Use bill of material parameters to define modes of operation and default values for an organization that affect functions such as bill definition, bill deletion, and assemble-to-order configuration numbering.

Define bill of material parameters for each organization in which you use bills or routings. (Bill parameters are specific to, and must be defined for, each organization.) Doing so ensures access to resource, outside processing, and overhead cost information for certain cost management functions.

   To define bill of material parameters:

1. Navigate to the Parameters window.

2. Enter the maximum bill levels to explode. The maximum is 60.

For configurations only

All fields in the Configuration Options box apply only to configured items. See: BOM Parameters, Oracle Configure to Order Process Guide, for more detailed information about each field.

3. Enter an inactive status.

4. Enter the numbering segment to use when creating configuration item numbers.

5. Select an automatic or user defined numbering method. A unique configuration item number is automatically assigned based on the numbering method you select:

   Append Sequence: Appends a sequence number to the item segment you entered for the numbering segment.

   Replace with Sequence: Replace the item segment you entered in the numbering segment with a sequence number.

   Replace with Order, Line Number: Replace the item segment you entered for numbering segment with the sales order and line number.

   User Defined: Allows you to define a numbering scheme that meets your business needs.

6. Select one of the following in the Create Lower Level Supply field:

   • No (default value)

     The system creates supply only for the top level assemble to order (ATO) item or configuration.

   • Auto Created Configuration Items Only

     Creates supply for any lower level configuration generated because of the specific sales order configuration.

     Note: This option does not create supply for any lower level configuration that was matched to a preconfigured item.

   • Auto Created Configuration Items and ATO Items

     Creates lower level supply for all ATO items, preconfigured items, and autocreated configured items.

     Note: Supply is created even for ATO items set up as standard mandatory components on the model bill. Only use this option if you do not expect to have inventory on hand for your ATO items and preconfigured items.

   This parameter indicates whether or not the system creates supply for lower level configurations and assemble to order items when progressing an order on-line in Oracle Order Management, or when using the Autocreate FAS batch program.

7. Check the Config BOM Creation Allowed box to allow the creation of configuration bills of material in the organization.

   Check this box in all organizations in which you plan to manufacture or purchase your configurations. Uncheck the box in those organizations where a model BOM exists, but a configuration BOM is not necessary. For example, leave the box unchecked for an Order Management validation organization that is not a manufacturing organization.

8. Check the Include Model/Option Class Items in Lead Time Rollup box to include models and option classes when rolling up cumulative lead times.

   If you leave this box unchecked, the cumulative lead time calculations are not performed for model or option classes.

For all bills of material

9. If you would like Work in Process to maintain the individual operation sequence numbers for phantom subassemblies, and to charge their resource and overhead costs to the parent or higher level assembly, you set the following two parameters in Oracle Bills of Material:

   Use Phantom Routings: Set this parameter to specify whether phantom routing resources and overhead costs (including those for outside processing resources assigned to phantom routing operations) are charged to the parent or higher level assembly. Setting this parameter also implies department inheritance for resources; thus, phantom resources can be used by departments that they are not owned by or assigned to as a borrowed resource. You set the parameter at the inventory organization level and it then applies to all phantoms within a single inventory organization. These are its two values:

   • Yes: If you select this value, phantom routing components and resources and overheads are included in the cost of the higher level assembly. Routing resource costs are also included in capacity planning.

   • No: This is the default. This value specifies that only components are included in the higher assembly's cost, not resources and overheads.

   Inherit Phantom Op Seq: Set this parameter to specify whether phantom subassembly components inherit the operation sequence number of their parent or higher level assembly, or maintain their own operation sequence number. This parameter is set at the inventory organization level, and applies to all phantoms within a single inventory organization. The parameter has these two values:

   • Yes: This is the default. This value specifies that phantom subassembly components inherit the operation sequence number of their parent or higher level assemblies.

   • No: If you select this value, phantom subassembly components maintain their own operation sequence numbers.