A bill of materials for an item is a list of the raw materials, sub-assemblies, phantoms and the quantities of

each needed to manufacture one unit of the same item.

BOM is not only used by production for manufacturing products but also used by different planning
methods for suggesting planed orders.
The bill of materials is also used for cost estimates, cost roll-up, lead time roll-up, inventory control,
backflush and WIP tracking.
All BOMs in inoERP are created and maintained as a single-level BOM i.e. A BOM that displays the
assembly or sub-assembly with only one level of children. Thus it displays the components directly needed
to make the assembly or sub-assembly.
You can use indented BOM to view all the child components required to make a top level assembly /or
subassembly.
InoERP allows 5 different types of BOMs to cater different type of business needs.
1. Standard BOM - Fixed BOM used for both manufacturing & planning
2. Model BOM - Allows customer to create different configurations as per the Model
3. Option Class - Used with model BOM to provide different configuration options
4. Product Family - Used for simplifying & aggregating the forecast; used only for planning purpose.
5. Planning BOM - Used only for planning purpose esp. for service & repair business.

To maintain different BOM versions for the same item, you can create BOM revisions with effective date.
In the BOM header, you define a base UOM of the material you want to produce. All other quantities in
the line level are relative to the base UOM and quantity 1.
inoERP provides common BOM feature whereby you can define BOM in one organization (normally in
master organization) and common the BOM to other organizations where it is required. This streamlines
the BOM maintenance process and also reduces the effort required in maintaining the same BOM in
different organizations.
There may be several alternative BOMs for a product, which are used for different manufacturing
processes; you can create different alternate BOM for the same product by using alternate BOM feature.

Header Level Information

Inventory Organization:
Select inventory organization name where you want to create item BOM.
Item Information:
Enter the item number in the item number field. You can enter the item number in different ways
i.
Enter 2 consecutive characters from any part of the item number in the item
number field and system will show you a list of items containing the text entered
in that field. You can select the item number from the suggestion list.
ii.
If you know the complete item numbers then enter it in the item number field.
iii.
If you want to search items, then click on item number field. System will show
you a search icon next to the item field. Click on the search icon to search &
select item.
System should auto populate item id, item description and unit of measure field from item number value.
Press tab to move to the revision field. If the item is revision controlled, then system will show all the
available revisions in the revision field. Select the revision of the item.
Effective Date:
Enter an effective date for the BOM/revision.
Common BOM Details:
If you are using common BOM feature then select the organization where the common BOM is defined.
Next select the common BOM Item number.

Line Level Information

In BOM line, you add all the direct child components required to manufacture the BOM header item.

Line Id:
Line id is a read-only field. Line id is an auto increased, primary key of the bom_line table.
Sequence Number:
Enter a BOM Sequence number. System auto-populates a unique sequence number for all the lines but it
allows you to manually update the number.
Routing Sequence Number:
Select routing sequence number, if routing is used. Routing sequence specifies the operation at which the
components will be consumed.
Item Information:
Enter the item number in the item number field. You can enter the item number in different ways
i.
Enter 2 consecutive characters from any part of the item number in the item
number field and system will show you a list of items containing the text entered
in that field. You can select the item number from the suggestion list.
ii.
If you know the complete item numbers then enter it in the item number field.
iii.
If you want to search items, then click on item number field. System will show
you a search icon next to the item field. Click on the search icon to search &
select item.
System should auto populate item id, item description and unit of measure field from item number value.
Press tab to move to the revision field. If the item is revision controlled, then system will show all the
available revisions in the revision field. Select the revision of the item.
Usage Basis:
Select component usage basis.

Quantity:
Enter the number of quantity used in manufacturing 1 unit of the header item.
Start Date:
Enter effective start for the component.
End Date:
Enter effective end for the component.
ECO Number:
Enter ECO number used for the BOM revision change. If system ECO is used for the change, then
system will auto-populate the ECO number.
ECO Implemented:
ECO implemented check box shows if the ECO is implemented or not.
Planning %:
Enter the planning % of the item, used only for planning BOM.
Yield:
Enter yield for the component. MRP uses yield to calculate the material requirement.
WIP Supply Type:
Select WIP supply type.
Assembly Pull
Assembly Pull items are automatically issued to work orders when you complete assemblies in Work in
Process. These items pulled from the supply sub inventory specified in the BOM Work order. Supply sub
inventory in a work order defaults from the supply sub inventory mentioned in the BOM of the assembly. If
the supply sub inventory is not entered in the BOM, then system defaults it from the item master.
Operation Pull
Operation Pull items are automatically issued to work orders when you complete a specific operation of a
work order. These items pulled from the supply sub inventory specified in the BOM Work order. Supply
sub inventory in a work order defaults from the supply sub inventory mentioned in the BOM of the
assembly. If the supply sub inventory is not entered in the BOM, then system defaults it from the item
master.
Push
Push components are manually to work orders via WIP material transaction from against a work order.
System doesnt do any automatic issue of these items. Its advisable to use Push for all the high value,
critical, lot/serial controlled items.
Bulk
Bulk is used for low value expense items. Bulk component requirements can be viewed on work orders
for reference purpose but dont need any transaction.

Supply Sub Inventory:

Supply Sub Inventory specifies the default sub inventory location from where assemblies pull & operation
pull items are issued.
Supply Locator:
Supply Locator specifies the default locator of the supply sub inventory from where assembly pull &
operation pull items are issued.
In Cost Roll-up:
Enable the cost roll-up checkbox to include the component in cost rollup process.