BOM explosion not done because there is no free item number anymore

Question

Hello,
I have a problem with BOM explosion when creating a sales order.
All the following actions are done with VA01 :
-  I enter a material (main item 10) with a rejection reason, so the BOM explosion is not done :OK.
- Then  I add the same material (main item 20) without rejection code, so the BOM explosion is done, it means sub items 21, 22., ...,31,32 are determined:OK
- Finally, I remove the rejection code on item 10, the problem is that there is no place anymore to do the BOM explosion because I have 12 sub items (10 +12 = 22 and it is not possible as I have already an item 20).
I have a popup with message V1-142 (There are not enough item numbers free for a structure explosion).
I know that it is possible to change the increment with VOV8, but my customer want to keep this one: 10 by 10 for main item and 1 by 1 for sub item.
He told me that he think that there is a user exit in order to put the remaining sub items at the end of the sales order like this
10 main item A
11 sub item 1 (A)
12 sub item 2 (A)
19 sub item 9 (A)
20 second main item (B)
21 sub item 1 (B)
22 sub item 2 (B)
32 sub item 12 (B)
33 sub item 10 (A)
34 sub item 11 (A)
35 sub item 12 (A)
Maybe it's a strange idea, but could you please tell me what are the different possibilities to manage sub items when there is no place to put them :
- put a higher increment in VOV8? Ok but my customer don't agree
- other solutions?
Thanks.

Answer 1

Hello,
Did you ever find a solution for this? The notes mentioned in the earlier post dont appear to be relevent for 6.0.
I have a similar issue when dealing with Cross Sell items. When it tries to insert the additional items I get the V1142 message, then the items are copied at the end of the list but the higher level item reference is incorrect for the cross sell items.
I do not want to change the increments but it appears to be the only option.
Any ideas are appreciated.