SAP R/3

Bill of Materials/PS-Interface

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Contents
Bill of Materials/PS-Interface ...............................................................................................................3
Overview.................................................................................................................................................3
BOM/PS-Interface: Example Step 1 .......................................................................................................4
Allocating Bill of Material Items using the Bill of Materials/PS-Interface.................................................6
Defining Data Fields for the Reference Point..........................................................................................7
Maintaining Reference Points in the Bill of Materials..............................................................................8
Maintaining the Reference Point in the Network Activity ........................................................................8
Executing the Allocation Program in the BOM/PS-Interface...................................................................9
Creating or Changing Allocations using the BOM/PS-Interface............................................................11
Assembly Items.....................................................................................................................................12
Assembly Items: Example Step 2 .........................................................................................................13
Allocating Assembly Items with the BOM/PS-Interface ........................................................................14
Material Requirements Planning in the BOM/PS-Interface...................................................................14
Material Requirements Planning and the BOM/PS-Interface: Example Step 3 ....................................16
The Effects of Changes in Bills of Material and the BOM/PS-Interface................................................17
Setting Priorities for Inventory Management.........................................................................................18
Changing Account Assignment in the BOM/PS-Interface.....................................................................18

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Bill of Materials/PS-Interface
Overview
Range of Applications
The Bill of Material/PS-Interface simplifies the allocation of material components to network activities and keeps this information up-to-date.
If you allocate bill of material (BOM) items to a network activity manually by
exploding the BOM and then change the BOM, you have to make these
changes in the network as well.
Making the allocation and keeping this information up-to-date can be a lot of
work, particularly if you
want to allocate a very large number of components
want to allocate components during the design phase and you expect to
have to make several changes to the BOMs.
When you use the interface to allocate individual BOM items to network
activities, a logical link is created using a reference point (Page 7). As opposed
to the manual allocation of single components, subsequent changes in the
network activity are automatically taken into account.
For instance, if you change quantities or the material description in a BOM,
these changes are automatically corrected in the network as well as in the
corresponding purchase requisitions and reservations. You only have to
regularly execute the allocation program to keep the data up-to-date during
the design phase of your project.

Function Scope
You can allocate items from several types of bills of material such as:
material BOM
sales order BOM
BOM in external systems
You can select from all networks in one project. You can select complete
assemblies or single items; you can also allocate BOM items that do not have
a reference point. You use various criteria to select the items, for instance
with the BOM usage you can exclude certain assemblies from the selection.
You can identify assemblies created in the network by using assembly items
(Page 6).

You can simulate allocations by executing the allocation program and then
changing the results afterwards or by not saving the results or the changes.
After a BOM item has been successfully allocated to a network, the system
will generate requirements (Page 6) if the network/activity has been released
or the Reservation/Purch.Req. indicator has been set.
The system uses the execution factor in the network activity to determine the
required amount. You can decide whether real requirements (purchase requisitions or reservations) or preliminary requirements (preliminary purchase
requisitions or planned independent requirements) are generated.
For the allocation of a large number of components you can use priorities for
stock types in Inventory Management (Page18). In this manner you can determine that components should be kept in sales order stock if possible or, if the
component does not allow this, in plant stock.
You can allocate a component to a different WBS element than that of the
corresponding network activity. This means that you can assign costs to
another WBS element. (Page 18)

BOM/PS-Interface: Example Step 1

The following example has been designed to be carried out step-by-step and
will be referred to throughout this section.
In this first step you will learn how BOM items with long lead times can be
allocated to a Procurement activity using the interface, so that requirements can be generated in advance for these components.
In the second step you will go on to learn how assembly items (Page 6) can be
allocated to the activity in which they are produced using the interface.
In the third step you will learn how material requirements planning (Page 14) is
carried out using the interface.
Note

The components used in this example are kept in sales order stock.
The customer orders a product that is made to order and requires a certain
amount of design work.
You want to use a network for the rough-cut planning of this sales order.
The design phase has not yet been completed, however you know already
that you are going to need some components whose lead time is critical and
therefore you want to procure them in advance. To do this you allocate them
to the Procurement activity using the BOM/PS-Interface.

The prerequisite is that the relevant BOM items have the same reference
point as the network activity. Generic entries are allowed.

