Here’s a fun little tidbit. A recent client was looking for ways to get the BOM from a sales order line item before if hits the planned order/production order phase. Particularly when you deal with large or expensive manufacturing, you planning/procurement groups might need a heads up on what components will be needed long before it hits MRP. In that case, you can use the ABAP Function: CS_BOM_EXPL_KND_V1 This function with a few inputs will provide you the complete BOM for the sales order configuration. Here’s what you need to enter to make CS_BOM_EXPL_KND_V1 work:
VBELN & VBPOS… easy one here. the sales order & line item you want to explode.
WERKS – the plant it should be exploded in
MTNRV – this is your configurable material (KMAT)
EMENG – the quantity of the line item
DAVTUV – the explosion date you want to use (important if you use ECM on the BOM)
CUOBJ – this is the configuration to use ( you can find this in VBAP)
CAPID – this is your BOM type. PP01 or SD01 are the most popular
MMory – set this to 0 (not sure if this is required)
MEHRS – set this to X (again, not sure what this is for)
If you set these values, BAM, you get your VC BOM before MRP does. Hope you find this useful.
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