Comparing Bills of Material
You can compare any two bills. For example, compare the primary to an alternate bill, the same bill across organizations, or the current revision of an item to a future revision.
Note: The two assemblies and their attributes are referred to as Bill 1 and Bill 2, or simply as 1 and 2.
To compare two bills of materials:
2. In the Find Bills to Compare window, enter selection criteria for Bill 1. Do the same for Bill 2.
3. Check comparison criteria check boxes for the attributes to compare the bills on.
4. Select an Order By option: by item sequence then operation sequence, or by operation sequence then item sequence.
6. Choose the Compare button to compare the bills online. (If you are running the Bill of Material Comparison Report, choose the Report button.)
The Bill Components Comparison window displays both bills. Two columns of check boxes, one for assembly #1 and one for assembly #2, indicate if the component appears in the assembly.
The Main alternative region displays the item and operation sequences, the planning percent, the quantity, and whether the item is optional.
The Effectivity alternative region displays the effective date range and whether the item is implemented.
See Also
Item and Operation Sequence
Planning Percent
Yield
Effective Date Fields
Bill of Material Comparison Report
