The Processing P.O. System is designed to accurately keep track of Inventory that is being processed and will add value for plating, assembly or any other process.
There is a feature in The Business Edge that will enable you to enter a Bill of Material (BOM). A Bill of Material is a list that includes all Parts, sub Parts and processes that are used to create a final Product.
Creating a Bill of Material eliminates the need to enter all of the components that make up the finished Product each time you enter a PPO. This will save you time as well as reduce errors. We suggest you enter a Bill of Material anytime you will make a Product more than once.
You can enter a Bill of Material through Enter & Edit Products or through Enter & Edit PPO. The finished Part must exist as a Product.
Select the finished Product in Enter & Edit Products, on the right under Kits & Specifications, F2 Bill of Materials you will begin to enter the Bill of Material.
This part is the part that we are creating. First, select this product in Enter and Edit Inventory. This part is set up as per M, quantity of Each and Price Per Thousand.
Then you will enter a New Line for the Plain Part and a New Line for the Zinc Black. You can specify a Cost of the service in the definition or you can enter a Cost at the time you are creating the PPO.
You will now be in the Enter & Edit Bill of Material Screen. The Product to create will be displayed in the upper left. Select new line for each component(s) as well as any Labor charge that is needed to complete the finished Product.
When entering the BOM, you will enter what is needed to create one finished Product. When you create the PPO, the system will do the math for the Quantity needed based on the quantity of the finished Product you are creating.
Below are the lines we added to the BOM for Product CS5-0.500-13X1.500PLZNBL which will be plated. We added a line for the plain Product and we added a line for the Labor (the cost of the plating).
Note that the lines in the BOM that are Inventory, you will enter the Quantity Needed and Quantity to Send. This is what will be taken out of your Inventory to create the finished Product. Labor Lines you will only enter the Quantity Needed as you are not Sending Labor from your Inventory. The value of the finished product will be a combination of the Product you send and the labor.
Now, when you enter a Processing Purchase Order and choose the Product code CS5-0.500-13X1.500PLZNBL as the Product to create, the components in the Bill of Material will automatically populate. Most often the cost for the service varies, and you can edit any line if needed by clicking or entering on it.
Below are the steps to enter a Bill of Material from Enter & Edit PPO.
Processing P.O. System Enter & Edit Processing P.O.’s
When finished completing the heading screen of Enter & Edit Processing P.O., click ok or escape which brings you into the next screen where you will enter the Product to create.
You will now be at the Detail Lines of the PPO. If there is no BOM for the product your screen will look like you see it below, with no lines. Click on BOM or press F6 to enter the BOM here. Once you complete the BOM it will populate your PPO.
When finished, the system will prompt with the Do You Want To Reload PPO Detail Lines From Bill Of Material? Answer Yes to update the BOM.
When finished adding the Bill of Material you are ready to escape to the final screen of Enter & Edit Processing P.O.
