Use this program 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.
Click Filters 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 8 views of information from the center section of the screen.
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, click Go 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, click Exit to return to the Manufacturing Control main menu.
The Go To menu provides access to these other FACTS programs.
Customer Inquiry (SOI610), Vendor Inquiry (API610)- subject to security for access. Note that if you use the Go To menu to access another one of the inquiries, the Go To menu on that inquiry will not provide access to the other inquiries.
Item F/M (ICF910), Warehouse Item F/M (ICF920), Bill of Materials Entry (MCE110)- subject to security. If you do not have user security to access these programs, the options are not displayed on the menu. You will be prompted to specify you password, if required.
Show Where Used (SMF999) - This lists all places in FACTS that the current customer or item exists (e.g. sales orders, etc.).
Sync is a method of connecting the entry programs with information displayed in customer, item and vendor inquiries. It is a helpful feature because it enables you to get real-time information such as customer balances, vendor balances and warehouse quantities, while you are working in entry programs.
You can select Options> Synchronized Inquiry to start the synchronization and display the Stop Synch icon to change or update the information displayed in this inquiry. Use this display to note whether your inquiry is in Sync mode.
Inquiries are synchronized on a per user basis. In other words, if you are signed on to FACTS in one window with one name and signed on in another window with another name, it will appear as if the Sync function is not working.
The Activities view displays by default. From the Windows menu, you can select other windows of information to open.
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Components |
Displays component information including the component item number, description, number of units, stocking unit of measure and memo. Click Show Where Used to view all of places (sales orders, production, and transfers, for example) in FACTS that the current customer or item exists. |
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Planned |
Displays the planned production currently in the BOM system for the finished item. Planned production is displayed in date order. Click Requirements to display the Production Planning Requirements (MCE121) program. |
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Production |
Displays the production tickets in process for the finished item in summary. Summary information includes ticket number, status (the S column: 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. Click Line Detail to access Production Detail for the Selected Ticket (MCI613). |
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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. Click Next Whse to view costing information for the next available warehouse. |
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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. |
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Requirements |
Displays the requirements for producing a number of units. Click # of Units 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). Click Show Where Used to view all of places (sales orders, production, and transfers, for example) in FACTS that the current customer or item exists. |
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Displays notes for BOM production tickets.
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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. |
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