Production Order BOM Explosion#

A Production Order represents the execution of a manufacturing process aimed at producing a final good in the required quantity to meet a specific customer demand.

During this process, the final good undergoes continuous transformation - in some cases being assembled with other materials, and in other cases having different materials combined and incorporated into it.

A BOM (Bill of Materials) is a list of the materials required to manufacture the quantity of goods specified in the Production Order.

The MES includes a key functionality — Perform BOM Explosion — which automates the creation of the materials referenced in a BOM associated with a Product in a given Production Order.

When these conditions are met and you start executing the Production Order, the system automatically creates the BOM materials along with the Production Order materials (final goods).

Modeling#

The model used in this tutorial was built on top of the models that were used to explain the Production Order Creation and Planning Inclusion sections of the tutorial.

Once all configuration steps from those tutorials are completed, you must configure one additional Production Order property and set up the BOM together with the BOM Item Products. These will be created automatically and assigned to the Production Order during execution.

Production Order Properties#

At the Production Order level, in addition to enabling the Include In Planning property, you must also enable the Perform BOM Explosion property (see image below).

BOM#

The BOM used to produce the final goods for the Production Order references the same Product as the Production Order material.

BOM Product Properties#

Here is a configuration example for a BOM product. Key properties include:

• Default Start Flow Path - where the Material will be placed.
• Product Type - defines the scope for its use.
• Default Units - must be consistent with defined Step and Production Order configurations.

Product Scheduling Properties#

For the BOM product, its Scheduling properties must be enabled, with the Scheduling Mode set to Material.

Below is a configuration example for the Flour Product.

Execution#

The video below showcases an example where a Production Order in the Created state is being started, and automatically the Materials - both main materials and components required to assemble the assigned BOM - are created.

Also shown in the below video are the created Materials, where one of them represents the Production Order material (final good) and the other represents the material needed for the BOM execution.

Master Data#

This is the Master Data file used to create this model.