Bill of materials can relate to a list of raw materials, components or assemblies required to manufacture a product. Lists of design of the end product used during ordering, building and maintaining can be analyzed using BOMs.

Fields & its description:

• Type

There are two types available. Product should be chosen if it is a standard product based on a standard BOM. Order should be selected if its BOM is based on a particular order where there will be changes compared to its standard version.

If your choice is order then three new fields will be fetched for that option.

• Order No.

If available, enter the sales order number in this field. This shall automatically generate the Party and Reference no.

• Product Code & Name

Select either product code or name. This is the product for which the BOM is being prepared.

• Version Name

Products can have multiple versions. Change in any configuration or materials used can be saved as a separate version. This is useful when you need to revert to your older configuration due to some reasons. Using versions, you can also compare these settings.

•  Quantity

BOMs can be used for the production of a single or multiple number of items. This is simple, if you are just entering the BOM details of a single item then type 1. Otherwise specify the required numbers.

•  Waste/Excess %

Enter in percentage the expected wastage amount in materials used during production.

•  Status

The status of the BOM can be specified. BOMs can have statuses like pending, active, inactive, etc.

• Default version 

This is helpful when there is a need for keeping a particular BOM set as the default for a product.

• Changeable

This is applied when this BOM can be changed at the time of production. If your industry allows such variance then this feature can be used.

BOM Table:

• Stage

Materials may be used at certain stages of the production process. This information is useful when it comes to tracking these materials based on stages.

• Item/SKU

Select the item/SKU type from the given options. It can be item, category, sub category or item group.

•  Code & Name

Enter the code and corresponding name of the item. The item type depends on the Item/SKU field you have selected.

•  SKU

Stock keeping unit of the item should be mentioned here. This helps in inventory management of stocks, especially where multiple SKUs are present.

• Process & UOM
  

Specify the process involved in production of that particular material and unit of measurement will be accordingly selected.

• Req. Qty.

Enter the required quantity of the material.

• Waste %

Specify the estimated percentage of waste for the manufacture of this material.

• Net Req.

Net required will be calculated automatically from the previous two fields. It is calculated such that net required is overall quantity, including material wastage used for producing the material.

•  Adjusted & Final Qty.

Use the adjusted quantity field to manually add or subtract values from net required. This result will be displayed in the final quantity.

•  Nature

Select if the material is either an input or output based type.

There are provisions for expanding the table especially when using sub entities like sub category. Click on the Expanded button to do this.

You can also load previously saved templates by using the template button. After clicking on it, choose the product and version.