The most important facts:

if a component is set as backflush, then this component will be posted within the
confirmation

if you confirm e.g. operation 10, then the system checks which components are assigned to
operation 10 and then choose the material, which is assigned and backflush this material post to
goods movement

it is important, which components are assigned to which operation, we need to define this
allocation

system proposes automatically both components from the assigned BOM and if no
connection is added here, the system is automatically added to the first valid operation (New
Assignment button)

Lets start with the example! Here is my material BOM, which consists of a semi-finished material
(MITYU_TEST2) and raw materials (one discountinuated and two alternatives):

As a first step, we should check the assignments in the routing:

CA02->operation overview -> Comp.Aloc button -> New assignment

We have four possibilities to define whether a material should be

backflushed:

1. manually (CO02 -> component overview -> backflush flag)

2. material master (MM02->MRP2 tab)

- always (CO02 -> component overview -> backflush flag is set)
- depend on workcenter (CO02 -> component overview -> backflush flag is not set)

Important: if you change the material master after creating the order, the existing order wont
get updated, you have to reread the master data (CO02 -> Functions -> Read PP master data

3. work center (CR02 -> Basic data -> Backflush)

- it has an effect on all material being assigned to this operation

4. customizing of confirmation (OPK4 -> Generally Valid Settings -> Goods movements)
- if you set the indicator, the system displays all the components regardless of whether or not the
backflushing indicator is set for the component in the order
- (in case of problems see note 1872575)

Prerequisits of backflushing:

1. Setting the Movement Allowed flag (CO02-component overview-details -> General data tab ->
General Indicators -> Movement Allowd)

if it is not set: not possible to post goods movements

even if the backflush

indicator is set, because it has the highest priority

backflushing does not automatically set this flag, it is set during the order creation

setting the Movement Allowed' indicator can only be carried out for a released
order

2. Either Automatic Goods Receipt is set in OPKP or the operation has a control key, with Automatic
Goods Movement
- if you do not set this indicator then the control key of the operation decides how the automatic goods
receipt is carried out

Basic example scenario:

No Automatic Goods Receipt is set in OPKP

No control key has automatic goods receipt indicator

None of the materials are backflushed

No backflush in work center

Goods movements flag is unset in OPK4

Confirmation in CO11

Scenario 1:

set the Goods movements flag in OPK4 (all other settings are fixed)

Scenario 2:

set a control key with automatic goods receipt indicator

Scenario 3:

set the Goods movements flag in OPK4

set a control key with automatic goods receipt indicator

Scenario 4:

set a control key with automatic goods receipt indicator

backflush (CO02 -> component overview -> backflush flag) for the alternative items and
the discontinuated