BOM

Network

P311
P05

P311A

P312
P05

P311P

(Requirements
via MRP)

P313
A237

P313R
P0

P314
P07

Activity 10
Procurement
Ref. point P0*

Activity 20
Assembly
Ref. point A23*

Comp.: P313R
Ref. point : P0

Comp.: P313
Ref. point : A237

Acc. Assign.: P.1.1.1.1

Acc. Assign.: P.1.1.1.1

Comp.: P311
Ref. point : P05
Acc. Assign.: P.1.1.1

Comp.: P312
Ref. point: P05
Acc. Assign.: P.1.1.1

Comp.: P314
Ref. point: P07
Acc. Assign.: P.1.1.1

Fig. 1: BOM allocation of BOM items using the BOM/PS-Interface

The components P313R, P311, P312 and P314 have reference points all
beginning with P0. In the network activities you can enter all of these reference points together generically as P0*.
During allocation you should set the preliminary reqmts indicator so that
when you release the network or manually activate requirements,planned
independent requirements will be generated for these components.
Planned independent requirements are treated in materials planning as
regular requirements and are exploded; requirements are generated for the
lower-level components of P311, P311A and P311B.
The indicator Preliminary Reqmnts prevents requirements from being generated once again for these components when higher-level components are
exploded subsequently. For further information see Material Requirements
Planning and the BOM/PS-Interface: Example Step 3 (Page 16)
See also:
Allocating Bill of Material Items using the Bill of Materials/PS-Interface (Page 6)
The Effects of Changes in Bills of Material and the BOM/PS-Interface (Page 17)

Allocating Bill of Material Items using the Bill of

Materials/PS-Interface
Perform the following steps to allocate BOM items to a network activity
using the BOM/PS-Interface.
1. Define in the BOM items and the network activity data fields (Page 7) to be
used as reference points. These data fields can have different field names,
but they must have the same structure.
In general you only do this once, the first time you want to use the
BOM/PS-Interface. Hereafter you should not need to change the designation of the data fields again.
2. Maintain the reference point in the BOM item (Page 8).
3. Maintain the reference point in the network activity (Page 8).
The reference point in the BOM item must be the same as the reference
point in the network activity. Generic entries are allowed.
4. Enter the selection criteria and execute the BOM/PS-Interface allocation
(Page 9).
5. After this you can allocate manually or change existing allocations (Page 11).
Note

You can only allocate reference points for items in a bill of materials, not for the component in the header. The one exception to
this is when you have defined this material as an assembly item
(Page 14).
All network activities for which you want to define a reference
point must be assigned to a WBS element. You can assign each
activity to a different WBS element, however if you make an
assignment at the network header level, it will be ignored. You
can also change the assignment in the control table (Page 18)
You cannot allocate BOM items to a standard network using reference points. You can however enter reference points in the data
fields which have been defined for this purpose, so that when you
use this standard network to create an operative network these
will also be copied.
Material components that you have already manually allocated to
a network activity are ignored during allocation using reference
points. They do not appear in the list of allocations.

Defining Data Fields for the Reference Point

In order to use the BOM/PS-Interface you must define data fields that have
the same structure in both the network activity and the BOM items. Usually
you only have to do this once and never need to change it afterwards.
You can use data fields in the R/3 System or user-defined fields. You can
display the structure of objects in transaction SE12:
Object name

Object

STPOX

BOM item

AFVGD

Network activity

You can thus find data fields in both objects with the same structure (type
and length) as well as the full technical name you should enter.
If you are in the BOM or the network activity you can find out the technical
name of a field by calling up Help with F1 and then selecting Technical Info.

How to define data fields for reference points:

1. Choose Operative structures Tools Bill of material/PS
The PS-Interface for Bill of Material screen appears.
2. Choose Environment Ref. data fields
The Maintain Data Fields dialog box appears.
3. Enter the technical names of the fields.
4. Choose Continue.
You then return to the PS-Interface for Bill of Material screen.
Possible fields for entering a reference point:
Object

Data field

Technical name

BOM item

Sort string

SORTF

Network activity

Third user-defined field

USR02

These are both alphanumerical fields with a length of 10 characters.

