Update Bills of Material
This form lets you:
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Change the fixed or variable costs for a range of bills of material by a percent or an amount.
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Add, remove, or replace particular components in a range of bills of material.
This form updates information on existing bills of material. If you want to create new bills of material, use the Bills Of Material form or the Copy Bills Of Material form.
Before you start
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Determine the bills of material and item or costs that you want to update.
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Determine the method you want to use to update costs (by percent or by a fixed amount).
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Print the Bills Of Material report from the Setup Reports folder for the bills of material that you want to change.
To update the costs or items in a range of BOMs
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Double-click the Update Bills Of Material icon in the Items And Price Lists folder.
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Use the Finders to specify the range of master item numbers to include in the update.
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Use the Finders to specify the range of BOMs to update.
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Select whether you are updating components or costs.
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If components, choose whether you are replacing, adding, or removing components, and specify the components and BOMs.
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If costs, choose fixed or variable cost, whether you are using an amount or percent, whether this is an increase or decrease, and the amount or percent change.
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Click the Update button to update the selected bills of material.
After updating bills of material
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Print the bills of material lists that include the information you changed, using the Bills of Material icon in Setup Reports folder, to check the new record information.
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Compare the bills of material you printed before making changes to those printed afterwards to verify that you made all changes correctly.
Click the Field List button at the top of this topic for information about fields on the Update Bills of Material form.
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