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CMS Bill of Material Management
Benefits
The Bill of Material and Formula Management module provides the information required for real-time management of product/process structures and methods. It allows you to determine accurate material requirements and cost standards. You can then react to both anticipated and unanticipated events and schedule changes.
Product Summary
Multiple versions of each bill of material, formula, or recipe can be stored and reviewed at any time. Access to historical structures for review and analysis is allowed as well as future effectivity dates for planned engineering changes or formula adjustments.
The major expressions of the relationship between each parent and its components are:
- How much of each component per parent quantity (or batch) is required (to four decimal positions);
- Anticipated scrap or loss factor per component;
- The operation within the production process (routing) at which this component is required;
- Component related processing or production text;
- A flag identifying the component as having allowable options. Identification of the options available is by product or specific to the individual Bill of Material or formula (especially for packaging options). This function is used for product configuration at order entry or other independent demand management and planning.
Some examples of these component specific relationship markers include:
Phantom -
A phantom part represents a group of component parts that does not physically exist as a distinct parent part, relative to the BOM. The phantom part is a tool used to organize the BOM structure.
Phantom Assembly -
Causes the system to treat the assembly in the same manner as a Phantom. The major difference is that routes attached to a Phantom Assembly are also pulled up to the next highest level of the BOM.
Reference -
Indicates that the component is a memo item in a BOM rather than a real component. It is not shown on picklists and inventory movement is not planned. It is ignored in the planning process and in standard cost roll-up.
By-Products -
Planning treats this marker as a Standard part with negative quantity; standard costing subtracts costs for the component.
Use Up -
Use the existing component until its inventory has been consumed, then substitute the approved alternate.
As Required -
Indicates that the component may be used in any quantity when manufacturing the parent. The planning system plans for the component in the quantity specified but this marker expresses permission to use more or less than that quantity.
Tool -
Identifies the component as a tool used during the assembly process rather than a component to be added to the assembly.
Features
On-demand single or multi-level fully nested explosions and on-demand single or multi-level where-used functions are provided. Complete effectivity date control with dates set by day or by range of days, and copy-from, copy-to, and same-as-except capabilities are inherent in the system. The system provides comprehensive BOM/formula security to control change access and BOM/formula explosion at standard costs as well as at selling prices with markup calculation.
Major Displays
- Single or Multi-level BOM explosion
- Parent/Component Relationship
- Single or Multi-level Where Used
- Effectivity History
- Future Effectivity and Calendar Options
Major Reports
- BOM Delivery Feasibility based on on-hand quantities and actions required
- Bill of Material Explosion
- Component Where Used
- Map Effect of Engineering Change Orders
- Costed Bill of Materials
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