Structural Diversity Enhancement

Use the BOM transfer tool to assign BOM items to activities for project T-200##

(via the common reference points). Use the component overview in the project planning board to check that the BOM items have been properly assigned and the planned requirements dates.

Optional: Call up the material components for your project in the Project Builder.

1. Call up the BOM Transfer tool in the Project System menu. Select project T-200##and the BOM for material T-20000 in plant 1300 with usage 3(Universal). Use profile 1300 for the selection. Use these selection parameters to transfer the bill of material. Save the assignments and return to the SAP menu.

2. Open project T-200## in the project planning board and check that the material components have been assigned properly in the Component Overview. Choose the General Data and Procurement Parameters tab pages in the detail screen for component T-20210. Then exit the project planning board.

3. Optional: Open project T-200## in the Project Builder. Call up the overview of all the assigned components and the detail screen for component T-20600. To which activity is this component assigned? Then exit the Project Builder.

Solution 8: Material Planning

Task: BOM Transfer – Project T-200##

Use the BOM transfer tool to assign BOM items to activities for project T-200##

(via the common reference points). Use the component overview in the project planning board to check that the BOM items have been properly assigned and the planned requirements dates.

Optional: Call up the material components for your project in the Project Builder.

1. Call up the BOM Transfer tool in the Project System menu. Select project T-200##and the BOM for material T-20000 in plant 1300 with usage 3(Universal). Use profile 1300 for the selection. Use these selection parameters to transfer the bill of material. Save the assignments and return to the SAP menu.

a) In the SAP menu, choose, SAP Menu→^Logistics→Project System→ Material→Planning→Bill of Material Transfer.

In the initial screen, enter the following selection criteria:

Field Name Values

Project Definition T-200##

Profile 1300

Material T-20000

Plant 1300

BOM Usage 3

To start the transfer, choose Execute.

The results overview shows the components of the (multi-level) BOM that were assigned to the activities in your project because they had the same reference points. The components are assigned when you save your data. Choose Save, and exit the BOM transfer tool by choosing Back.

Hint: Other ways are also available for assigning material components to activities:

• By copying a template (that is, components have already been assigned to the other project).

• By assigning components manually using, for example, the Project Builder or project planning board.

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2. Open project T-200## in the project planning board and check that the material components have been assigned properly in the Component Overview. Choose the General Data and Procurement Parameters tab pages in the detail screen for component T-20210. Then exit the project planning board.

a) Open project T-200## in the project planning board. To do so, choose Project System→^Project→Project Planning Board→Change Project and choose T-200## Turbine Gr## in the worklist.

To check that the material components have been assigned properly, choose Select All and then Component Overview in the project planning board. The overview screen displays the assigned components along with their requirements dates.

Hint: You can display additional information about the components, such as the detail screen or a goods receipt/issue list (GR/GI List), via the context menu (right click your mouse).

To call up the detail screen for component T-20210, choose T-20210 in the component overview.

In the detail screen, call up the General Data tab page. The system not only displays the requirements date for the component but also the reservation number. Call up the Procurement Parameters tab page.

In addition to data from the component material master, this tab page displays important data about the quantity and value flow (account assignment categories, special stock and consumption posting indicator, for example).

Exit the detail screen for the component and the project planning board by choosing Back and Back (twice).

3. Optional: Open project T-200## in the Project Builder. Call up the overview of all the assigned components and the detail screen for component T-20600. To which activity is this component assigned? Then exit the Project Builder.

a) Call up the Project Builder from the Project System menu: Project System→Project→Project Builder. To open project T-200##

double-click project T-200## Turbine Gr## in the worklist.

If necessary, expand the structure so that the assigned material components are also displayed in the Project Builder structure. To display a list of all the material components that have been assigned to your network, choose the network header in the structure tree and then choose Component Overview. The system displays a list of all the assigned components.

To display details for component T-20600, select the row for material T-20600 in the overview and choose General. The detail screen is displayed and the components are highlighted in the structure.

Material T-20600 is assigned to activity 4000.

Exit the project and the Project Builder by choosing Back and Exit.

Lesson Summary

You should now be able to:

• Explain the material planning functions in SAP Project System (SAP PS)

• Name the benefits of transferring BOMs