1. Bill Of Materials(BOM)
Billsof Material,BOMs,are a keypiece of that ERP masterdata. Let’slookat a BOM to understand
howit can be usedand managedinyour ERP system.
A BOMis organizedbylevelsandincludesall the partsthatare usedto build yourproduct.Level 0 is
the final productsoldto yourcustomer.Level 1 mightbe one or more subassembliesusedinlevel0.
There isno limittothe levelsbutgenerallyyouwantasfew as possible tokeepthingssimple.
Withina BOMlevel are a listof part numbersandthe quantityneededtomake upthe nextlevel.
Part descriptions,unitsof measure,procurementtypes,etc.are oftenthoughtof asparts of a BOM
but theyreallyare itemsinthe part masterfile whichisadifferentERPmasterdataitem. Those
valueswill affecthowthe BOMworksinyour ERP and theyare veryimportant.
The Bill of Material module identifiesastandardlistof items,orcomponents,requiredtoproduce a
different,orparent,item.Itdefinesthe relationshipsbetweenitemsbeingproducedandthe items
neededtoproduce them.A produceditemcanbe composedof one or more itemswhichmightbe
purchased,assembled,fabricatedorchangedinsome wayto create a new item.Thisnew itemmay
be solddirectly,oruseditself tomake anotheriteminaproduct’sstructure.
These billsof material are usedbyothermoduleswithinFitrix tostreamline businessprocesses,
provide effectiveplanningtools,andtomanufacture productsina consistentandtimelymanner.
ProductionOrderProcessing–usesstandardbillsof material whencreatingproductionordersto
manufacture products.The standardbill iscopiedtothe productionorderbill asa startingpoint
Material Planning–usesstandardbillsof material toplanstrategicproductionandpurchases,in
supportof a longertermproductionplan
