SAP Note 25092 - Material component sorting in production order

Symptom:

The material component sorting in the bill of material, the production order and the list for the goods issue for the production order is not the same.

Cause and prerequisites

Different sort criteria.

Solution

1. The sorting of the components in the bill of material is carried out according to item number and material number.

2. The sorting of the components in the production order is carried out according to the following operation. Within the sequence and operation, the components are displayed in a single-level BOM display (not a structure display !!!). The following example makes this clear.

Structure display of the bill of material:
O. Finished product F1
1. 10 Component R1
1. 20 Phantom assembly D1
2. 10 Component R11
2. 20 Phantom assembly D2
3. 10 Component R21
2. 30 Component R12
1. 30 Component R2
1. 40 Phantom assembly D3
2. 10 Component R31
Structure display as single-level BOM in production order:

*... all componenten on level 1, which are not phantom assemblies
10 Component R1
30 Component R3
*... all phantoms on level 1 with components which are not phantoms
20 Phantom assembly D1
10 Component R11
30 Component R12
40 Phantom assembly D3
10 Component R31
*... all phantoms on level 2 with components which are not phantoms
20 Phantom assembly D2
10 Component R21
*.... all phantoms on level 3 ..... etc.



The components in the production order all receive the same reservation number and a consecutive counter. This counter is assigned regardless of the displayed sequence of the components.
It is not possible to consider the sorting during the counter allocating because all counters would possibly have to be reassigned for certain order modifications, and therefore a DELETE and an INSERT would have to be carried out for each reservation in the database.

3. The material provision list and the goods issue slips are sorted in the standard by sequence, operation, storage location, and reservation item. The printed reports can, however, be modified easily in order to obtain another sorting.

4. During the goods issue for the production order, the components in transaction MB1A are listed according to the sequence of the reservation; that is, without considering the sorting in the production order. Theoretically, it would be possible to sort the list in this transaction exactly the same way as in the production order. This sorting, which also means an additional system load, is not yet implemented in the standard R/3 system.

5. In transaction COGI 'Rework backflushed items', the materials to be withdrawn are also displayed in unsorted order.

In Release 3.0, it is possible to restrict the withdrawals list according to plant, material, order category, order number, error document, movement type or sales order number.