The Bill of materials (BOM) tab displays the BOM structure for any BOM where this item is either a raw material, semi finished good or finished good.
The BOM structure below shows:
Pure finished goods (the top row of the diagram)
Semi-finished goods in any middle rows
Pure raw materials (the bottom row of the diagram)
The ratio of a raw material (or semi-finished good) that goes into making 1 unit of the finished good (or semi-finished good), by hovering on the line between any two products
Clicking on another product:
Shows the Inquiry for that product
Highlights the product in the BOM structure
Displays the direct descendants and direct ascendants of that product
Clicking on the Table button will allow you to see a summary of the demand for raw material/semi-finished items from all finished goods/semi-finished items above it in the BOM structure.
The summary contains:
The products with the demand on this item
The quantity required, summarised by month
Clicking on a demand quantity in a particular month will display the actual requirements, including:
The required date
The demand from the finished good
The ratio between this product and the finished good
The required quantity of this product
Clicking on the finished good product link (example, 25002) will open the related inquiry screen. Clicking the "i" next to the product code in the BOM structure displays some key information regarding the product, including:
Average cost and selling price
Sales and purchase orders
Average forecast
Item status
Recommended order
There are different options to select to enable you to traverse the BOM structure(s):
Direct
Shows the item you are viewing in the enquiry, as well as one level of direct ascendants and one level of direct descendants. This is the simplest view of the BOM.
i.e. ONLY 1 level up and 1 level down
Line
A similar view to Direct except the graphic extends up to all direct ascendant pure finished goods and down to all direct descendant pure raw materials.
i.e. right up to the top and right down to the bottom
Full
A similar view to Line except the full BOM for each pure finished good is shown. This is the most complex view of the BOM.
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