Display Component Usage in Standard Bills of Material

Use the BOM Where-Used (MWU) program to display parent items on standard bills of material in which a component is used. See Road Map for more information.

  1. Enter the number of a component or click the Lookup icon and use the standard lookup options to select it from a list.

The program displays these fields:

Field Name

Displays

Component

The item number you entered or selected

Description

The description of this component

Stk UOM

The componen's stocking unit of measure

Scope

The branches considered for the on-hand and obligated quantities displayed

Levels

The number of levels you entered for the Select number of levels Program option

The program displays these fields for each parent item found:

Field Name

Displays

Seq

A sequence number that can be used for sorting

Lvl

The level of the component with respect to the parent in the bill of material

Parent item no

The item number of the parent

Description

The description of the parent item

Part des

The part designator your company uses to distinguish multiple occurrences of a component in the same bill of material

Cur

An asterisk indicates the current ECL

ECL

Engineering change level

Qty per assy

The quantity of the component required to build one parent item

Stk UOM

The stocking unit of measure for the parent item

Effective

The effective date specified for the component on the bill

Expiration

The expiration date specified for the component on the bill

Item status

The item's status (specified in Enterprise Item Maintenance)

Date/time stamp

The system date and time recorded when this bill was last changed

Revised

The expiration date specified for the component on the bill

Ref cd

A code that your company can use (e.g., to associate this item with an engineering drawing number)

Op seq

The operation sequence number specified for the component on the bill

Comp ref

The reference that your company uses for this item

Qty on hand

The quantity on hand (see step 3, Scope for inventory quantities program option)

Qty obligated

The quantity obligated (see step 3, Scope for inventory quantities program option)

Sfty stk

Safety stock from the manufacturing branch of your login branch

  1. Choose the appropriate options:

To

Do This

Review your options for this program

Click Prog opts. See step 3.

Print the where-used item listing

Click Print. See Print an Inquiry.

Display notes for a parent item

Highlight a line and click Parent notes. See Display Notes.

Display notes for this component on a bill

Highlight a line and click Comp notes. See Display Notes.

Display a single level of the bill of material for the component

Click BOM. See Display a Single Level of a BOM.

Specify a different component

Click OK.

Exit the program

Click Exit.

  1. Click Prog opts to review your options. To change them:

    1. Click the Runtime tab to set runtime options. See Set Options for Reports and Inquiries for more information.

    2. Click the Program tab to set these program specific options:

Field Name

Type / Max Length

Action / Description

Select number of levels

Required
3 numeric in the format 999

Accept 1 or enter the number of levels of the bill of material you want the program to display.

Print only current ECL?

Optional

Select to display only the current Engineering Change Level or leave blank to display all ECLs.

Exclude items with expired eff dates?

Optional

Select to omit items if the component has expired or leave blank to include all items regardless of their expiration date.

Scope for inventory quantities

Optional

Select the scope for the on hand and obligated quantities that display:

  • B Your login branch only

  • E Your entire company

  • G All branches in your inventory group

  • M Your manufacturing branch only

  • S Selected branch or group (specified on the Selection tab)

    1. Click the Program2 tab to set these program specific options:

Field Name

Type / Max Length

Action / Description

Exclude item status 0-9

Optional
1 numeric

Select item statuses to exclude.

    1. Click Save to save these options for future use.

    2. Click OK to apply these options or click Cancel to exit without applying them.