Enter a Project Bill of Material

When you click BOM in the Project Maintenance (PSM) program, you can enter, change, and copy a project bill of material, add a subassembly, add, copy, merge, and delete components. See Background and Road Map for more information.

If this is the first record for the bill of material, the program displays the parent item number and the ECL code entered in the project header.

  1. Enter these fields:

Field Name

Type / Max Length

Action / Description

Parent item no

Required
24 alphanumeric

Enter the number of the parent item or click the Lookup icon and use the standard lookup options to select the item number from a list.

ECL

Required
4 alphanumeric

Enter an Engineering Change Level for this bill of material.

If you leave blank, the program prompts Use current ECL? Click Yes to use the ECL you entered on the project header or in the Current ECL field in the items branch record or click No to enter a different ECL.

If you click No, the program prompts Product structure with blank ECL does not exist. Create it? Click Yes to create it or click No to cancel this action. ECLs should be assigned a number.

The Eng drawing no field displays the drawing number if you entered that field in the item's branch record.

  1. Enter data in these fields:

Field Name

Type / Max Length

Action / Description

Eng drawing no

Optional
20 alphanumeric

Accept or enter the number of the drawing for this bill of material.

Eng approved?

Optional

Select if the engineering department approved this bill of material or leave blank if it has not.

Eng appr date

Optional
10 date

Select the date, or enter the date shortcut when engineering approved this BOM.

Bill audited date

Optional
10 date

Select the date, or enter the date shortcut when this BOM was audited.

Bill auditor

Optional
30 alphanumeric

Enter the name of the person who audited this BOM.

QA approved?

Optional

Select if the quality assurance department approved this BOM or leave blank if it has not.

QA appr date

Optional
10 date

Select the date, or enter the date shortcut when QA approved this BOM.

Mfg approved?

Optional

Select if the manufacturing department approved this BOM or leave blank if it has not.

Mfg appr date

Optional
10 date

Select the date, or enter the date shortcut when manufacturing approved this BOM.

  1. (Optional) Click Bill copy to copy an existing bill of material.

    1. Enter an item name in your database.

    2. Enter the new engineering change level.

    3. Accept the Notes selection to copy existing notes.

    4. Click Modify to make changes to the BOM, or click OK.

  2. Click Component or OK. You can add or copy components to the BOM or merge components from another project or from an item in your database. See:

  1. Choose the appropriate options when you click OK or Cancel:

To

Do This

Add another component

Click Add.

Delete the selected component

Click Delete. See Delete.

Copy a selected component

Click Copy. See Copy a Component in a Project Bill of Material.

Display the selected component

Click Select.

Print the component listing

Click Print. See Print.

Merge components from another project BOM or for an item in your database into this BOM

Click Bill merge. See Merge Components from Another Bill of Material.

Exit this bill of material

Click Exit. The program prompts Parent item no and ECL. Enter the parent of a subassembly or leave blank to exit.

  1. Choose the appropriate options when you click Exit.

To

Do This

Change a field

Click Modify. See .

Delete this item

Click Delete. See Delete.

Exit without changing this record

Click Cancel.

Enter notes

Click Notes. See Enter Notes or Change Notes.

Add a component

Click Component. See step 4.

Copy an existing bill of material

Click Bill copy. See step 3.

Accept the data

Click OK.

  1. Choose the appropriate options when you click OK:

To

Do This

Add another parent item to construct a subassembly

Click Add. See Add a Subassembly to a Project BOM.

Delete the selected parent item

Click Delete. See Delete.

Display the selected parent item

Click Select.

Print the parent item listing

Click Print. See Print.

Exit this bill of material

Click Exit.

  1. Choose the appropriate options when you click Exit:

To

Do This

Change a field

Click Modify.

Delete this project

Click Delete. The program prompts Do you want to delete this record?. Click Delete to delete this entire project or click No to retain this project.

Exit without creating this project

Click Cancel.

Display additional fields

Click Other info.

Enter notes for this project

Click Notes. See Enter Notes.

Enter an item, its branch information, and costs

Click Inventory and then:

Click

To enter a/an

Item

Item record. See Enter an Item for a Project.

Branch

Branch record. See Enter Branch Information for a Project Item.

Item cost

Cost record. See Enter Costs for a Project Item.

Back

End this action.

Enter quantities, profit, commission, and discount percents

Click Proj qtys. See Enter a Project Quantity.

Enter a bill of material

Click BOM.

Enter a routing

Click Routing. See Enter a Routing.

Enter a new customer

Click Customer. See Enter a New Customer.

This button displays only if you entered a new customer in the Customer number field.

Enter miscellaneous costs

Click Misc costs. See Enter Miscellaneous Costs.

Calculate costs for project quantities

Click Roll up.

Display the project and unit costs for project quantities

Click Summary. See Display a Project Summary.

Print documents for this project

Click Print and then:

Click

To print a project

Customer

Estimate for this customer. See Print or Reprint a Customer Project Estimate.

In-house

Summary for your use. See Print Project Summaries.

Cost report

Material cost report for your use. See Print a Project Indented Cost Report.

Back

End this action.

Transfer this project to your database

Click Transfer. See Transfer a Project.

Close this project

Click Close proj. See Close a Project.

Display the sales quote generated by this project or the sales order line if the sales quote has been transferred

Click Order. See Enter a Sales Quotation or Display a Summarized Sales Order.

This button displays only for a transferred customer project.

Accept the data and exit

Click OK.

  1. When you click OK or Cancel, enter another project number or exit the program.