Viewing bill of materials

The Bill of Materials (BOM) consists of all the product structures of the parent part, along with the constituents of each product structure. This screen lists all the product structure and its constituents in a hierarchical form.

Select the “View BOM” link in the “Manage Product Structure” page.

The “View Bill of Materials” page appears.

The system displays the following in the header:

PS Part #	The number identifying the product structure part.
PS Class	The product structure class.
PS Revision #	The revision number of the product structure.
Part Type	The type of the product structure part.
Effective From / To	The date from which the product structure revision is active.
PS Category	The category of the product structure part.
Part Description	The textual description of the product structure part.

Select one of the following radio buttons:

Normal View	Select this radio button to display all the product structure and their constituents in a hierarchical form. Refer ‘Example’.
Flattened View	If you select this radio button, all the product structure and their constituents are displayed in hierarchical form, except the Phantom parts. Refer ‘Example’.

Example: If ‘P2’ & ‘P3’ are constituent parts to ‘P1’ and if ‘P4’ and ‘P5’ are constituent parts to ‘P2’ and also ‘P2’ is a Phantom Part, the product structure is displayed in the following hierarchy:

Normal View:

Flattened View:

Note: Phantom part ‘P2’ is not displayed in flattened view and its constituents are displayed in the next higher level.

The system displays the following in the “BOM Details” multiline:

Level Code	The level at which the parts occur in the hierarchy.
Seq. #	The sequence number of the part.
PS Part #	The product structure part number.
Part Description	The textual description of the part.
Total Quantity	The total quantity of the part in the product structure.
UOM	The UOM defined for the part.
Part Source	The source of the part which could be “On Loan”, “From Pool”, “Exchanges”, “Make”, “Subcontracting” or “Procurement”.
Source Strategy	The source strategy of the part which could be “Inventory”, “Procure” or “Make”.
Part Type	The type of the part.
PS Exists	Indicates whether product structure exists for the part.
PS Revision	The revision number of the product structure.
Effective From	The date from which the product structure revision is active.
Effective To	The date from until which the product structure revision is active.
Remarks	Any remarks related to the bill of materials.