Enter or Change a BOM for a Configured Product

Use the Configured Product Maintenance (MBM) program to enter, change, or copy a bill of material for a configured product or family for forecasting. See Background and Road Map for more information.

Enter the item number of parent whose bill of material you want to enter or change or click Lookup and use the standard lookup options to select the item from a list.

The program displays the item description, type, item status and stocking unit of measure.

If a bill exists, a components are listed:

Field Name	Displays
Seq	A sequence number that indicates the order in which components can be selected in the Sales Order Maintenance (OE), One-Step Invoice Entry (RE), and EDI/Sales Quote Maintenance (QOE) programs
Comp item no	The item number of each component
Part des	The identifier your company uses to distinguish multiple occurrences of a component in the same bill of material
Description	A description of this item from the Enterprise Inventory Master file
UOM	The stocking unit of measure for this component
Popularity	The frequency with which this component is ordered as compared to alternative components on the bill of material
Qty per bill	The quantity of this component required to build one parent item
Type	The component type: Stnd: Standard (always included) Acc: Accessory (customer choice) Reqd: Required; the operator must select at least one alternatives the prompt offers Opt: Optional; none of the alternatives is mandatory
Acc	For an accessory prompt (if component type is Acc, Reqd, or Opt): One: Display an accessory or prompt only once during order entry Mult: Display an accessory or prompt multiple times, allowing the customer to order more than one
Spec	For special comp? Yes: The order entry operator can select stocked or non-stocked items that are not components for this prompt No or blank: The operator is limited to the components associated with this prompt
OE pt	For order entry print? Yes: This component prints on the sales order No: It does not print
Link	For link control (where-for processing): Fill: Fill Buffer to save a component that it can be linked with a component further on in the bill of material Dump: Dump Buffer to link a saved component with a related component in the bill of material Blank: Bypass where-for processing
Qty?	For allow quantity maintenance? If component type is Acc: Yes: The operator is prohibited from changing the component's quantity with the Sales Order Maintenance (OE) program No or blank: Component quantity maintenance allowed If component type is Reqd or Opt: Yes: Prompt choices will display during order entry No or blank: Prompt choices will display only on demand
M/B/K	M: Make the item B: Buy the item K: Sell a configured product as an unassembled set of components
LLC	The lowest bill of material level in which this item appears
FS cd	Floor stock code

Choose the appropriate options:

To	Do This
Add a component	Click Add. See step 3.
Delete a component	Highlight the component line and click Delete. See Delete.
Copy a component	Highlight the line and click Copy.
Display a component	Highlight the component line and click Select or double click the line. See step 4.
Print the component list	Click Print. See Print.
Copy the bill of material to create a new BOM	Click Bill copy. See Copy a BOM for a Configured Product.
Check for duplicate part designators in the product structure	Click Bill test. The program displays a message that the bill passed or that duplicates were found.
Specify a different parent item	Click OK.
Exit the program	Click Exit.

Enter data in these fields:

Field Name	Type / Max Length	Action / Description
Parent item no	Display only	The parent item you selected is displayed, followed by its description, type, item status and stocking unit of measure.
Comp item no	Required 24 alphanumeric	Enter the component item number click the Lookup icon and use the standard lookup options to select the item from a list. This field cannot be changed after a component is added.
Part designator	Optional 8 alphanumeric	Enter the identifier your company uses; you may call this designator a balloon number, bubble number, file number, material tag, reference number, etc.. You must include a part designator if the same component can be used for multiple parts of the configured product. For example, if you are selling a chair that requires fabric for a seat and a back, using a part designator would allow you to reselect the seat or the back separately so that you can choose different fabrics for each. Reselecting components requires that the Allow changes of previous CP selections? system option (maintained in System Options Maintenance - Order Processing Options) is selected. When you press Enter or click OK, the component description, type, item status and stocking unit of measure are displayed. This field cannot be changed after a component is added.

Enter or change data in these fields:

Field Name

Parent type

Max Length /
Type

Action / Description

Popularity

Configured product
Prompt Pseudo

Optional
8 numeric in the format 999.99999

Accept 1 or enter a different frequency with which this component is ordered compared to alternative components on this bill of material.

You must enter a value greater than zero if you want the Finished Goods Planning (MFP) program to include the item in a production forecast for the parent.

Express the popularity of accessories on a configured product and choices for a prompt as a fraction. For example, suppose a chair is available with leather or fabric upholstery. Seventy-five percent of the chairs sold are fabric and twenty-five percent are leather. The popularity of fabric is .75000; the popularity of leather is .25000. However, the sum of these values for alternatives does not have to equal 1.00000 as in the example.

