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CU51 Order BOM

CU51

Purpose
Use this transaction to create Order BOM for any configured pump based on configuration

Job Roles
Engineering

Prerequisites
Material master record already exists

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MM01/MM02/MM03

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Design:
BOM design for configurable pumps consists of multilevel KMATS, with a fine line between Order
entry and engineering. Based on configuration entered by order entry, engineering will perform
CU51 transaction to enter any information required by engineering and will perform BOM explosion
using existing super BOM and will perform any required additions or changes to the order specific
bom and will save it as an order bom in the system
To facilitate this functionality, BOM structure for Pentair is as below
PUMPSYSTEM All configured pumps will be configured using Pumpsystem material and based
on the configuration specific pump series will be exploded as sub item. Along with the pump series,
other sub items such as Spare parts, Suction CANS, Discharge Elbows etc will also be exploded as
subitems. If multiple configured items are exploded as subitems onto sales order, engineering will
run the transaction for ever Sales Order/Line Item to make sure BOM is exploded according to the
configuration and will make changes/additions based on requirements. Configuration entered at
pumpsystem can only be viewed in a sales order
PUMP_XXXX, SUCTION_CAN, DISCHARGE_ELBOW, SPAREPARTS etc Order entry will
answer all information required to configure these products. Configuration entered at this level can
be viewed in CU51 for reference purposes but cannot be changed. In order for engineering to make
any necessary changes or answer any additional information that can only be entered and reviewed
by engineering, a phantom engineering material has been included as part of BOM structure and
super BOMs for all pump series will be maintained at this level
PUMP_XXXX or PUMP_XXXXE This serves as an engineering material and configuration at this
level can only be entered by engineering using CU51. Order entry will not get any view to this
material from sales order during order configuration. Typical information answered at this level are
motor parameters, engineering calculations, special materials etc. Certain information is mandatory
at this level based on pump series and engineering has to enter this information to make the
configuration complete and have it released to production
PRERELEASE:
This material is part of PUMP_XXXX and is a Phantom material. This level will be used to establish
a prerelease BOM when required so that long lead items can be purchased while engineering/Spec
department work on the full BOM
Note: CU51 for Pentair will always save order BOMs as result oriented Order BOMs.
Result Oriented Order BOM: In this scenario configuration result with manual changes are saved
as an order BOM. Dependencies are not saved. This means that the saved assemblies are smaller
than if you save a copy of the super BOM.
Exploding the BOM in interactive configuration triggers an update using the material BOM.
Dependencies are processed, which means that changes to characteristic values can result in a
change to structure. New items that are created in material BOM are copied to result oriented order
bom
Prerequisites: Prerequisites for processing CU51
Sales order exists
Configuration is complete with no inconsistencies
Right configuration profile exists for the materials that will be part of CU51

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Transaction: CU51
This transaction has to be performed for every sales order/item that requires engineering work.
Typical ones include PUMPS, Elbows, CANs etc

Once entered into CU51 trnsaction, initial screen will display configuration as below. It displays
configuration entered by order entry (which is greyed out and cannot be changed) and also displays
the configuration for engineering material, which is where all missing engineering information can
be entered

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Double click on the level(Left hand Side) that needs to be accessed and the VC relevant for that
level will be displayed on the right hand side

GREEN LIGHT Indicates that particular level has all information thats required
YELLOW LIGHT Indicates that particular level requires certain information and that information
need to be entered
RED LIGHT Indicates that the particular level has inconsistent VC values and need to be fixed
Ultimate goal is to have Green light at all levels

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BOM Design BOM design employs class items which are replaced by real materials from variant
tables. 98% of the bom items for all pump models are determined based on above methodlogy
Pre-Release:
In certain scenarios, a pre-release BOM has to be established so that the long lead items can be
purchased while engineering/spec department works on the full bom and release it to production
Establising a Prerelease BOM can either be done from CU51 or using transaction CS61.
Recommendation is to use CS61 as multiple materials can be entered at once in CS61 where as in
CU51 one materials has to be entered at a time. Please refer to Prerelease BPP for this process

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CU51:
Reasons why a material cannot be determined:
Material does not exist in SAP
Material not classified with right class
Material does not exist for a certain VC selection
Object dependency used to replace the class item with material from table is not written
with proper syntax
Issue Resolution: Only to be done by VC modelers. Users without a modeler role will only be
performing steps that invloves adding or deleting material manually, changing component
quantites manually and flagging the BOM as prodcution relevant
Material Does not exist in SAP: To be performed by Master data team or Pentair KC
superuser
Create the material in SAP
Make sure the material is assigned the right class
o Ex: FN_STUD. If the assumption is that stud material CP8808M28 0034F has to be
determined from table and it failed because material does not exist in SAP
o After material is created, assign the material to Class 300 FN_STUD. Class a
specific material has to be assigned can be determined as below
o Method1 - CU51 screen will display the class name that needs to be replaced with
the material. Thats the class material need to be classified with
o Method2 Super BOM (CS03) will display the class used for studs as below. BOM
item number can be known by double clicking the item on left hand side in CU51
screen

CS03:
Material: VTSH_COLUMN_ASSY
PLANT: 1530
USAGE: 1

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Classify the material using CL24N

Reexecuting CU51 will result in right stud material in BOM explosion

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Material Not Classified or Classified with wrong class: To be performed by Master data team
or Pentair KC superuser
Check to make sure material is classified at all or claasified with wrong class
Transaction MM03
Enter Material Number

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Fix the issue by executing CL24N transaction from above. Once fixed, reexecuting the CU51
transaction will perform the bom explosion with right material
Material does not exist for a specific VC Selection: In some scenarios materials are not part
of super BOM and has to be manually entered using CU51
Example: Special discharge head or a special Mechanical seal

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To enter a material for Discharge head, Delete the entry 300 FN_DISCHARGE_HEAD_MAT and
insert specifc material for diachrge head

Once deleted, enter specific head material to VTSH_HEAD_ASSY as below

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Then save CU51 so that an order specifc bom is created at VTSH_HEAD_ASSY. Above mentioned
process can be used to delete an existing material and replacing it with a different material

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Once fixes have been made, re executing CU51 will reflect the changes as below

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