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.
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 |
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. |
Click Prog opts to review your options. To change them:
Click the Runtime tab to set runtime options. See Set Options for Reports and Inquiries for more information.
Click the Program tab to set these program specific options:
Field Name |
Type / Max Length |
Action / Description |
Select number of levels |
Required |
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:
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Click the Program2 tab to set these program specific options:
Field Name |
Type / Max Length |
Action / Description |
Exclude item status 0-9 |
Optional |
Select item statuses to exclude. |
Click Save to save these options for future use.
Click OK to apply these options or click Cancel to exit without applying them.