Maintaining Reference Points in the Bill of Materials

1. Choose Logistics Production Master data Bills of material and then
Bills of material Material BOM Create or Change
2. Call up the material item overview by choosing Material item.
3. Enter the reference point in the field you have chosen as the entry field
for the reference point (Page 7)
Note

You must use capital letters when you have alphanumerical values.
The reference point in the BOM must be identical with the reference
point in the network activity (Page 8) - generic entries are permissible.
Several bill of material items may have the same value as a reference point however only one network activity may have this
value.
Example

The data field SORTF in the BOM has been defined as the reference
point. Enter a reference point (for example A1) in the field Sort string.
Object

Data field

Techn. name

Ref. point

BOM item

Sort string

SORTF

A1

Network activity

Third user-def. field

USR02

A1 or A*

Maintaining the Reference Point in the Network

Activity
1. Choose Logistics Project management Operative structures
Network Create or Change.
2. Call up the relevant detail screen for the network activity.
3. Enter the reference point in the field you have chosen as the entry field
for the reference point (Page 7)

Note

You must use capital letters when you have alphanumerical values.
The reference point in the BOM must be identical with the reference
point in the network activity (Page 8) - generic entries are permissible.
The value of a reference point within a project must be unique. Do
not enter the same value for a reference point in more than one
network activity in a project.
Example

The data field USR02 in the network activity has been defined as a
reference point. In this case, you enter a value for a reference point in
the third user-defined field, for example if you have used A1 in the
BOM item enter either A1 or A*.
Object

Data field

Techn. name

Ref. point

BOM item

Sort string

SORTF

A1

Network activity

Third user-def. field

USR02

A1 or A*

Executing the Allocation Program in the

BOM/PS-Interface
To allocate BOM items to a network activity or to bring the allocations up-todate enter the selection criteria and execute the program.
You can simulate the allocation when you execute the program, but do not
save the resulting allocation.
1. Choose Operative structures Tools Bill of material/PS
The PS-Interface for Bill of Material screen appears.
2. If you want to use the pre-defined status selection profile from Customizing to filter out components which do not meet certain criteria then
choose Status.
3. Enter a project definition, a WBS element or a sales document.

4. Enter the BOM item that you want to allocate:



If you want to use a material BOM from the R/3 System, just enter
the material.

If you want to use a sales order BOM, enter the material and select
the Sales order BOM indicator.

If you want to use a BOM from an external system (via customer

enhancement), enter the material and select the External BOM indicator.

See also:
For further information about the customer enhancement for exploding
BOMs from external systems or the customer enhancement for additional
processing of internal BOMs refer to Customizing of the Project System.
5. Enter the BOM usage and the BOM application.
6. If you want to completely explode a multi-level BOM, select the multilevel indicator. In this case requirements are also generated for subordinate items in the network. This is useful for instance, if you want to generate requirements in advance for components that have a long delivery
time or take long to produce. You should then also set the Preliminary
reqmnts indicator; so that the system generates planned independent
requirements or preliminary purchase requisitions which can be set off
against real requirements.
Caution

If you only set the multi-level indicator but not the Preliminary reqmnts
indicator then you run the risk that excess requirements will be generated. If afterwards you generate requirements for a superior assembly materials planning will also generate requirements for the subordinate assembly, since bills of material are always exploded. If
however there are already sufficiently large planned independent
requirements these will be consumed.
For further information see Material Requirements Planning in the
BOM/PS-Interface (Page 14).
7. If you want to allocate BOM items without reference points select the all
items indicator. The system will then ask you for a manual allocation for
every item that is not automatically allocated.
8. Choose Execute.
9. The system selects the BOM items and network activities based on your
criteria and automatically allocates all items with reference points. The
results of the automatic allocation are displayed.

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10. You can call up an overview of the selected network activities and BOM
items or the manual allocation (Page 11) screen, in which you can allocate
other components manually or changed the allocations that you have just
made.
11. To confirm the allocations save your data.
12. If you have not predefined a strategy for inventory management (Page 18) ,
the system will display a dialog box where you can choose the appropriate stock.
13. The BOM items are allocated to the network activities and if the activity/network has been released or the Purch. Req./Reservation indicator has
been set then the related (preliminary) requirements are generated.

