Equipment Bill of material in SAP
PM Module is a part of Master Data in SAP PM Module. It is used to capture
the information about the spare parts of a particular technical object
(Equipment). This information is used during maintenance processing which
helps the maintenance planner to search the relevant spare part to replace.
Planner is not required to search the spare part into complete material
master in maintenance order.
As a consultant it is always recommended
to create Equipment Bill of material.
How to create an Equipment Bill
of Material in SAP PM:
Step 1: Run t Code IB01 or else
follow this path on the SAP easy access screen:
SAP Menu -> Logistics -> Plant
Maintenance -> Management of Technical Objects -> Bill of Material -> Equipment
BOM -> IB01 – Create
Step 2: Create Equipment BOM initial
screen will appear. Here you must enter the equipment with reference to
which you want to create the bill of material.
Step 3: Select the plant to which
equipment belongs to or where equipment is physically installed.
Step 4: Select the BOM usage 4
– Plant Maintenance. Here you will get total 8 entries because bill of
material is used in other modules also .Like Production Planning, Material
Management, Sales Distribution. You will be able to use this Equipment
BOM in maintenance processing only if you select BOM usage as 4.
Step 5: Press enter to continue.
Now the general item overview screen will appear.
Step 6: Here you can assign all
the spare parts of the equipment with quantity.
Step 7: In the material tab. Select
the desired material and enter the quantity.
Step 8: Select the item category
very carefully. There are two item categories are applicable here. L and
N. L means Stock item, which in turn means that material is always available
in warehouse for use. In the maintenance order a reservation will be created
for this material.
However, N means that material
non stock material, which means that a purchase requisition will be triggered
from the maintenance order if this material required for maintenance.
Step 9: Afterwards click on SAVE
button. Once it is saved. It is ready for use in maintenance order.
Application: It is frequently asked
in the interview question that what is the use of Equipment Bill of material.
Here is the answer: Whenever you create any maintenance order with reference
to this equipment, then in the component tab, every maintenance planner
wants to have the list of spare parts related to that particular equipment
for which maintenance order is created, not the entire material master,
where you have thousands of materials.
Here, business user should go to
the top menu bar click on the Extras -> Reference Objects -> Structure
List. This will open the same material list which you have created in IB01
t code. Other than menu bar you may also click on a LIST button with a
flower on it. This will do the same.
This is all about Equipment Bill
of Material in SAP PM.
