Doing PO - Which BOM System will Pick

In Sub contracting , if I have 2 BOM  having same name, while doing PO, which BOM system will Pick?

If you have more than 1 BOM, then Verson has has to be created, which comes under Materil master in MRP4 view.  Create Version1 for 1st BOM and Version2 for 2nd BOM and so on. This has to be updated in Info Record stating which Version you are going to use currently. This version field will come in Purchase Org Data Screen in Info Rec below tax code field and this info rec has to be created in Info category - SubContract. This version will be reflected in PO. 

For a process orders, production orders and purchase orders, the system will default to the first BOM in the Production Version list on Workscheduling or MRP4 views. 
For a sales order the system will default to the first lowest numbered BOM found for the plant that the order is being generated from, unless your SAP system is customized in some fashion 

For example if you have 2 BOMs at plant 0011 and you want the system to always default to alt BOM #2 you will need to set the production version for alt #2 as the first option in the list... here is how I do mine... 

A000        SUBCONTRACTOR BOM ALT#2        Alt BOM = 2 
A001        SUBCONTRACTOR BOM ALT #1       Alt BOM = 1 

How to get to the PV: 

Material Master Work Scheduling View

First column is your Version #, in the above exampe I used A000 and A001 
By double clicking on the Production version line you can make changes to which BOM and Master Recipe the PV is linked to.

Production Version Overview

Note, typically a master recipe is not setup for subcontractor bom's, therefore I would clear this data out if the PV is sub-contractor packed.

Production Version Details Data

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