Creating or Changing Allocations using the

BOM/PS-Interface
After you have executed the BOM/PS-Interface allocation program (Page 6) ,
you can switch to the Manual allocation screen, where you can allocate
manually or change existing allocations.
The display is in form of user-definable lists, in which you can change the
columns in the individual lists and then save your settings.
On the left-hand side of the list you see all the BOM items that could not be
automatically allocated. By choosing other view you can switch between:
displaying all the BOM items that have not been allocated and
displaying the BOM items that have not been allocated per assembly.
On the right-hand side you see all the network activities in the project. These
activities can be in several networks.

How to manually allocate components:

1. Select one or more BOM items.
2. Select one network activity to which you want to allocate the BOM
item(s)
3. Choose Allocate.
BOM items that have been allocated are no longer displayed.
4. Repeat these steps for all the items you want to allocate.
5. Choose Back.
6. In the next dialog box confirm the allocations with Yes.

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How to change existing allocations

1. If you are on the Manual allocation screen choose List of results to get an
overview of all the allocations.
The system displays a list of all the previous allocations.
You can see all the BOM items that have been automatically or manually
allocated as well as all the network activities in the project.
2. If you want to delete an automatic allocation, select the relevant BOM
item and choose Deactivate.
The item will then appear in the list of components that can be manually
allocated.

How to display a list of all the selected activities or BOM items with
reference points:
1. Call up the list of results.
2. Choose either Network activities or BOM items
You can switch between the list of results, the Manual allocation screen and
the overview of the selected network activities and BOM item as often as
you like.
3. To confirm the allocations choose Save.
If you have not predefined a strategy for inventory management (Page 18) ,
the system will display a dialog box where you can choose the appropriate stock.
The BOM items are allocated to the network activities and if the activity/network has been released or the Purch. Req./Reservation indicator has
been set, then the related (preliminary) requirements are generated.

Assembly Items
If a material component is produced or assembled in a network activity and
is consequently used, for instance for a delivery, then it is considered an
assembly item.
Since assembly items are created in network activities, they are represented
as reservations with negative quantities and the receipt date is automatically
set by the system as the activity finish date.
You can allocate an assembly item to an activity either manually (see R/3
Library - Project System) or by using the BOM/PS-Interface (Page 14)
Using the interface, enter the material component and the reference point in
the control table. The negative quantity is automatically set by the system.
The reference point of assembly items is passed on to all the lower-level
BOM items.

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Assembly Items: Example Step 2

You have used a network for the rough-cut planning of a sales order. You
have produced in the assembly activity the material P3 and in the final
assembly the material F1 as assembly items.
You define P3 and F1 as assembly items by entering both material components and their reference points in the control table (Page 14).
This reference point must be identical to the reference point in the network
activity, if you want to create an allocation to the network activity. Generic
entries are allowed.
Bill of Material

Control Table

Assembly

Project
P.1
P.1
P.1
P.1

F1

P1

P2

Assembly
P1
P3
P31
P313

Ref. point
F
A23

WBS
P.1.1
P.1.1.1
P.1.1.1.1

P3

Network
Production
(Reqmnts from network)

P311
P05

P311A

P312
P05

P311B

P32

P31

P313
A237

P314
A07

P313R
P0

(Reqmnts via MRP)

Assembly item: goods receipt

(MRP: reqmnts covering element)

Activity 10
Procurement
Ref. point P0*
WBS: P.1.1.1

Activity 20
Assembly
Ref. point A23*
PSP: P.1.1

Comp.: P313R
Ref. point: P0

Comp.: P313
Ref. point: A237

Acc.asgn.: P.1.1.1.1

Acc.asgn.: P.1.1.1.1

Comp.: P311
Ref.point: P05

Comp.: P31
Ref. point: A23

Acc.asgn.: P.1.1.1

Acc.asgn.: P.1.1.1

Comp.: P312
Ref. point: P05

Comp.: P32
Ref. point: A23

Acc.asgn.: P.1.1.1

Acc.asgn.: P.1.1

Comp.: P314
Ref. point: P07

Comp.: P3
Ref. point: A23

Acc.asgn.: P.1.1.1

Acc.asgn.: P.1.1

Activity 30
Fin. Assembly
Ref. point F
PSP: P.1
Comp.: P1
Ref. point: F
Acc.asgn.: P.1
Comp.: P2
Ref. point: F
Acc.asgn.: P.1
Comp.: P3
Ref. point: F
Acc.asgn.: P.1.1
Comp.: F1
Ref. point: F
Acc.asgn.: P.1

Fig. 2: Allocation of Assembling items using the BOM/PS-Interface

During allocation the reference point F in assembly item F1 is passed on to

BOM items P1, P2 and P3.
P3 is produced as an assembly item in activity 20 and passes on the reference
point in this activity to the lower-level items P31 and P32.
You have entered the reference point A237 for the material component P313
in the BOM, so that you can also allocate this item to the Assembly activity
with the reference point A23*.

