Printing the Bills of Material Report
The Bills Of Material report lists the component items and quantities required to build the master items in your Inventory Control system.
For more information on the contents of this report, see Bills Of Material &emdash; Features.
Before printing
Run Day End Processing before printing the report, if you want to include the latest costing information.
When to print
Print the Bills Of Material report after you add, delete, or edit bills of material records, or when you need to review the records.
To print the Bills Of Material report
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Choose Print from the File menu of the Bills Of Material form, or double-click the Bills Of Material icon in the Setup Reports form to print the report.
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Make your selections in the following fields:
Sort by. Specify the order in which to list bills of material records. You can choose:
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Item Number. Lists bills of material in order by the master item numbers.
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Category. Groups all bills of material by the item categories specified for the report.
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Item Segment. Lists all bills of material by item numbers that contain the specified segment, grouped by the specified range of segment codes.
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Optional Field Entries. Lists bills of material by the contents of the selected optional field. These choices appear only if you have added optional fields to the Bills of Material form using the Optional Fields Setup form.
From [ ] To [ ]. Specify the range of item numbers, categories, segments, or optional field entries to include in the report.
Include Costs for Each Item. Select this option to show the unit cost and assembly cost for each of the component items and the total assembled cost (based on the average actual cost).
Location. If you chose the Include Costs for Each Item option, enter a location code or use the Finder to select the location for the report.
Include Component BOMs. Select this option to list all of the components for items that are themselves built from subassemblies. Components of subassemblies are listed immediately below the master component item.
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To begin printing, click the Print button.
If you are printing to a printer, Inventory Control displays the Print Destination dialog box to let you confirm your printer selection and change the number of copies to print. Click OK if the settings are correct; otherwise, click Cancel or Setup.
If you are printing to a file, Inventory Control displays the name of the file, so you can change it or cancel printing.
If you are printing to the screen (preview), Inventory Control displays the report. If you want, you can then export it to a file or send it to the printer.
See also
When Print Destination is File
When Print Destination is Printer
When Print Destination is Preview
When Print Destination is E-mail