Bill of Materials Entry (MCE110)

How To

This program allows you to enter bill of material finished items.

Processing Details

The Bill of Material Entry screen consists of two sections. The upper portion of the screen is called the header portion where general information such as the finished item number, overhead, packaging and labor factors are entered. The lower portion of the screen is called the line-item portion where each component item and quantity used to make the bill of material item is entered.

Once the bill of material item is set up in the entry program, production planning may be entered as well as actual production.

The user has the option of changing, adding to, removing line-items from or deleting the bill of material item at any time.

A bill of material item must be set through the Item F/M program and the BOM/Formula flag must be set to B before the items bill may be set up. All component items (items which are used to produce the bill of material item) must also be set up through the Item F/M program.

Access this program by choosing Manufacturing Control-->Bill of Materials-->Bill of Materials Entry.

User Fields

The following fields are involved in creating a bill of material record for a finished item:

1. Finished Item

Enter the finished item number. The entry must be a valid finished item number which displays the description(s) and stocking unit of measure. Press F2 to search  for items. Press F3 to search for finished items already set up.

2. Overhead

Enter the overhead cost per unit of producing this item as an amount or a percentage. If entered as a percentage, enter the number and a % before pressing Enter (CR).

3. Package

Enter the packaging cost per unit of producing this item as an amount or a percentage. If entered as a percentage, enter the number and a % before pressing Enter (CR).

4. Labor

Enter the labor cost per unit of producing this item as an amount or a percentage. If entered as a percentage, enter the number and a % before pressing Enter (CR).

5. Update in SO

Enter one of the following values to indicate if component items for this finished item can be updated in Sales Orders:

F -finished items can only be assembled in MC, i.e., finished items can only be produced by using the MC entry and register programs.

C -finished items must be assembled from components entered in an SO entry program to update on-hand quantities. The user will have the option at the time of entry whether to create BOM component line-items automatically or one at a time. Creating component line-items automatically means the BOM Component Entry window is displayed with the line-items already entered. Creating component line-items one at a time means the system displays the BOM Component Entry window but waits for you to enter the number of units needed for each line-item.

 

A -finished items must be assembled from components entered in an SO entry program to update on-hand quantities. In SO the system will display a message that it is creating component items, then it will proceed to the next field. The BOM Component Entry window is not displayed. However, you can back up to the window if changes are necessary.

 

O -the operator can decide at the time of entry in SO whether to enter BOM component items as previously described for options F, C, or A.

 

If you enter options C or A, the finished items should not be produced with MC.

Press Enter (CR) to default to F. The BOM Update flag of the SO static control record must be set to selected for an entry of C, A, or O in this field to be meaningful.

This concludes the header portion of the Bill of Material Entry program. At this time, the header record is created. After the header record is created, all the header fields except #1 are accessible through the change header routine. Field #1 can only be changed by deleting and reentering the finished item number.

Line numbers are assigned automatically beginning with 001 and incrementing by one for each additional line-item up to 999.

6. Item Number

Enter the component item number to be used to produce the bill of material finished item. The entry must be a valid number. Valid entries display the item description and stocking unit of measure. Press F4 to remove the line and back up to the previous line number. 

7. Units

Enter the number of units needed to produce one finished item.

8. Memo

Enter the memo to appear on the BOM listing (up to 20 characters).

Save your changes

This concludes the line-item portion of the Bill of Materials Entry.

You can select from the following to perform the listed functions:

Change a line-item

Add line-items

Insert line-items

Delete line-items

Stops line-item entry

I- Accesses Note Entry (SME710) for the item highlighted in BOM line item browser.

D- Accesses Note Entry (SME710) for the BOM document line record highlighted in the line item browser.

Done     End the Bill of Materials Entry