Bills of Material Management

SimpleManufacturing™ ERP’s Bill of Materials Management Module is a Fast, Easy, and Thorough way to MANAGE BOMs.

An accurate, thorough, updated bill of materials improves decision-making and facilitates efficient production processes. It can help organizations quickly move designs into production. Material Planning processes integrate sales order demand, inventory, work orders, and bill of materials to plan material requirements accurately. This enables organizations to have material available in the correct quantity when needed.

Link Documents to BOM such as:

Assembly Drawing,

Schematics,

Gerbers,

Design Software,

Test Sheets,

Test Specifications,

Tooling

View Documents from BOM

Define Process / Manufacturing Router for each BOM with additional features such as:

Edit Routers, with Changes Captured from Each Change

Create Routers Steps with Options to Pull from User-Defined Operations and Machine Listings

Unlimited Space for Operation Description, Instructions, and Noted of Each Operation (Router Step)

Ability to Link Files to Each Operation

Bill Of Material Defintion and Line Item Details

Standard fields for any bill of material include line item, part number, part revision level, the quantity for a single piece, a unit of measure, and a section for reference designer / Dwg / line item notes.

Ability to Link BOM to a Specific Customer.

Multiple Print Options include:

Approved Manufacturer / Vendor (AML / AVL) BOM
Stock Only,
Indented BOM,
Excel Output Options

Review and Approval Options using the Approval Password process.

Single-Click to:

View Part Number Info
Create Purchase Order of a BOM Line Item – Great for Outside Processing Line Items and Material Purchases.

When Change Order Management is not used, it can manage BOM Line Items with Add, Edit, and Delete Options, with Changes Tracked by User, Item, Was, Is, and Changed Date.

Files / Document Link

Link Documents to BOM such as Assembly Drawings, Schematics, Gerbers, Design Software, Test Sheets, Test Specifications, Tooling Instructions, Email, Specification or any other electronic file.

Documents can be Linked from the Document Control Location or the User-Defined BOM File Storage Location.

Simple Click to view any Document / File linked to the BOM.

Router / Process Flow / Traveler Example

Typical Process Flow definition includes the ability to Enter Default Identification (Labeling), Packaging, and Preservation Information.

When desired for use, identify Setup and Run Times (per unit).

The Expanded Instruction / Notes Field for lengthy process instructions.

Click on Linked File to view any file linked to a specific Process (Operation) Step.