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Allocating Assembly Items with the BOM/PS-Interface

You use the control table to define material components as assembly items in
the BOM/PS-Interface.
The control table has two functions:
You can allocate material components as assembly items to network
activities using reference points as described below.
You can allocate individual material components to other WBS elements
(Page 18).

If you want to allocate a material component in the BOM/PS-Interface as

an assembly item, proceed as follows:
1. Choose Operative structures Tools Bill of material/PS.
2. Choose Environment Control table.
3. Enter in the control table the project definition of the project, in which
you want to allocate the assembly item.
4. Enter the material, plant and reference point.
5. Save.

Material Requirements Planning in the

BOM/PS-Interface
When you allocatematerial components to network activities using the
BOM/PS-Interface,the system automatically generates (preliminary) requirements if the network is released or the Reservation/Purch.Req indicator is set.
You can explode a BOM top-down (multi-level) or just single level for the
allocation. If you explode it top-down for all levels, the system generates
requirements for all levels in the BOM.

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Thus you can generate preliminary requirements for lower-level components

by selecting both the Multi-level indicator and the Preliminary reqmnts indicator. You use the Preliminary reqmnts indicator to create requirements in
advance which can later be posted against real requirements. To do this you
must have made the appropriate settings in the material master. The Preliminary
reqmnts indicator prevents excess requirements being generated in material
requirements planning, just because the BOM is always exploded.
During the allocation the system generates:
Preliminary orders
or
Planned independent requirements
Materials planning treats a planned independent requirement as a requirement. Afterwards when a real requirement is generated and the system finds
a component for which a sufficiently large planned independent requirement exists in the same type of stock, then these requirements will be set off
against each other.
Caution

If you have not generated preliminary requirements, and explode a

BOM excess requirements are generated, since bills of material are
always exploded multi-level during material requirements planning.

Note

If the higher-level assembly is an assembly item (Page 12) , real requirements in the form of purchase requisitions or reservations will generated despite the Preliminary reqmnts indicator.

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Material Requirements Planning and the

BOM/PS-Interface: Example Step 3
You have allocated the material components P313R, P311, P312 and P314 to
the Procurement activity using reference points and selected the Preliminary reqmnts indicator. The system generates since all the materials are stock
materials in this case are stock materials planned independent requirements.
Bill of Material

Material Requirements Planning

Assembly

P1

P2

Production
(Reqmnts. from netw.)

P311
P05

P311A

Activity10
Procurement
Ref.Point P0*
PSP: P.1.1.1

F1

P3

P31

P312
P05

P313
A237

P32

P314
P07

P313R
P0

P311P

(Reqmnts via MRP)

Activity20
Assembly
Ref.Point A23*
PSP: P.1.1

Activity30
Final Assembly
Ref.Point F
PSP: P.1

Plan.ind.req..
Comp.:P313R
Ref.point: P0

Plan.ind.req..
Comp.: P313
Ref.point: A237

Purch. reqis..
Comp.: P1
Ref.point: F

Acc. Asgn.: P.1.1.1.1

Acc. Asgn.: P.1.1.1.1

Acc. Asgn.: P.1

Plan.ind.req..
Comp.: P311
Ref.point: P05

Reservation
Comp.: P31
Ref.point: A23

Reservation
Comp.: P2
Ref.point: F

Acc. Asgn.: P.1.1.1

Acc. Asgn.: P.1.1.1

Acc. Asgn.: P.1

Plan.ind.req..
Comp.: P312
Ref.point: P05

Reservation
Comp.: P32
Ref.point: A23

Reservation
Comp.: P3
Ref.point: F

Acc. Asgn.: P.1.1.1

Acc. Asgn.: P.1.1

Acc. Asgn.: P.1.1

Plan.ind.req..
Comp.: P314
Ref.point: P07

Reserv. (neg.)
Comp.: P3
Ref.point: A23

Reserv. (neg.)
Comp.: F1
Ref.point: E

Acc. Asgn.: P.1.1.1

Acc. Asgn.: P.1.1

Acc. Asgn.: P.1

Control Table
Project

Assembly

Ref.Point

P.1

P1

P.1

P3

A23

P.1

P31

P.1.1.1

P.1

P313

P.1.1.1.1

P.1

P313R

P.1.1.1.1

WBS
consumption of reqmnts
Assembly item: goods receipt
(MRP: reqmnts covering element)

