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The following example from the computer manufacturing industry illustrates the use of category sets. The company makes personal computers by using manufactured and purchased components. The tables show a bill of material for each of two computers that the company produces.

Level Item Item Description Source
1 CM2345 Laptop Computer Assembled
. 2 CM2346 Keyboard Purchased
. 2 CM2347 486 Processor Purchased
. 2 CM2348 Active Matrix Screen Assembled
. . 3 CM2349 Monitor Manual Purchased
. 2 CM2350 DOS Operating System Purchased

Level Item Item Description Source
1 CM2351 Desktop Computer Assembled
. 2 CM2352 Desktop Keyboard Purchased
. 2 CM2353 Pentium Processor Purchased
. 2 CM2354 VGA Monitor Assembled
. . 3 CM2355 Monitor Manual Purchased
. 2 CM2356 UNIX Operating System Purchased

This computer manufacturing company has several functional areas including: planning, purchasing, and inventory. With Oracle Inventory's category sets, each functional area can use its own unique way of classifying items.

See Also

Planning Example

Purchasing Example

Inventory Example

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