Adding Manufacturing Parts to a BOM

Manufacturing Engineers can add manufacturing parts in the Preliminary state to a BOM. The change applies to the selected plant only. Manufacturing parts can be added to any part in the MBOM assembly or under other manufacturing parts. This requires a context MCO in the Create state.

Before you begin: Access a part Bill of Materials page in MBOM Plant-Specific mode (Current & Pending view). See Editing Part Bill of Materials - MBOM Plant-Specific.
See Also
Removing Manufacturing Parts From a BOM
  1. From the page Actions menu or toolbar, click Add Existing.
    The Search page opens, where you can select manufacturing parts to add to the BOM. See About Searches.
  2. Search for and select one or more parts to add and click Submit.
    The BOM page redisplays, where you can make changes to the attributes for the parts you added. Added part details are shown in green text with in front of the part name.

    The following attributes can be changed:

    AttributeDescription
    F/NEnter a find number.
    Ref DesEnter the reference designator for the MBOM connection.
    QtyEnter the number of parts of the same kind to be added in the assembly.
    UsageThe default usage options are: Standard, As Required, Per Sales Order, Reference, Reference-Eng, Reference-Mfg.
    Mfg NotesNotes from the Manufacturing Engineer
    StypeThe supply type specifies how the part is supplied to the production line. The following options are available:
    • Push. Issue material according to a schedule or job order
    • Pull. Issue material on demand using operations
    • Unassigned. The supply type has not yet been assigned
    Auth Status

    Authorization status for the plant to use the substitute part: A (authorized), NA (not authorized), R (authorization requested), or P (processing request).

    Note:

    Note: The Auth Status for primary/alternate/manufacturing part is always A .

    Pref Rank

    Preference Rank for the substitute part if multiple substitute parts are defined for a part: 0 (no preference), 1 (preferred part), 2 (secondary preference rank), 3 (third preference rank).

    Note: Note: Preference Rank can be set only for Substitute/Alternate Parts.