Calculating Dependent Demand for Subassemblies

Access the Product Volumes by Family form.

Explode BOM and Save (explode bill of material and save)

Click to run the Enhanced Material Definition Explosion business function (BFF30L153). This process extends the independent demand for each parent item to its components by exploding the bill of material. If you have defined a shrink factor for the parent item, the component demand is inflated accordingly.

Dependent Demand

Displays the dependent demand for subassemblies after you have run the BOM Explosion.

Total Demand

Displays the sum of the dependent demand and the independent demand volume.