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1. Main
Select this check box to use revision codes in Bill of Materials Maintenance to keep a record of bill revisions. Using bill revision codes allows you to maintain multiple versions of a bill simultaneously. Clear this check box if you do not want to use revision codes.
Select this check box to use option bills for your finished products. Clear this check box if you do not want to use option bills. The Option Bill Maintenance task allows you to define bills with a variety of configuration options.
Enable Engineering Change Control
Select this check box to have the system track engineering change information for each bill. Clear this check box if you do not want to use the Engineering Change Control feature.
Production Entry Register in Detail
Select this check box to post transactions from the Production Entry Register updates to General Ledger in detail. Clear this check box to post the transactions in summary.
Select this check box to retain detailed production history information for all bills entered in Production Entry. All retained production history information prints on the Production History Report. Clear this check box if you do not want to retain production history information.
Note Retention of production history information over an extended period of time may require a substantial amount of disk space.
Post Miscellaneous Charges by Warehouse
Select this check box to post bill of materials miscellaneous charges by warehouse. Clear this check box if you do not want to post the bill of materials miscellaneous charges by warehouse. This field is available only if an option other than None is selected in the G/L Segment for Whse Postings field in Inventory Management Options. For more information, see Inventory Management Options - Fields.
G/L Segment Selected for Inventory
This field displays the general ledger segment the miscellaneous charges will post to, and can only be viewed. This field is available only if an option other than None is selected in the G/L Segment for Whse Postings field in Inventory Management Options is other than None. For more information, see Inventory Management Options - Fields.
Select this check box to maintain sales kit type bills. Sales kit type bills can be used in Sales Order Entry to add component items to an order automatically. Clear this check box if you do not want to maintain sales kit type bills.
Select this check box to use phantom bills as components of a bill. Phantom bills are components grouped together for manufacturing purposes and to minimize data entry, but not built for stock. Clear this check box if you do not want to use phantom bills.
Select this check box to allow a single component item to be entered more than once on a bill. Clear this check box to prevent the duplication of component items.
Allow Entry of Negative Quantities
Select this check box to allow negative quantities for component items of a bill. Clear this check box to allow only positive quantities to be entered.
Note The option selected in this field does not apply to components defined in Option Interaction Maintenance.
Allow Scrap and Yield Percentage Factors
Select this check box to assign yield percentages to bills and to assign scrap percentages to bill components. Clear this check box if you do not want to consider yield or scrap factors.
Type the maximum number of levels to be used when displaying bills. Set the maximum number of levels to two levels greater than the anticipated maximum. This option is used as a safety precaution to prevent an endless loop from occurring in Bill of Materials reports when the parent bill has been entered as a component of one of its subassembly items.
Sync Bill Description and Item Description
Select an option to determine whether changes to the Description 1 field in Bill of Materials Maintenance and the Description field in Item Maintenance are synchronized.
Select Yes to synchronize the bill description and the item description. If the two fields contain the same value, a change made to one field will automatically update the other field.
Select No if you do not want to synchronize the two fields.
Select Prompt to receive a message when you update one field asking if you want to update the other field.
This setting applies only to items that do not have an extended item description entered in Item Maintenance. If the Require Bill Revisions check box is selected, the description is synchronized for the current revision of the bill only.
Sync Misc Charge Changes with Bill Tables
Select an option to determine whether changes made to miscellaneous charge items in Miscellaneous Item Maintenance are updated in bills that include those items.
Select Yes to update bills with the changes made in Miscellaneous Item Maintenance.
Select No if you do not want to update the bills.
Select Prompt to receive a message when you update a field for a charge item in Miscellaneous Item Maintenance asking if you want to update the field in Bill of Materials.
This option applies to the following fields:
- Component Description
- Miscellaneous Charge General Ledger Account
- Setup Charge
- Unit of Measure
- Standard Unit Cost
Changes are updated only if the content in Bill of Materials matches the content that was in Miscellaneous Item Maintenance before the change was made.
If you're using revisions, all revisions are updated with the change.
(Integrate with) General Ledger
Select this check box to integrate the Bill of Materials module with General Ledger. Clear this check box if you do not want general ledger postings from the Bill of Materials module to update to General Ledger or post to the General Ledger Posting Recap.
2. Entry
This field indicates that batch processing is available for Production Entry, and can only be viewed.
Select this check box to enable batch entry for Production Entry. Clear this check box if you do not want to allow batch processing.
Enter the next batch number to assign when using the batch processing feature in Production Entry. You can enter numeric or alphanumeric characters. This field is available only if the Enable check box is selected for the corresponding task.
Enter....
If....
00001
you want the next batch number assigned to be 00001.
A0005
you want the next batch number assigned to be A0005.
Select this check box to explode subassemblies. Clear this check box if you do not want to explode subassemblies. This check box determines the default response for the Production Entry and Disassembly Entry tasks.
Type up to nine units of measure, in addition to EACH, to be considered as integer units. Use this field if you have inventory that consists of fractional and integer quantities. When the extended quantity of an item using one of the specified units of measure is in fractional form, the system rounds the fraction to the nearest integer.
Next Automatic Production Number
Type the first production entry number to use in Production Entry.
Next Automatic Disassembly Number
Type the first disassembly entry number to use in Disassembly Entry.
Next Automatic Engineering Change Number
Type the first change number to use in Engineering Change Entry.
Next Automatic Replace and Delete Reference Number
Type the first reference number to use in Replace and Delete Component Entry.
3. Printing
Select the production labels to print.
Select Lot Items Only to print labels for lot items only.
Select Serial Items Only to print labels for serial items only.
Select Both Lot and Serial Items to print labels for both lot and serial items.
Select All Items to print labels for all items.
Select None if you do not require labels for finished products created in Production Entry.
Select the sort option to use when printing picking sheets. Picking sheets facilitate the selection of component items by identifying bin locations and items codes (by warehouse) when these items are pulled for production.
Select Bin Location to sort the picking sheet line items by bin location.
Select Item Code to sort the picking sheet line items by component item code.
Select None if you do not want to print picking sheets.
Print Each Entry on a Separate Page
Select this check box to print the Production Register and Disassembly Register with page breaks after each entry. Clear this check box to print multiple entries per page.
