Commercial BOMs

This parent product code describes what is referred to as a "Bill of Materials" or a "BOM". A BOM contains structured information for making and costing a product. It defines the components that make up a product, and given this, the cost of the product.

The parent product code is a stock code. It is the assembly or finished goods code.

This warning is displayed if this parent product is still in design mode, that is this parent product has been created from a product design BOM revision that has only been released as a prototype product. It is not yet released as a full production BOM.

A site code is displayed if defined for the selected BOM alternative code. If this field is blank the BOM alternative code is not site-specific indicating, therefore, that this assembly can be used at all sites.

Multiple bills of materials (BOMs) can be defined for a single product. Each BOM code can be assigned specific management features. For manufactured or subcontracted products this includes restriction of the BOM to a specific site and to specific areas of functionality (for costing or for capacity planning).

Use this field to assign a BOM alternative code to this parent product code.

 See the field (field LIBUSESTA) for tips on using this field in conjunction with the assembly status of this BOM.

Today's date becomes the reference date for this parent product. It is assigned when you create the record but can be amended. The reference date must fall between the defined validity start date and end date. It will be used when this product is being selected.

Use this field to indicate if this assembly (BOM) is for a specific major version of this product. Major versions might be used where there have been increased or significant changes in functionality.

If you are creating a new BOM and this product code is version managed, type in a major version code. You can create a BOM for any version of this product you choose. You are not bound by the versions stored against the stock record as you are assembling this product. The format of your code, however, must match the format for the sequence number counter defined on the stock record.

If you are revising an existing BOM the version is incremented according to the selected revision type.

This field is not available for entry if the product code defined in the Parent product field is not version managed.

Use this field to indicate if this assembly (BOM) is for a specific minor version of this product. Minor versions might be used where there have been minor features or changes in functionality, or significant fixes applied to a specific major version.

If you are creating a new BOM and this product code is version managed, type in a minor version code. You can create a BOM for any version of this product you choose. You are not bound by the versions stored against the stock record as you are assembling this product. The format of your code, however, must match the format for the sequence number counter defined on the stock record.

If you are revising an existing BOM the version is incremented according to the selected revision type.

This field is not available for entry if the product code defined in the Parent product field is not version managed.

This field displays a change request ID if this product, or the specific version or revision of this product is associated with an 'active' change request. An active change request is a change request at the planning or implementation stage of the processing cycle. A warning icon is displayed adjacent this field.

If a warning icon is displayed you should consider delaying the creation or amendment of this assembly (BOM) until the change request identified is closed. At that point a change to this product will have either been seen through to its conclusion and the change delivered, or the change request rejected. You will not, however, be prevented from creating or amending this BOM should you decide to do so.

Use this field to identify this product.

This field displays the unit for the parent product, as defined on the Stock record. It cannot be amended.

Use this field to define how the quantities of the components needed to make this parent product are made up:

• One. Single units.
• Per hundred. Components must be in multiples of a hundred.
• Per thousand. Components must be in multiples of one thousand.
• Percentage. Components must be defined as a specific percentage of the total list of components, where the total list of components is 100 percent.
   By-products are excluded from the total percentage calculations.
   'Percentage' is not available if this is a Commercial BOM.
• . Components are defined by the size of a specified 'lot'.

The selected management unit determines if the field Base quantity (field BASQTY) is initialized or available for entry.

Entry of a base quantity is determined by the defined Management unit, as follows:

• In effect, if the management unit is expressed for 1 unit, for 100 units or for 1000 units the base quantity is forced to 1, 100 or 1000 units respectively.
• If the management unit is expressed as a percentage, the base quantity is 100 units.
• If the management unit is expressed for a "lot" you specify the base quantity. However, if the selected BOM code is assigned to a site, the base quantity is initialized for the lot size for this product for that site.
  
  

Use this field to define the start date of this parent product's validity period. Alternatively, leave blank if this BOM is valid until the defined validity end date.

Use this field to define the final date this parent product is valid. Alternatively, leave blank if this BOM is valid indefinitely (from the defined validity start date).

This field indicates the assembly status of this BOM. This field will be set to one of the following values:

• In development, whilst the components that make up the product are being defined.
• Available to use, if the structure of the bill (BOM) is complete and has been validated.

 A BOM can only be assigned to work orders when its status is Available to use

This field displays the start date of the displayed version's (major and minor) validity period.

This field displays the final date of the displayed version’s validity period. This field is blank if the displayed version is the current, or active version.

Click the PLM document icon to open a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) to the technical BOM data in the Product Life Management (PLM) directories from @UDROS.

 Activity code PLM - PLM-X3 interface must be activated to import data from @UDROS.

