Understanding Bills of Materials

After you process work orders or rate schedules, you can compare bills of material or parts lists either online by using different versions of the Bill of Material Comparison program (P30204), or by reviewing reports that provide different views of the components that are listed on the bill of material (BOM). Use the comparisons to determine the differences that exist between the parts lists or bill of material for two different orders or items.

Use the Bill of Material Comparison program (P30204) to compare bills of material or parts lists. The system displays all the components of both items or only those components that are different between the two, depending on the processing option selections. You can change the display from the View menu on the Work With Comparisons form. You use the processing options to define whether the program enables you to compare bills of material or parts lists. You can access different versions of this program that are defined by these processing option settings.