantity. Here the definition of water goes as "BiProduct". Crude oil is defined as component in +ve quantity. Now during order costing/product costing/settlement considers the entire cost of production based on the crude oil cost and infrastructure cost and it splits into the ratio defined in the equivalence number.

Difference between alternative material and Materil substitution

Hi,
Can one explain me the difference between alternative material and material substitution?
Where is alternative material for a material defined?
When is the alternative material used and in which cases material substitution used?
Thanks,
Challa.

Hi,
Altenative material and material substitution is same.Material substitution is normally when the customer want the upgradation of the product or materila is not availabel of the particulat item material substitution is used.
EX: customer order computer older version system automatically replace the ubdated computer.
OR customer order stock is not available also material substitution is use full
U can go VB11 u can give the material determination of the particular product.
Material determination type is - A001
Define substitution reason in OVRQ
in the substitution reason u can give the reason what ever u requirement.
regards , sridhar reddy

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