Entering Material Information

If the Bill of Materials module is installed, you can predefine bills for your finished products that can then be used to merge material information to a work order automatically. If your products are repetitive and consist of many component items, using bills greatly reduces the amount of data entry required.

If the Bill of Materials module is not installed, you must manually enter each individual component item required for the work order. If your products are not made on a repeating basis (for example, each product produced is custom made) or if only a few component items are required, it may be practical to enter your material manually without using the Bill of Materials module. You can also use the Template feature in Work Order Entry to create standard work orders to use for repeat items.

Note If you use the Copy From feature on the Work Order Entry Header tab to copy information from an existing work order, the material lines are copied from that work order. If the item code copied is changed to another item code that is a bill, or if the copied revision, option code, or effective date is changed, the material lines are pulled from the Bill file.

For each component item, you must specify the quantity per parent required to complete one of the finished products. The extended quantity (for example, the actual quantity of the component required) is calculated by multiplying the quantity per parent by the quantity planned, and factoring the scrap percentage of the component item.

As each component item is recorded for a work order, the quantity of the item required is committed from inventory. The quantity required for work order in the Inventory file is updated by the extended quantity calculated for the item.

The planned material cost for the component item is calculated based on the valuation method specified for the item. If standard cost is used by the item, the planned cost is the extended quantity multiplied by the standard cost.

For more information, see:

Create and Use a Work Order Template

Work Order Quantity and Time Calculations

Enter a Work Order

Work Order Entry