32 Enter a Bill of Material

This chapter contains this topic:

You must enter a bill of material to specify how to assemble kit components to create the parent item.

32.1 Entering a Bill of Material

From Inventory Management (G41), choose Bill of Material Processing

From Bill of Material Processing (G4114), choose Enter/Change Bill of Material

By entering a bill of material, you also provide the system with information such as:

  • Whether there are feature items and options that are included with the kit

  • Whether the feature items are optional

  • The number of items that you need to assemble the kit

To enter a bill of material, you must set up your inventory kit.

32.1.1 Before You Begin

  • Verify that the parent, components, features, and options for the kit are set up in Item Master Information

  • Verify that a valid parent item number exists in the Item Master table

  • Determine whether you need to enter branch/plant information for kits

To enter a bill of material

On Enter/Change Bill of Material

Figure 32-1 Enter/Change Bill of Material screen

Description of Figure 32-1 follows
Description of "Figure 32-1 Enter/Change Bill of Material screen"

  1. Complete the following fields:

    • Parent Item

    • Component Item

    • Quantity Per

    • UM (Unit of Measure)

  2. To establish multiple levels, choose Next Level (F2).

  3. Access the detail area (F4).

    The bill of material can have several levels.

  4. Complete the following fields:

    • Standard/Optional/Feature

    • Required

Field Explanation
Quantity Per The number of units to which the system applies the transaction.

Form-specific information

A number that indicates how many components you use to manufacture the parent item. A quantity of zero is valid. The default value is 1.
UM A user-defined code (system 00/type UM) that identifies the unit of measure for an item. For example, it can be eaches, cases, boxes, and so on.

32.1.2 What You Should Know About

Topic Description
Levels Enter each level in the kit separately.
Component records If you have set a processing option so that the system does not validate the existence of an item/branch record, you do not have to set up the location of a component in the branch/plant where the kit is created. However, the item information must exist in the item master.

See Also: