The specified follow-up material results in recursiveness

What causes this issue?

You have entered a follow-up material. However, the BOM explosion for
the follow-up material leads to the discontinued material, resulting in
unpermissible recursiveness.

System Response

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

How to fix this error?

Enter another follow-up material or cancel the entry.

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