Hierarchy
SAP_ABA (Software Component) Cross-Application Component⤷
CA-CL (Application Component) Classification⤷
BCL (Package) Cross-application objects classification
Basic Data
| Data Element | SCHGT |
| Short Description | Indicator: bulk material |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | XFELD | |
| Data Type | CHAR | Character String |
| Length | 1 | |
| Decimal Places | 0 | |
| Output Length | 1 | |
| Value Table |
Further Characteristics
| Search Help: Name | ||
| Search Help: Parameters | ||
| Parameter ID | ||
| Default Component name | BULK_MAT | |
| Change document | ||
| No Input History | ||
| Basic direction is set to LTR | ||
| No BIDI Filtering |
Field Label
| Length | Field Label | |
| Short | 10 | Bulk matl |
| Medium | 15 | Bulk material |
| Long | 20 | Bulk material |
| Heading | 6 | Bulk |
Documentation
Definition
This indicator defines a BOM item as a bulk material, which is available directly at the work center (for example, washers or grease).
The dependent requirements of bulk materials are not relevant to materials planning. This means they are not taken into account for net requirements calculation. Therefore planning for bulk materials should be consumption-based.
If bulk materials are subject to material requirements planning, you must create planned independent requirements for them.
Use
Dependent requirements are only created in the planned order for information purposes and they can be displayed there. Dependent requirements for bulk material are not shown in the MRP list or the stock/req. list.
You can maintain this indicator in both the material master record an the BOM item. The indicator in the material master record has higher priority.
- If a material is always used as a bulk material, set the indicator in the material master record.
In this case, the Bulk material indicator in material master record is automatically set in the BOM item. - If a material is only used as a bulk material in individual cases, set the indicator in the BOM item.
Examples
Dependencies
To improve system performance, you can define in the IMG for MRP that no dependent requirements are to be created for bulk material items. However, this also means that you see no information on bulk material components in the planned order or production order.
Supplementary Documentation - SCHGT 0002
Dependencies
Entry of this indicator is independent of the BOM usage.
Supplementary Documentation - SCHGT 0003
Procedure
Set this indicator if you want the system to select the items from the determined alternative, which are defined as bulk material.
Supplementary Documentation - SCHGT 0010
Use
You use this indicator to display only BOM items that are bulk materials (defined on the Status/Long Text screen of the BOM item.
Procedure
In the BOM explosion, you can use this indicator to restrict the items selected.
This indicator does not interrupt the complete explosion down to the lowest level of the BOM. There are two steps to the explosion:
- First, the BOM explodes the entire BOM - regardless of the indicators selected to restrict the items. You do not see the result of this explosion on the screen.
- Second, the system reads the indicators for restricting which items are selected, such as the bulk material indicator.
These indicators work as filters. The explosion result you see on the screen only includes the items that fulfil your selection criteria. In this case, only bulk materials are displayed.
Supplementary Documentation - SCHGT 0040
Use
The setting that you make here for the bulk material indicator is copied to all selected items.
Procedure
Examples
Dependencies
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 19981111 |
| SAP Release Created in |