This field displays allergen codes for the parent product.

 Activity code FOA - Food allergens must be activated to use allergen codes.

This field displays a rollup date if the rollup code corresponds with this parent product code. If the rollup code and this parent product code are different this rollup date is blank.

This field displays the BOM value of the parent product. An unmatched value indicates that a rollup has not been carried out on the current structure of this BOM.

This field identifies the sequence number of this component in this BOM (bill of materials). It identifies a component where multiple components with the same product code are defined as variants or options.

The BOMSTE - Component sequence increment parameter (TC chapter, BOM group) defines the first sequence number and the increment applied to subsequent component sequence numbers.

Supplementary sequence number used for options and variants in Commercial BOMs. This number relates to the component type, enabling you to define a component as a variant or an option.

The list of possible options or variants for the same component must have the same sequence number. You use the supplementary sequence number to classify component options and variants into a given order for sales transaction selection.

Use this field to define the component product code.

 The Deliverable or Cannot be delivered status of this component must match the status of the parent product.

You can leave this field blank and instead use a formula in the field (field FORSEL) to select components. The components selected by the formula are offered when this BOM is added to a sales transaction.

This field displays a change request ID if this component, or the specific version or revision of this component is associated with an 'active' change request. An active change request is a change request at the planning or implementation stage of the processing cycle. A warning icon is displayed adjacent this field.

If a warning icon is displayed you should consider delaying the creation or amendment of this assembly (BOM) until the change request identified is closed. At that point a change to this component will have either been seen through to its conclusion and the change delivered, or the change request rejected. You will not, however, be prevented from creating or amending this BOM should you decide to do so.

You can only use this field if the Component (field CPNITMREF) field is blank. Instead of entering all the possible options/variants as individual components you can use a predefined 'Component selection' formula to select components. The components selected by the formula are offered when this BOM is added to a sales transaction. A filter on the Deliverable or Cannot be delivered status of the component is applied automatically to ensure the selected components match the status of the parent product.

Use this field to define the quantity of this component in the dispayed unit (field STU) that is needed to make the parent product.

Alternatively, leave blank to use a formula to calculate the component quantities (field Qty formula (field FORQTY)).

 You can only use a formula to calculate component quantities if you have used a formula to load the components (field Selection formula

You can only use this field if you have used a predefined 'Component selection' formula in the field Selection formula (field FORSEL). Instead of entering a quantity per component option/variant you can use a predefined 'Component quantity' formula to calculate the quantity for each component that is needed to make the parent product.

Use this field to define what type of component this is. This field relates directly to the supplementary sequence number used for options and variants (field Sub (field BOMSEQNUM)). You can set it to one of the following values:

• Normal. A standard component of this bill of materials. This type of component is always added to a sales transaction.
• Option. An optional component of this bill of materials. It is not mandatory to add this type of component to a sales transaction.
• Variant. A variant or alternative of a standard component. It is mandatory to add the standard or a variant of the component to a sales transaction.
• Multiple option. When a value must be calculated for the provisional cost and the production cost price of the parent product.
• Normal (with formula). This is the default value if you have used a 'Component selection' formula in the field Selection formula (field FORSEL). The components selected by the formula are not included in the list of components individually, however they are standard components of this bill of materials and added to a sales transaction.

This value is always set to 'Proportional' for Commercial BOMs. The quantity of this component is multiplied by the quantity required for the parent product.

This field displays the unit for the parent product, as defined on the Stock record. It cannot be amended.

Use this field to define the rounding rule to be applied to adjust the calculated quantity of this component to the number of decimal places defined for the stock unit of the parent product. You can set this field to one of the following values:

• Round to the nearest.
• Greater than. Round up.
• Less than. Round down.
  
  

Type in a short description of the component.

By default the short title, the long title or the column header of a data are recorded (on creation/update) in the connection language of the user.
You can add your translation in another language using the Translation function:

• Click Translation from the Actions icon in the corresponding field.
• In the Translation window, add a new language code with the translation in this language.

A user who logs on with this language will view the short description, long description or column header in their connection language if a translation exists. Otherwise, these descriptions will be available in the folder language.

The connection language must be defined as a default language for thefolder.

Use this field to define the start date of this component's validity period.

Alternatively, leave the default date. This is defined as the start date of the parent product's validity period.

Use this field to define the last date of this component's validity period.

Alternatively, leave the default date. This is defined as the end date of the parent product's validity period.

Use this field to specify if this component must be printed on sales order acknowledgements.

Use this field to specify if this component must be printed on delivery notes.

Use this field to specify if this component must be printed on sales invoices.