Bill of Materials Inquiry (MCI610)

How To

This program allows you to display information about any bill of material finished item.

When you first access the Bill of Materials Inquiry program, you can use the Go To field in the upper portion of the screen to locate specific finished items.  

The Go To field is case sensitive. This means that if you enter i100 to lookup an item number when someone entered it as I100, the item record you are looking for will not appear in the browser.

You can select the Filters icon if you want to limit the number of records that appear in the inquiry browser. You can also choose Options-->Filter Values.

In the Bill of Materials Inquiry program you can access 7 views of information from the center section of the screen.

In the Bill of Materials Inquiry program you can access 7 views of information in the center section of the screen.

Inquiry information for each item includes:

In the lower portion of the screen, FACTS displays information for the selected finished item.

To search records for the finished item, use the Starts From option in the lower left-hand corner of the screen. This search uses only the first column of the Layout list for the search. To use Starts With, enter one or more characters to match the beginning of the records for the search. Then, choose the Go button or press Enter to begin the search.  The Starts From option is available for all inquiry views except General.

For example, if you enter D as the Starts With in the Item Lookup and press Enter, the Lookup list will redisplay records showing the first item that begins with a D. If there are no matches for your selection, a message displays and the Lookup list does not change.

 

When you are finished reviewing bill of materials finished items, press Exit to return to the Manufacturing Control main menu.

 

Bill of Materials Inquiry View Details

Components

Displays component information including the component item number, description, number of units, stocking unit of measure and memo.

Planned

Displays the planned production currently in the BOM system for the finished item. Planned production is displayed in date order. Select the Requirements button to display the Production Planning Requirements (MCE121) program.

Production

Displays the production tickets in process for the finished item in summary. Summary information includes ticket number, status (E-entered, P-printed and C-confirmed), entry date, planned production date, production date (if not confirmed, date is blank), units planned to be produced and actual units produced. Press the Line Detail button to access Production Detail for the Selected Ticket (MCI613).

Costing

Displays costing information by warehouse to produce one BOM finished item. Information for each component item includes item number and description, units needed to produce the BOM finished item, stocking unit of measure, cost, costing unit of measure and extension. Total information includes components, overhead, package, labor, and total costs. Press the Next Whse button to view costing information for the next available warehouse.

History

Displays the history of the item. Enter the beginning warehouse. Information by warehouse includes month-to-date, year-to-date and prior year units produced and the last date produced.

Requirements

Displays the requirements for producing a number of units as entered by the user. Press the # of Units button to enter the number of units to be produced. The requirements to produce the finished item are displayed including the following for each component: the item number and a part of the description, units required, stocking unit of measure, on hand, on order and committed quantities. An asterisk (*) next to the units indicates that the number of units required is greater than available (available = on hand + on order - committed).

General

Displays additional information about the finished item, including the overhead percentage, packaging and labor costs, the update in Sales Order Entry setting for component item selection, standard packing quantity and stocking unit of measure.