How to Create Bill of Materials

A bill of material (BOM) describes the different components that together create a product. For
example- A computer is a product. It is a combination of CPU, Keyboard, Monitor, Mouse etc.
The bill of material contains the item number of each component, quantity required in the
manufacture of a product and the unit of measure of the item.
SAP R/3 allows the creation of various categories of Bill of Material. Some of the categories of
the BOM are

Material BOM (T-code CS01) - A bill of material that you create for a material known
as material BOM.
Equipment BOM (T-code-IB01) - Equipment BOM is used to describe the structure of
equipment and to assign spare parts to equipment for maintenance purpose.

Sales Order BOM (T-code-CS61) -Sales Order BOM is used for make-to-order
production of products according to the requirements of customers.

Functional location BOM (T-Code-IB11) - A functional location BOM can be created

individually for each functional location or a group of technical objects.

Document BOM (T-code-CS11) - A complex document may be made up from multiple

documents such as program, papers, technical drawing etc. These related information and
documentation object grouped as a unit using a BOM.

Step-1 Create Material BOM

1. Enter T-code CS01 in the command field.
2. Enter Material / Plant / BOM usage.

Step-2

Enter Item Code, Material component and Quantity.

Step-3
Click on save button. A Message as

will be displayed.