Add a Component to a Configured Product

If you are selecting components for a configured product, see Select Components of a Configured Product. Follow these steps if you need to add to the components you have already selected.

The program lists the components you have selected and displays these fields:

Field Name	Displays
Comp item no	The component number
Int comp	C: An intermediate component: A prompt or pseudo that usually does not have a price *: This is a non-stock component
Location	The identifier your company uses to distinguish multiple occurrences of a component in the same bill of material
Qty open	The quantity ordered and not yet shipped If the Qty per bill field for this component in the Configured Product Maintenance (MBM) program is a fraction, the program rounds up to the next whole number. For example, if the quantity per is 5.5 and the quantity ordered is 11, the Qty open is 61; 5.5 x 11 = 60.5, rounded to 61.
UOM	The sales unit of measure for this item
Selling price	The unit price of this component
Sts	The component's status: Ord: Committed but not obligated Obl: Obligated

Click Add.
Enter data in these fields:

Field Name	Type / Max Length	Action / Description
Comp item no	Required 12 alphanumeric	Enter the number of the component that you want to add.
Part designator	Conditional/Optional 8 alphanumeric	Enter the identifier your company uses if this component is listed on this bill of material more than once. You may call this designator a balloon number, bubble number, file number, material tag, or reference number.
Parent seq no	Required 5 alphanumeric	Accept the displayed sequence number.

Enter data in these fields:

Field Name

Type / Max Length

Action / Description

Description

Required
30 alphanumeric

Accept the displayed description or enter a different description.

Sales UOM

Optional
4 alphanumeric

Accept the displayed unit of measure or enter a different UOM.

Qty open

Required
11 numeric

Accept the displayed quantity or enter a different quantity.

Selling price

Optional
14 numeric in the format 999999999.99999

Accept the displayed unit price or enter another price.

Unit cost

Optional
14 numeric in the format 999999999.99999

Accept the displayed cost or enter a different unit cost.

Discount %

Optional
5 numeric in the format 999.99

Leave blank unless a special discount applies to this component.

Print?

Optional
1 alphanumeric

Select how you want to print:

If this is	Select	To
A standard component of the configured product	P	Print on sales and shipping documents
A standard component of the configured product	M	Not print on sales and shipping documents
Not a standard component of the configured product	Y	Print on sales and shipping documents
Not a standard component of the configured product	N	Not print on sales and shipping documents

Parent item no

Required
12 alphanumeric

Accept the displayed parent item or enter the number of a different parent item.

Operation seq no

Conditional
4 alphanumeric

If this is a manufactured item and 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 sequence in the WIP Movement (WIPM) program.

If this component is not required until the third routing step, enter 3. When you enter work in process for the third sequence or for a subsequent sequence, the system backflushes picking of this component.

Comp reference

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 in System Options Maintenance (XM) program (Manufacturing Options).

Choose the appropriate options:

To	Do This
Change a field	Move to cursor to the field and make required changes.
Accept changes and keep the current screen displayed	Click Apply.
Exit without adding this component	Click Cancel.
Enter notes for this component	Click Notes. See Enter Notes.
Obligate this component	Click Obligated. See Obligate Items.
Accept the displayed data and exit this screen	Click OK.

Note
You cannot delete a record until it has been saved; use Cancel.

Choose the appropriate options when you click OK or Cancel:

To	Do This
Add a component	Click Add.
Delete the selected component	Click Delete. See Delete.
Copy the selected component	Click Copy. See Copy.
Display the selected component	Click OK.
Print component listing	Click Print. See Print.
Change the Per unit and Total price of the selected component	Click Line price. See Change Configured Item Pricing.
Switch the display to show and hide intermediate components; when displayed, the letter "c" appears to the left of these components	Click Display.
Accept these components and return to the previous screen	Click Exit.