Setting Up Manufacturing Constants

Access the Manufacturing Constants Revision form.

Log Bill of Material

Enter a code that determines whether changes to the bill of material are recorded in the Bill of Material Change File table (F3011).

When you log bill of material changes, the system saves the old bill of material and the new, changed bill of material. To record changes to the bill of material, select the Log Bill of Material option in the BOM/Routing Options group box.

On-Line BOM Validation (online bill of material validation)

Enter an option that determines whether the system performs an online component or parent validation and low-level code assignment when you revise a bill of material.

You should validate items online unless the bills of material are extremely large. If you select not to validate items online, you must validate the items in batch. Run the Integrity Analysis program (P30601) after updates to the bill of material and before you run the Item Cost Component - Frozen Update program (R30835) or perform a DRP/MPS/MRP generation (R3482).

To specify that the system validates items online, select the On-Line BOM Validation option in the BOM/Routing Options group box. If you do not select the On-Line BOM Validation option, the system does not validate items online.