Standard BOM Module
The Bill of Materials (BOM) module is the foundation of the Manufacturing Suite and provides the user with a powerful and flexible BOM and production tool, features include:
- BOM Maintenance
The bill of materials/manufacturing functionality makes the task of maintaining detailed bills of components, sub components and expenses for a product easy. Bills can be manually created within the system or imported from external data files.
- BOM Versioning and linked information
BOMs can be created, maintained and deleted, and multiple versions of each BOM are possible with user definable names and pictures for each version. Maximum and minimum production limits can be set, and different costing methods are available for different BOMs.
- Workflow management
Work flows for producing BOM can be managed using powerful stage and workcentre functionality. Stages and work centres can be integrated with the scheduling module to provide flexible finite capacity functionality.
- Grouping
The module provides unlimited custom definable groups and unlimited alternative production possibilities for each BOM. Unlimited components and sub-assemblies are allowed per BOM with these component types including inventory items, overheads, labour, resources, alternate, milestones, outwork and “Phantom” assemblies.
- Component detail
Each component can have its own notes and user-defined groups attached to it, and store separate figures for set-up, per unit and clean-up quantities. Component wastage can be recorded as percentages or quantities.
- Hierachical Tree Interface
The AMS maintains bills of materials with an easy-to-use hierarchical tree interface. The user can produce accurate and informative reports detailing bill structures, expected costings, component requirements and production history.
- After the fact production recording
The BOM module accommodates ‘after-the-fact’ recording of production. As progress in each work order/production is made, the component items used are automatically adjusted from inventory, and the finished products are automatically received into inventory.
- Easy Production Management
The standard BOM module allows production runs/work orders to be processed in a similar way as traditional bill of materials modules. The user can select an item for production and the desired quantity of the item, and then this requirement can be stored as a production run. When the run is ready to be produced all of the issues and receipts are done in one step and the appropriate stock records are updated.
- Customised BOM at Production time
Each run can use standard bills or the user can customise a bill for a specific production run. Full facilities are provided for cost comparisons and shortage report generation (with the supply analysis module). Production supports multi-location inventory and serial/batch tracking.
- Multiple BOM per Production Run
Each production run can be for one or more BOM providing huge flexibility for the user. Default production “rules” can be set for each BOM or group of BOM.
- Linking to Jobs in the Accounting System
Each production run can be linked to jobs in the accounting system job cost ledger and can receipt finished products back to jobs.
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