During alternate preparations you can configure different terms for each operation or material row, such as having the row apply only for a certain period or a certain customer. The terms you configure will then be applied when you enter orders in the Register Manufacturing Order procedure, when you make calculations in the Pre-Calculation and Pre-Calculation Selection procedures, when you load a structure list in the Consists of (Structure List) procedure; and the will also be displayed in the BOM / Operation List procedure.
Preparations permit different kinds of functions for terms. Terms that will replace the previous operation or material row, terms that will add an extra row and terms that will delete a row.. The different criteria for which you can enter terms are: