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Alternative BOM ?

Former Member — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:42:08 GMT

Hello abap gurus.

Could you please explain me what exactly means Alternative BOM ? ( STLAL ).

Thanks in advance.

Re: Alternative BOM ?

Former Member — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:50:18 GMT

hi Rakesh,

Welcom to SDN

If you know something about BOM then its simple to understand the alternate BOM

its simply the different version of BOM but having the same parent material.

Re: Alternative BOM ?

Former Member — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:17:12 GMT

Hi Naveen,

thx for the reply. can you explain me briefly given a scenario.

Re: Alternative BOM ?

Former Member — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:21:44 GMT

Check this good explanation from Rich... U can easily understand the concept

A Bill of Material is used to know how to build a product. For example, say your product is a bicycle. What are the components of the bicycle. Well, we have a frame, seat, wheels, handle bars, brakes, etc. These components make up the bill of material. In SAP, you create a BOM using transaction CS01, to change is CS02, to display is CS03. Alternative BOMs, are versions of BOMs tied to the same parent material.

codeParent Materail - Bicycle

Component Materials - Frame

Wheels

Seat

Handle Bars

Brakes[/code]

In simple words... Alternate BOM means for the same material group we can have have multiple alternatives 1 and 2 with the same BOM.

goog example would be....

Let the FERT be a car.

The BOM of a car will have various components. Suppose if we want to use

a different type of siren in some models then here we can create a 2 bom(alternate) & add siren along with the other components.

Hence depending upon the model ordered we can choose the BOM.

For a normal car, BOM 1 &

for a car along with siren BOM 2.

Re: Alternative BOM ?

Former Member — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:36:14 GMT

Hi Naveen,

I really appreciate for your answer. For the same example ( FERT car ) Can you explain me the MAST, STKO primary key details.

Re: Alternative BOM ?

Former Member — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:42:58 GMT

Rakesh,

Simple you can check this below select statement on both of those tables.. u can simply understand

select a~matnr

b~stlnr into corresponding fields of table itab

from mast as a join stko as b

on a_{stlnr = b}stlnr

and a_{stlan = b}stlan.

Re: Alternative BOM ?

Former Member — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:47:58 GMT

Hi Naveen ,

can you tell me what is DOKAR ( Document type ) , DOKNR ( Document number ) in STPO table what content do they include... I would appreciate the reply. Thanks ..