Qty per bill

Configured product
Prompt
Pseudo

Required
12 numeric in the format 9999999.99999

Accept 1 or enter a different quantity for this component.

For example, the component "wheel" on a bill of material for a bicycle would have a quantity of 2.00000 per bicycle.

The program uses the Qty per bill to calculate the quantity needed for a sales order.

Component type

Configured product
Pseudo

Conditional
1 alphanumeric

If the Item type of the component (displayed below the component description) is a finished good, MRP dependent item, manual planned item, or pseudo:

Select	For
Stnd	Standard (always included in the parent item)
Acc	Accessory (may or may not be included); during order entry, the system prompts the operator to have the customer choose whether to order an accessory.

If the Item type of the component is a prompt:

Select	For
Opt	Optional (analogous to an accessory): none of the alternatives it presents is mandatory.
Reqd	Required: the operator must select at least one of the alternatives offered.

Redisplay prompt?

Configured product
Prompt
Pseudo

Conditional

If Component type is A, O, or R, select to display the accessory or prompt multiple times or leave blank to display it only once.

If you select, the customer can order more than one.

Special comp?

Prompt

Conditional

For a prompt, select to allow the order entry operator to select stocked or non-stocked items that are not components for this prompt or leave blank to limit the operator to the components associated with this prompt.

Order entry print?

Configured product
Prompt
Pseudo

Optional

Select to print this component on sales order documents or clear if you do not want to print it.

Link control

Prompt
Pseudo

Optional
1 alphanumeric

Select F Fill buffer to save a component so that it can be linked with a component later in this BOM, select D Dump buffer to link a saved component with a related component in the BOM, or leave blank to bypass where-for processing.

For example, a chair on a BOM has three components: seat, back and arms. Each of these components has a BOM for its components, creating a "branch" product structure. If there are fabric options for the seat branch, then it is best to associate that fabric selection with the seat, as opposed to the back or arms to prevent ordering a color that is available on another product branch.

Allow qty maint?

Configured product

Optional

Select to allow an order entry operator to change the quantity ordered for this component or leave blank to prohibit a quantity change.

This field is inactive for pseudo items.

Sequence number

Configured product
Prompt
Pseudo

Optional
4 alphanumeric

Enter a sequence number that indicates the order in which you want components to be displayed in the Sales Order Maintenance (OE), One-Step Invoice Entry (RE), and EDI/Sales Quote Maintenance (QOE) programs. If you do not enter a sequence number or the order entry operator selects List conf prod comps by item? Program option, components appear in item number order.

Sequence number do not have to be sequential. In fact you should leave gaps so that you can add components later. If you always want a component to be last, use an alphanumeric prefix (for example, A001) because numerics are listed first followed by alphanumerics.

Sequence numbers do not have to be unique. The system sorts duplicates in item number order.

Operation seq no

Configured product

Conditional
4 alphanumeric

If you selected the Backflush components by operation seq? option for your manufacturing branch in the System Options Maintenance (XM) program (Manufacturing Options), enter the operation sequence at which you want the system to pick this component.

If you also selected the Backflush comps not attached to oper? option, leave blank to pick this component when you enter pieces completed for the first operation.

You can enter pieces completed in either the WIP Movement (WIPM) or Labor Entry (LLE) programs or import them with the Labor Import (LEI) program.

Comp reference

Configured product

Optional
30 alphanumeric

Enter the reference your company uses.

Note
This field may have a different label based on the Component reference user label option for your manufacturing branch in System Options Maintenance (XM) program (Manufacturing Options).

Flr stk cd

Configured product

Optional
2 numeric

Enter 1 to designate this item as floor stock or leave as 0.
0: Not floor stock
1: Floor stock

This code is only used if a manufacturing order is released based on a sales order.

Choose the appropriate options:

To	Do This
Change a field	Move the cursor to the field and change as required. Click Apply to accept the change or click Cancel to leave the field unchanged.
Delete a component	Click Delete. See Delete.
Enter notes for this component	Click Notes. See Enter Notes.
Go to a related program	Click Jump. See Jump.
Add or change operations	Click Oper. See Create a New Operation for a Configured Product or Change an Operation of a Configured Product. A check mark on the Oper button indicates that there is an operational routing for the item.
Change the bill of material for this subassembly	Click Comp bill. If the item has a standard bill of material (i.e., type is finished good, MRP dependent, or phantom), see Enter a Bill of Material. Note This button is available if this component has a bill of material.
Accept the data	Click OK. The program prompts for another component (see step 3) in add mode or returns to the component list (see step 2).
Exit to the menu	Click Exit.