Alternative BOM ?

[Former Member]

Hello abap gurus.

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

Thanks in advance.

[Former Member]

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.

[Former Member]

Hi Naveen,

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

[Former Member]

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.

[Former Member]

Hi Naveen,

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

[Former Member]

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.

[Former Member]

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 ..