Common Elements Used in Maintaining Engineering Bills of Material

BOM State

Select a BOM state. Values are:

• Engineering: Select to view EBOMs.

• Manufacturing: Select to view MBOMs.

Verify BOM

Indicates whether the system performs online loop checking. Set this option at the manufacturing business unit level with the MFG Business Unit Options page.

On the MFG Business Unit Options page, you can elect to always verify online or never verify online. The check box on the Engineering BOM Summary page reflects the manufacturing option that you select.

If you select to always verify online, the system checks for looping BOMs as you maintain the assembly or end item's bill. This prevents you from adding the end item as one of its components at this level or any lower levels. If you select to never verify online, loop checking runs as a deferred process.

BOM Type

Select the type of BOM that you are creating. Values are:

• Production: Uses MBOMs as the basis for manufacturing assemblies or end items.

• Rework: Enables you to optionally create rework BOMs when you have a standard rework process where you include additional components.

  For example, if you have a repair kit of components that you always issue when an item is reworked, you can define that repair kit here. As with MBOMs, you can define a primary rework BOM and up to 98 alternates by creating BOM codes. Rework BOMs aren't required to create rework production IDs.

Per

Select whether the quantity is per assembly (Asy) or per order (Ord).

If there are any outstanding engineering change orders (ECOs) pending for the item, and you have selected the ECO Pending Alert check box on the ECO Item Status page, the system displays this button next to the assembly item ID. Click this button to view information about the pending ECOs associated with this item.

Click the Item Search button to access the Item Search Criteria page to locate a different item.