Copy a BOM for a Configured Product

Use the Configured Product Maintenance (MBM) program to enter, change, and copy a bill of material for a configured product or enter a family for forecasting. See Background and Road Map for more information.

Enter the item number of the parent item whose bill of material you want to copy or click the Lookup icon and use the standard lookup options to select the item from a list.

Select a subassembly parent item number, click Select, and then Comp bill.

Click Bill Copy.
Enter data in these fields:

Field Name	Type / Max Length	Action / Description
New item	Required 24 alphanumeric	Enter the number of an item that has a record set up in the Enterprise Item Maintenance (IM) and Branch Item Maintenance (IMB) programs and does not have a bill of material. The item type of the new item must be the same as the item type of the item whose bill you are copying.
Copy notes?	Optional	Select to copy notes associated with the BOM into the new BOM or clear to not copy the notes to the new BOM.
Copy operations?	Optional	Select to copy operations associated with the BOM to the new BOM or clear to not copy the operations to the new BOM.
Reset popularity?	Optional	Select to reset the Popularity fields in the new BOM or leave blank to copy the Popularity field settings to the new BOM.

Choose the appropriate options:

To	Do This
Change a field	Click Modify.
Cancel this action	Click Cancel.
Save the data	Click OK.

Click OK for the message The BOM from [item number] has been copied to [item number].
Click Exit.
Enter the Parent item number to which you copied the bill of material.
Select the component on the new BOM that you need to change and click Select.
Click Modify and enter data that is different for this BOM. See Enter a BOM for a Configured Product for field descriptions.
Choose the appropriate options:

To	Do This
Change a field	Click Modify.
Delete a saved record	Click Delete. See Delete.
Exit without entering this record	Click Cancel.
Enter or change notes	Click Notes. See Enter Notes or Change Notes.
Go to a related program	Click Jump. See Jump.
Add or change operation sequences	Click Oper. See Create an Operation for a Configured Product or Change an Operation for a Configured Product. A check mark displays on the button when there are operation sequences for the item.
Change the bill of material for this subassembly	Click Comp bill. If the item type of the parent is Finished Good, MRP Dependent, or Phantom, see Enter a Bill of Material. Note This button displays only if the component has a BOM.
Accept the data	Click OK.
Exit and return to the menu	Click Quit.

Choose the appropriate options when you click Cancel or OK:

To	Do This
Add another component	Click Add.
Delete the selected component	Click Delete. See Delete.
Display the selected component	Click Select.
Display components from a specific component	Click Restart. The program prompts Comp item no. Enter the first component that you want to display or leave blank to begin with the first component in the file.
Print components	Click Print. See Print.
Display the previous set of records in the file	Click Page up.
Display the next set of records in the file	Click Page down.
Copy the bill of material to create a new BOM	Click Bill copy.
Exit this parent item	Click Exit. The program prompts Parent item no. Enter another parent item or leave blank to exit.
Exit and return to the menu	Click Quit.

When you click Exit, enter another parent item number or exit the program.