A substance that is a known component of another substance.
Ingredients of a substance are those substances that are still
contained as components of that substance after the manufacturing
process has been completed.
Production Planning and Control (PP)
An object used as part of a bill of material by entering the
object number.
Example:
A material is entered as a component of a bill of material by
entering the material number.
A document is entered as a component of a bill of material by
entering the document number, document type, document part and
document version.