Update Bills of Material
Before you start
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Print the Bills Of Material report in the Setup Reports folder for the BOMs that you want to update.
To update bills of material:
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Open Inventory Control > I/C Items and Price Lists > Update Bills of Material.
Click here for help on Update Bills of Material fields.
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Enter the range of bills of material and BOM numbers that you want to update or specify the range using the Finder.
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Specify whether you are updating a cost or adding, removing, or replacing a bill of material component, and then fill in the appropriate fields:
Type. Choose whether you are adding a component, removing a component, or replacing one component with another one.
Component Item Number. Select the item number for the component that you want to add, remove, or replace.
BOM Number (component). If the component is also a master item, select the BOM that you are using to assemble the component item.
Replace by Item Number. If you are replacing a component, enter of select the replacement item number.
BOM Number (replacement). If the replacement component is a master item, specify the BOM for assembling the item.
Quantity. Enter the number or items that are being added to the build, in the unit of measure displayed on the form.
Unit Cost. If you are adding an item or replacing one item with another that uses user-specified costing, enter the cost for one unit (in the UOM that you chose).
Type. If you are updating a cost on one or more BOMs, choose whether you are updating fixed costs or variable costs.
Using. If you are updating costs, choose whether you are changing costs by an amount or by a percent.
Base. If you are updating costs, choose whether this is an increase or a decrease.
Amount/Percent. Specify the amount or percent that the cost is being increased or decreased.
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Click the Update button.
After updating bills of material
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Print the Bills Of Material report using the Bills Of Material icon in the Setup Reports folder, or choose Print from the File menu in the Bills Of Material form.
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Verify that you made all changes correctly by comparing the new printout to the report you printed before making the changes.