Bills of Materials (BOM)

Anything you want to track inventory of needs a part number. The part number uniquely identifies what the inventory is, while the BOM tracks the "recipe" for how to make the inventory, if a particular part is generated via the consumption of other parts (like a Finished Good or Sub-Assembly). The BOM number is where you specify how inventory of a produced part comes into existence.

The BOM is where you can map your process into DataNinja so that you can control how the ingredients come together to produce inventory of a product.

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Scalable and Repeatable

When fresh inventory of a part is generated via the consumption of one or several other parts, a Bill of Materials (BOM) is used as a repeatable, scalable way to handle the inventory transactions and control the process.

A DataNinja BOM contains:

• Configuration
• Required parts
• Attributes (customizable data collection and verification web-form building blocks)
• Approvals
• Equipment

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Lingo

Depending on your business processes, one or more of the following terms may be synonymous with what DataNinja means when referring to a BOM: Recipe, Formulation, Routing, MMR etc.

Creating a BOM in DataNinja

The BOM page is where you will configure, add, and edit BOM specific settings.

Click "Bill of Materials" on the right side of the screen. Find and click on "Add BOM" in the top right corner.

Enter the inventory part number that will be produced when this BOM is scheduled. The inventory part number should be a Finished Good part number or a Sub-Assembly part number.

• Manufacturing Part Class is an organizational strata for reporting purposes. Leave it as "other" if you are not sure what to put in that field.
• Version is the unique variant of the BOM. Start with "1". Having multiple versions of a BOM allows flexibility if there is more than one valid way to produce inventory of the BOM Part Number.
• Selecting a color can help with categorizing BOMs- you might do it by location (see Additional Fields), or part type, or just leave all BOMs the default color.

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Tip

BOMs do not hold inventory- they simply contain the recipe for a produced good.

Additional Fields

By expanding the "Additional Fields", you can specify the following:

• Default Batch Size
  • This specifies the default quantity to produce when the BOM is used in a production order. The standard default is 1, but if following this BOM will typically create a greater or lesser quantity of the part, then adjust the number accordingly. This field uses the same Unit of Measure (UOM) as the part. If it is incorrect, make the adjustment at the part level before creating the BOM.
• Minimum Quantity
  • This specifies the minimum quantity that you can schedule to be produced. The standard default is 1, but if the Default Batch Size is greater than 1, you can adjust the Minimum Quantity to be greater than 1, so long as it is less than or equal to the Default Batch Size. This field uses the same Unit of Measure (UOM) as the part. If it is incorrect, make the adjustment at the part level before creating the BOM.
• Maximum Quantity
  • This specifies the maximum quantity that you can schedule to be produced. The standard default is 1000, but can be adjusted as long as it is greater than or equal to the Default Batch Size. This field uses the same Unit of Measure (UOM) as the part. If it is incorrect, make the adjustment at the part level before creating the BOM.
• Location
  • The standard default is the location associated with the part. This is where inventory will be produced into once the BOM is used in production.
• Customer
  • If this part is going to be sold or shipped directly to a specific customer, you can specify which customer in this field.
• Variance
  • The standard default variance is between 90 and 110 percent. Going above the maximum or under the minimum will trigger an escalation. The percent is based on the Default Batch Size. You can adjust both the upper and lower limits, if you need to be more or less strict about the amount produced in an order.

Releasing a BOM

Now that your BOM is complete setting the BOM's Lifecycle to "Released" will make it possible to schedule the BOM on your production plan.

From the "Edit BOM" view. Toggle the Lifecycle to Released near the top right of the screen

Scheduling Production

Select "Production Plan" from the left sidebar, then click "Add to Schedule".

For more details, see Scheduling Production.