BOM (Bill of Material)

Bill of Materials (BOM) in SAP PP: Beginners Guide

Bill of materials (BOM), which is specific to Production Planning (PP) module in SAP, is used to describe the list of parts of components needed to complete a saleable product.

This document describes the process of creating and changing a manufacturing Bill of Material in SAP with step by step instructions and screenshots.

By the end of this guide, you will be able to understand:

  • How the Bill of material is created in SAP [CS01]
  • How the Bill of Material Change the BOM [CS02]
  • How the Bill of Material Display the BOM [CS03]
  • How the Multi Level BOM is displayed [CS12]
  • How Multiple BOM are displayed [CS14]
  • How to display a particular component [CS15]
  • How a Mass BOM is Changed [CS20]

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Step by Step SAP PP End User Manual

This document contains step-by-step set of instructions with screenshots for the most commonly used SAP Production Planning processes. Instructions may not be broken down into much details but it will still be a good reference for PP End Users.

A list of major topics covered in this step-by-step SAP material is below;

  • Check Scheduling Agreement [MD04]
  • Check Stock Of Material [MMBE]
  • Exploded BOM View [CS11]
  • Reservation Creation: By Manual Creation Through MB21, Reservation Display [MB25], Stock Transfer Posting [MB26 ], By Manual Creation Through [MB1B ]
  • Check Bill Of Material [CS03]: Checking Standard BOM, Adding An Alternative BOM
  • Check Routing – [CA03]: Checking Standard Routing, Adding An Alternative Routing
  • Production Order Creation – Manual [CO01]
  • Shop Floor Printing – Production Order [CO04]
  • Production Order Confirmation [CO11N ]
  • Quality Inspectation [QA32]
  • Production Order Settlement [KO88]
  • Production Order (Technically Complete) [CO02]
  • Check Production Order Reports
  • Production Order – Through Demand Management
  • MRP – For Planned Order + Purchase Requisition

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SAP Production Planning (PP) User Training Manual

This training manual provides a step-by-step to SAP PP Processes with all steps having screenshots and clear instructions. See below the outline of the document:

  • Master Data In PP Module
  • Bill Of Material (Bom)
  • Work Center
  • Routing
  • Planned Independent Requirements
  • MRP
  • Stock/ Requirements List
  • Production Order Execution & Production Order Change
  • Capacity Planning
  • Capacity Overload
  • Capacity Leveling- Work Center View( Tabular), Capacity Leveling (Graphical), Capacity Leveling (Orders)
  • Goods Issue & Goods Issue (Reversal)
  • Production Order Confirmation & Canceling Production Order Confirmation
  • Goods Receipt For An Order
  • Stock Overview
  • Production Order Information System
  • Collective Conversion Of Planned Orders
  • Rework Orders

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SAP SD Variant Configuration Video Tutorials

Variant Configuration in SAP, was one of the very first thing I learnt during my college’s mandatory training at a furniture manufacturing company. There was the first place I heard about SAP, and where lead me these days :) Maybe late, but I feel lucky to find some video tutorials regarding Variant Configuration which will allow me to understand this process in deep. In this package, you will find 8 video tutorials each covering every bit of Variant Configuration. Covered topics are as follows;

  • Part 1: Setting up the material, and characteristics [CT04]
  • Part2: Maintain Classes [CL02]
  • Part3: Maintain The Configuration Profile [CU41]
  • Part4: Variant Tables [CU60]
  • Part5: Dependency Nets and Constraints [CU21]
  • Part6: Creating the Interface [CU50]
  • Part7: Class Items in BOMs
  • Part8: Setting Bom Quantities

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SAP R/3 ECC 6.0 PP End-User Manuals – Part 2

This is the second part of SAP Production Planning End-User Manual i started before. In my previous post i shared manuals for Demand Management, Capacity Planning, Routing and Work Centre. You will find a lot more user manuals in this post for

  • Serial Number Management for Finished Goods
  • Materials Requirement Planning: Concept of MRP and extensive user guides.
  • Bill of Material, Order Confirmation, Product Conversion, and many more user manual for Material Master

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Product Costing Master Data

Overview:

In this paper it is covered the various master data required for the product costing module.Most of the master data is dependent on Production Planning Module(PP Module).

It is imperative for a Product costing consultant to understand the master data created in Production Planning module and its implications on product costing

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