Referencing Common Bills and Routings
Any two items that are of the same bill type can share common bills and routings. If two different items share the same bill or routing, you can define the bill or routing once and then maintain one copy instead of two.
The following notes apply to both bills and routings:
- You cannot reference another bill or routing as a common if that bill or routing also references a common. In other words, you cannot create a chain of common references.
- You can only reference another bill or routing as a common if it has the same alternate name assigned to it.
- If the current bill you are creating is a manufacturing bill, the common bill must also be a manufacturing bill.
Common Bills of Material
If two or more organizations manufacture the same item using the same bill of material, you can define the bill in one organization and reference it from the other organizations. Necessary changes must then be made to the referenced bill.
When you enter orders for models, kits, and assemblies in Oracle Order Entry, you must define all bills of material in your item master organization (your OE: Item Validation Organization profile option value). Using common bills of material, you can share bills of material that exist in your manufacturing organizations with your item master organization.
When you define a bill for a new assembly, you can reference another assembly and organization as a common bill of material. You do not need to make any further entries for the bill of material.
The following notes apply to bills of material:
- You can only reference bills from organizations that have the same item master organization as the current organization.
- If components already exist for the new bill, you cannot reference another bill as a common.
- If your new assembly is in a different organization than the bill you reference, all component items must exist in the new bill's organization. This also applies to substitute components.
Common Routings
The following notes apply to routings:
- You cannot reference a routing outside your current organization.
Attention: If an item's routing references another item's routing as a common, you should set both items' lead time lot size to the same value. The lead time lot size and the routing information are used to compute lead times.
To reference a common bill or routing:
3. Enter the bill or routing that to use as a common.
