BOM(Bill Of Materials)
How to create a Bill of Materials
- Go to the Bill of Materials list, click on New.
Select the Item to be manufactured. The Item name, UoM, company, and currency will be fetched automatically.
- Enter the quantity of the Item that will be manufactured from this Bill of Materials.
- Under the Items table, select the raw materials (Items) required to manufacture the Item. Then proceed to:
- Select the quantity of Raw Material used.
- Set an Item operation here to be fetched in Work Orders later.
- If this Item is a sub-assembly, the default BOM for it will be fetched.
- Select the Source Warehouse to track inventory.
- Enter the scrap percentage that will remain after this raw material is used.
To add Operations tick the 'With Operations' checkbox. Now, an Operations table can be seen. This option is useful for tracking the costing of various Operations performed to manufacture the Item.
In the “Operations” table, add the operations that need to be performed to manufacture this particular Item.
For each operation, you will be asked to enter a Workstation where the Operation will be performed. A default Workstation can be set from the Operation document.
Enter the Operating Hourly Rate, Operation Time in minutes, and the Batch Size created with the Operation. The Operating Cost will be calculated based on these values