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EXPLOSIONS OF BILL-OF-MATERIALS LISTS

  • US 20130054427A1
  • Filed: 07/20/2012
  • Published: 02/28/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for performing parallel explosions of bill-of-materials lists of a plurality of products in a way that a number of units of each of a plurality of components constituting each of the plurality of products is arranged in an area corresponding to the component, the method comprising:

  • a processing unit selecting a particular component directly constituting a particular product among the plurality of products;

    the processing unit determining whether or not a bill-of-materials list of the selected particular component is already broken down;

    if determined that the bill-of-materials list of the selected particular component is not yet broken down, the processing unit breaking down the bill-of-materials list of the particular component into parallel explosion information and bill-of-materials explosion information, wherein the parallel explosion information comprises a number of units of each of a plurality of components constituting the particular component stored at a position corresponding to the particular product in an area corresponding to the component, and wherein the bill-of-materials explosion information comprises information specifying the number of units of each of the components and an area corresponding to each of the components in the parallel explosion information; and

    if determined that the bill-of-materials list of the particular component is already broken down, the processing unit adding the number of units of each of the components included in the bill-of-materials explosion information to the number of units stored in a position in the parallel explosion information that corresponds to the particular product in an area specified as corresponding to the component based on the information included in the bill-of-materials explosion information.

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