Question no 3885 : Bulk Material

In SAP PP as at ECC6.0 EhP6, which of the following is mandatory when the Bulk Material indicator is set for a Material in a BOM ?

(only one answer)

A)  Costing is not relevant.
B)  Quantity must be negative.
C)  Quantity must be fixed.
D)  Item Category must be "N".
E)  Lot size must be periodic.
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Answer: A

Standard SAP, Bulk Material are not costed.

A bulk material is a material component to which you have direct access at the work center (a loose material, such as grease or washers). You can enter the bulk material indicator in the material master record and the BOM item. This kind of material are usually low costs and maybe high volume. Although the material is in the BOM but it is not costed and not planned by MRP. Bulk Material maybe purchased via manual PO or Reorder Point and the materials received are usually issued directly to the Cost Centers as Indirect Material (and not issue as per Production Orders).

As at ECC6 EhP7, the BOM component with Bulk indicator is not included in the BOM Explosion during MRP run but when the Production Order is created, the Bulk indicator component is copied to the Production Order. However, this component will not have "Movement allowed" indicator even the Production Order is released. It looks like Bulk material in the Production Order is for documentation only.

The Bulk materials when received are directly Goods Issue to the Production Work Centers (not related to Production Orders). 

(for the current Bulk Material feature, make sure to check the documentations of the SAP version, as the features and functions may change over time)