Normally, only one bill revision is used for manufacturing purposes at any specific time. Additional revisions can be used for history or tracking purposes, or they can represent parent items or assemblies that are not yet ready for production.
Use bill revisions only if retention of information relating to obsolete bills or new bills not yet ready for use is important to your company. Additions, deletions, and the replacement of component items can be accomplished using the Engineering Change Entry task. Engineering changes affect changes to bills without maintaining a separate bill for each revision.
To specify a current bill revision
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Select Bill of Materials Setup menu > Bill of Materials Options.
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Select the Require Bill Revisions check box, and click Accept. For more information, see Bill of Materials Options - Fields.
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Select Bill of Materials Main menu > Bill of Materials Maintenance.
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In the Bill Number field, enter the bill number. For more information, see Bill of Materials Maintenance - Fields.
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On the Header tab, enter the current bill revision number in the Current Revision field.
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On the Lines tab, type an asterisk (*) in the Revision field when entering the bill as a component of another bill to always use the current bill revision for a component bill. This feature eliminates the need to update individual bills whenever you want to change the current revision for a component bill.
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Click Accept.
A current bill revision has been established.
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