P.1.1
consumption of
dependent reqmnts

Fig. 3: Material Requirement Planning in the BOM/PS-Interface

In the Assembly activity you defined the material P3 as an assembly item,

consequently the system generates negative requirements for P3. Real requirements (here reservations) are generated for the lower-level components P31
and P32. In the case of P 31 the dependent requirements of the lower-level
components P311, P312, P313 and P314 are set off against the previously
generated planned independent requirements.
The material F1 is produced in the Final assembly activity as an assembly
item and the system generates a negative reservation. Real requirements are
generated here as well - reservations and a purchase requisition for the nonstock item P1. The reservation for P3 is set off against the planned receipt (
the negative reservation) in activity 20.

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Note

There is no cross-project consumption of requirements; requirements

can only be settledif they are generated in the same stock segment.
In this example the components are kept in sales order stock. If however, they were kept in project stock you would not be able settle the
requirements here since the account assignment of some components
has been changed and the components P31 and P313 are assigned to
different WBS elements.

The Effects of Changes in Bills of Material and the

BOM/PS-Interface
One of the main purposes of the BOM/PS-Interface is to automatically update
changes in a BOM in network activities
If you are using the BOM/PS-Interface and change a BOM, the network
activity will be up-dated with these changes the next time you execute the
allocation program. The purchase requisitions and reservations generated by
the network will also be updated.

Effect of changes in BOMs when using the allocation program of the

BOM/PS-Interface
Change in

Effect

Quantity

The material quantity is changed in the

network activity together with the
corresponding requirements coverage
(purchase requisition/reservation)

Text

The text in the network activity and

purchase requisition is changed.

BOM item:
Substituting components

The old material is deleted and the new

material added.

BOM item:
Adding new items with
reference points

The new material components are

automatically allocated to the network
activity with the corresponding reference
point.

Reference point

The material component is allocated to

another activity in the network

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Setting Priorities for Inventory Management

If you allocate a material component that can be kept in different types of
stock, a dialog box will ask you to enter the stock type in which the component should be kept. You can predefine the stock type for every material
component in a project, so that this dialog box does not appear. This is very
useful if you have a large number of material components to allocate.
To set priorities in inventory management, proceed as follows:
1. Choose Operative structures Tools Bill of material/PS
The PS-Interface for Bill of Material appears.
2. Choose Environment Stock/acct assignmt
The screen Change View Control Stock/account assignment for
BOM/PS-Interface appears.
3. Enter the project definition of the project for which you want to set priorities for the stock type.
4. Enter the priority for the stock. Priority 1 determines that all material
components are kept in this stock type. If this is not possible, they are
kept in a stock with priority 2:
5. Choose Save.
Note

You do not need to enter a priority for every stock type. It is usually
sufficient if you only set a priority for plant stock and project stock.
For information about the conditions for keeping a material component in a
particular stock type see Inventory Management in the R/3 Library - Project
System.

Changing Account Assignment in the

BOM/PS-Interface
You use the control table to allocate individual material components to
another WBS element.
The control table has two functions:
You can allocate individual material components to other WBS elements,
as described below.
You can allocate material components as assembly items (Page 12) to
network activities using reference points.

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To define another WBS element for the account assignment of a particular

material component, proceed as follows:
1. Choose Operative structures Tools Bill of material/PS
The PS-Interface for Bill of Material appears.
2. Choose Environment Control Table.
3. Enter the material and the plant in the control table.
4. Enter the WBS element for the account assignment.
5. Choose Save.
Note

If the component is kept in project stock it will be allocated to

another stock segment after this change.
If you want the requirements (Page 14) of the corresponding components to be consumed(if they are in project stock),they must both be
assigned to the same WBS element, since requirements consumption
takes place only wihin the same stock segment and not across projects.

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