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2.1.2. Bills of Materials

2.1.2.1. Single Level Bill of Materials
2.1.2.2. Indented Bill of Materials
2.1.2.3. Summarized Bill of Materials
2.1.2.4. Sequenced Bill of Materials

Bills of Materials Reports section.

2.1.2.1. Single Level Bill of Materials

To view a single level Bill of Materials, select the "Single Level Bill of Materials" option. The following screen will appear:

Single Level Bill of Materials

When displaying a single level Bill of Materials, you are presented with the following options:

Item Number

Enter the Item Number of the manufactured Item you would like to view a single level Bill of Materials for.

UOM

Inventory Unit of Measure.

Revision

If Revision Control is enabled at your site, specify the Bill of Materials Revision Number you want to view. If none exists, simply enter a value to create one. The status of the Revision will also be displayed. The following statuses apply to Revisions:

Active

This is the current, default Revision used for costing and Material Requirements Planning (MRP). Only one Revision can be active at the same time. Active Revisions may be modified. However, once a Revision becomes inactive, it may no longer be changed.

Show Expired Components

Select to cause expired components to be listed in the "Bill of Materials" display.

Threshold Days

Select a number using the arrow buttons, or manually enter a value up to a maximum of 999. Components that have been expired from the Bill of Materials within the specified number of days will be included in the display.

Show Future Components

Select to cause future components to be listed in the "Bill of Materials" display.

Threshold Days

Select a number using the arrow buttons, or manually enter a value up to a maximum of 999. Components that will be added in future to the Bill of Materials within the specified number of days will be included in the display.

Bill of Materials

Display lists single level Bill of Materials components, using the specified parameters.

To the far right of the screen, the following buttons are available:

CLOSE

Closes the screen, returning you to the application desktop.

QUERY

Select to generate the display, using the specified parameters.

PRINT

Runs the report associated with this screen.

2.1.2.2. Indented Bill of Materials

To view an indented Bill of Materials, select the "Indented Bill of Materials" option. The following screen will appear:

Indented Bill of Materials

When displaying an indented Bill of Materials, you are presented with the following options:

Item Number

Enter the Item Number of the manufactured Item you would like to view an indented Bill of Materials for.

UOM

Inventory Unit of Measure.

Revision

If Revision Control is enabled at your site, specify the Bill of Materials Revision Number you want to view. If none exists, simply enter a value to create one. The status of the Revision will also be displayed. The following statuses apply to Revisions:

Active

This is the current, default Revision used for costing and Material Requirements Planning (MRP). Only one Revision can be active at the same time. Active Revisions may be modified. However, once a Revision becomes inactive, it may no longer be changed.

Show Expired Components

Select to cause expired components to be listed in the "Bill of Materials" display.

Threshold Days

Select a number using the arrow buttons, or manually enter a value up to a maximum of 999. Components that have been expired from the Bill of Materials within the specified number of days will be included in the display.

Show Future Components

Select to cause future components to be listed in the "Bill of Materials" display.

Threshold Days

Select a number using the arrow buttons, or manually enter a value up to a maximum of 999. Components that will be added in future to the Bill of Materials within the specified number of days will be included in the display.

Bill of Materials

Display lists indented Bill of Materials components, using the specified parameters. The difference between the indented view and the single level view is that the indented view displays all subcomponents if there is a manufactured component listed on the Bill of Materials. To view a component Item's subassembly, select the plus "+" sign in the "Seq #" column to view that detail.

To the far right of the screen, the following buttons are available:

CLOSE

Closes the screen, returning you to the application desktop.

QUERY

Select to generate the display, using the specified parameters.

PRINT

Runs the report associated with this screen.

2.1.2.3. Summarized Bill of Materials

A summarized Bill of Materials shows all the material requirements for an Item. The components for subassemblies are included in this view; however, the top-level subassemblies themselves are excluded. To view a summarized Bill of Materials, select the "Summarized Bill of Materials" option. The following screen will appear:

Summarized Bill of Materials

When displaying a summarized Bill of Materials, you are presented with the following options:

Item Number

Enter the Item Number of the manufactured Item you would like to view a summarized Bill of Materials for.

UOM

Inventory Unit of Measure.

Revision

If Revision Control is enabled at your site, specify the Bill of Materials Revision Number you want to view. If none exists, simply enter a value to create one. The status of the Revision will also be displayed. The following statuses apply to Revisions:

Active

This is the current, default Revision used for costing and Material Requirements Planning (MRP). Only one Revision can be active at the same time. Active Revisions may be modified. However, once a Revision becomes inactive, it may no longer be changed.

Show Expired Components

Select to cause expired components to be listed in the "Bill of Materials" display. Expired components will display in red font.

Threshold Days

Select a number using the arrow buttons, or manually enter a value up to a maximum of 999. Components that have been expired from the Bill of Materials within the specified number of days will be included in the display.

Show Future Components

Select to cause future components to be listed in the "Bill of Materials" display. Future components will display in blue font.

Threshold Days

Select a number using the arrow buttons, or manually enter a value up to a maximum of 999. Components that will be added in future to the Bill of Materials within the specified number of days will be included in the display.

Bill of Materials

Display lists summarized Bill of Materials components, using the specified parameters.

To the far right of the screen, the following buttons are available:

CLOSE

Closes the screen, returning you to the application desktop.

PRINT

Runs the report associated with this screen.

2.1.2.4. Sequenced Bill of Materials

To view how Bill of Materials component Items correspond sequentially to their associated Bill of Operations, select the "Sequenced Bill of Materials" option. The following screen will appear:

Sequenced Bill of Materials

When displaying a sequenced Bill of Materials, you are presented with the following options:

Item Number

Enter the Item Number of the manufactured Item you would like to view a sequenced Bill of Materials for.

UOM

Inventory Unit of Measure.

Revision

If Revision Control is enabled at your site, specify the Bill of Materials Revision Number you want to view. If none exists, simply enter a value to create one. The status of the Revision will also be displayed. The following statuses apply to Revisions:

Active

This is the current, default Revision used for costing and Material Requirements Planning (MRP). Only one Revision can be active at the same time. Active Revisions may be modified. However, once a Revision becomes inactive, it may no longer be changed.

Show Expired Components

Select to cause expired components to be listed in the "Bill of Materials" display. Expired components will display in red font.

Show Future Components

Select to cause future components to be listed in the "Bill of Materials" display. Future components will display in blue font.

Bill of Materials

Display lists sequenced Bill of Materials components, using the specified parameters.

To the far right of the screen, the following buttons are available:

CLOSE

Closes the screen, returning you to the application desktop.

PRINT

Runs the report associated with this screen.