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You create a new product that has a bill of materials (BOM).
You add several lines to the BOM. Some of the lines are items. Some of the lines represent a sub-assembly.
You set the line type for one of the sub-assembly lines to Vendor.
In this situation, what does the Vendor line type indicate?
A. The sub-assembly contains several items supplied by one vendor.
B. The sub-assembly is produced from BOM components at your company.
C. The sub-assembly is produced by an external partner, but the inventory sub-assemblies are delivered to your warehouse.
D. The sub-assembly is produced by a subcontractor but the sub-assembly components are provided from your warehouse to the subcontractor.
Correct Answer: C
Explanation/Reference:
* Complex BOM – Car – Made up of hundreds of components and BOMs. It is possible to have BOMs within a BOM. This is usually referred to as a sub-assembly or sub-BOM. When a bill of materials has several layers of BOMs nested within it, it is referred to as having multiple layers.
An example of a multi-layer BOM: Carburetor BOM within Engine BOM within Automobile BOM.
* Vendor
A person or company providing goods or services in return for payment.
* Subassembly
Any component on a bill of materials that has a bill with components assigned to it. For example, a motherboard could be considered a subassembly for a computer because the motherboard is comprised of EPROMs, RAM, a processor, and other components
