Required Parts

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What is a Required Part?

The ingredients of a BOM- the parts that are consumed to produce inventory of the finished product when the BOM is used in a production run.

Add a Required Part

From the left-hand side bar, click on "BOMs", then click "View" or double click on a part to open the BOM you will be adding parts to.

1. Under the "Required Parts" tab, click "Add a required part".

2. Select the first part (ingredient) from the dropdown by typing the part number or it's description.

3. In the Standard Quantity field, enter the amount of the required part that will be used to produce one unit of the part produced by the BOM.

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Getting Standard Quantity Right

If your ingredient is tracked in kg, and the part produced by the BOM is tracked by the Case; the standard quantity of the ingredient should the amount in kg that goes into 1 Case of the produced part.

See Units of Measure

4. If needed, select the process step associated with the part. Your BOM includes all the production steps for Sub Assembly part or Finished Good. If you have not created the process step at this point, move on to step 5. Note that if you do not have any process steps associated with this BOM, the "Process Step" field will not appear.
5. Click "Show additional fields" and if desired, add an operation (e.g. mixing, baking, blending, etc.) in the "Operation" field.
6. If necessary, adjust the variance boundaries in the "Lower %" and "Higher %" fields. The default is 85-110%, and if the amount of the part used in production is outside that range, it will trigger an escalation. If you need to be more or less particular about the amount used in production, adjust the ranges.
7. Save

That's it! Repeat steps 1-7 for each of the required parts you wish to add.

When to use Optional Parts

In most BOMs, all of the required parts will be used 100% of the time the BOM is scheduled. If “Occasionally” is checked, manufacturing can be completed without using any inventory of the part. The parts consumption in the manufacturing run is optional.

Use the "Occasionally" designation when it is convenient for minimizing BOM versions without compromising quality.