Item Category A in BOM

Hi All,
Please guide with the utility of Item Category A in Bill of Materails.
Regards,
Amlan

Dear ,
It has InvMg (Ticked) and Item Cat Text reads as "Alternative Component" I wated to know in which case Item Cat A would be used
When you have marked a item categoery as Inventory Mangamenet in OS13 -it means , you can only list down the material with certain material type which support Inventory management under this item categoery .So material type is key which will support this item categoery to listed down in BOM -CS02.
Similarly , if the same item categoery al;so marked as Text item , then material with certain material type supoort this category .
So please look back in your Material type set up which support both and list down those materil in CS02 as item with item category A .
It looks very new to me .Generally it should be standard set up as per SAP .But if there is any business requirement to have such item categoery , then we should chek the those Material Type which supports the same .
Regards
JH

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Edited by: Ashish Desai on Apr 8, 2009 1:10 AM

Ashish,
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