6.3 Bill of Material

The Bill of Material, or BOM is not only the product structure data file that can be identified by your computer, but it is also the 2BizBox system’s core basic data and files. Simply put, BOM explains the components that make up one part, including raw materials, and parts order, the mutual number relationship. The BOM helps 2BizBox to identify the structure of products in the enterprise, and is used a communication among all modules or enterprise business ties.

6.3.1 Add BOM Process

6.3.1.1 Add BOM

Go to “Engineering Module->BOM->General,” and click” Add BOM.”  In the adding interface, fill in the Part # or choose the part from pick list to add it as a BOM. Then click “Add” to enter the BOM update interface: 

Part item is the most important core information of a BOM. Here you can exercise the adding, editing and deleting functions. A BOM is a part, therefore, the BOM’s basic information can be edited in the part master.

6.3.1.2 Add Item

To add items for the BOM, click  “Add Item” at the bottom left corner to arrive at the window as below. 

After filling out the information, click “OK” to return to the Update BOM interface. 

Add Item from BOM

In addition to adding items one by one, you can also add items from BOM. This means that you can add batch items from an existing BOM. For example, BOM A is almost the same as BOM B, so when you are creating BOM A, you can directly add items from BOM B, and only make little changes. Click “Add Item from BOM,” to see the window below:  

At the above interface, input BOM#, click the bottom right, and the BOM item list will appear and be selected. From here, choose the item for which the BOM being createded, and click “OK” to add the selected item(s) to the BOM list.

Batch add BOM Items

If you click “2Batch Add BOM Item,” you will open the below window that lists all parts in the system. You may filter parts by the searching area at the top and check items to add into the BOM.

Note:  when adding an item from a BOM, 2BizBox will calculate and assign item#s automatically to make sure that there are no repeated item#s; if you change this manually, you have to make ensure the uniqueness of item#s.

Edit Item

Select one existing part item and click “Edit” to change like item#, quantity, part number, part type, etc.

Delete Item

Select the item you wish to delete, then click “Delete;” or you can click “Delete all” to delete all items.

Replace Items

At the end of an added item, you can appoint a replace item. When the BOM item is in shortage, the replace item can replace the BOM item in setting up the Work Orders. Click the red textbox to open the replace item adding window:

Click “Add” to add a replacement item. Ratio here means how many replace items are needed to replace the BOM Item.

Click “OK” to finish editing the replace part.

When you finish adding all items in the BOM, click “Update” to submit. 

Another way to create a BOM is by clicking the “+” button on a Part’s Property. It will also guide to the Update BOM interface. 

6.3.2 BOM Property

The main BOM’s information interface is a tree structure, including all associated part items and related information. At the BOM tree, the  icon shows that the part is still a BOM. Click  to expand it; the  icon shows that a non-BOM cannot be expanded.

Note: 2BizBox supports BOMs with many levels where you can click to expand all of them.

6.3.2.1 Basic Parameters

6.3.2.2 BOM Tree

The BOM tree is the core data structure of a BOM; it lists all of the BOMs and its sub-item’s BOMs. You can learn what the part consists of easily.

6.3.2.3       BOM Views

Five view of the BOM is provided in the BOM Properties. Different views will help you to know better about the BOM structure and information.

Tree View

The default view in the tree structure with BOM Levels folded. Click “+” to unfold the sub levels.

List View

Show all components of the BOM by Part #.

Tree View With MFG ID

Add an “MFD ID” column in the tree view structure.

Tree View With ECN

Add an “ECN #” column in the tree view structure. If some part in the BOM is under Engineering Change status, related ECN# will be shown in the column.

MFG BOM Tree View

Show the MFG BOM tree view. Please refer to chapter “Maufacturing BOM” in “Manufacturing Box” for details about how to make an MFG BOM.

6.3.2.4 Function Buttons

On Hand: click this button to view BOM part’s inventory information.

Shortages: click to list parts in shortage in the BOM.

BOM Cost: click to see the BOM part’s cost information and the BOM’s cost information.

MFG BOM: click to view the MFG BOM of the BOM. Click the “Edit” button can open MFG BOM Update interface.

Download Drawings: providing a batch download MFG Drawings function. Click “Download Drawings” and check parts with drawings. You will get a zip file with all the drawings.

6.3.3 Look Up & Search BOM 

2BizBox provides lots of ways to lookup or search BOMs at the BOM homepage.

6.3.3.1 2Look up BOM

Input a complete BOM#, and choose BOM type. Click the button to see the exact BOM and its information in detail.

6.3.3.2 2Look up Part in BOM by Lead Time

Through this function you can see the lead times of the parts under a specified BOM.

In the search result shown as below, you can see the BOM parts’ make/buy attributes, lead times and the basic inventory info. In this way, you will get a sketch of the BOM’s supply and sales status.

6.3.3.3 2Search BOM

Input a BOM#, choose BOM type, date type, form date, to date, last change user, and origin, and click the button to search which BOMs meet the conditions.

6.3.3.4 2Look up BOM Cost

Input a BOM# and choose a BOM type, the system will check if the BOM exists. If yes, the system will show the BOM’s cost interface (click the button to see it).

6.3.3.5 2Lookup OEM BOM

Input a BOM#, choose a BOM type, and OEM ID #. The system will check if the BOM exists; if yes, the BOM interface will appear.

6.3.3.6 2Look Up Single part Used in BOM

Fill in the Part A in the upper textbox and the BOM B below, then click “2Lookup Where Used,” you will see in which BOM and sub BOMs Part A is used in BOM B.

6.3.3.7 2Look Up Multi Parts Used in BOM

The search method is the same as “Used in BOM,” except here multi part search is supported at the same time. Note: while inputting many parts, you need to separate them by commas.

The search result will show parts separately as below:

6.3.3.8 2Replace Part in BOM

You have the capability to replace part A in all BOMs with part B. The system will search and check all BOMs using part A. If you confirm the replacement, click the button; or you can uncheck those parts in BOMs that don’t need to be replaced, and click the button to do the replacement. 

6.3.4 Reports

There are two ways of showing a BOM report.

6.3.4.1 All BOMs

Click the button to see all BOMs in the system.

6.3.4.2 Search BOM Log

Search the BOM log by conditions.

The search results show the BOM’s modification of item, user, quantity, spare part, etc.

6.3.5 Audit

The Audit function is used for checking and correcting data errors that occurred in the system. 

6.3.5.1 Clear BOM Without Items

This function is used to find BOMs without items in system and clear them. When you click the button, the system will list all BOMs without items and select them. You can directly click the button to clear this data, or unselect the BOMs needed, then click to clear data.

6.3.5.2 Audit Recursive BOM

Recursive BOM means that one BOM, say A, includes a duplicate BOM A. It is not right logically. Generally, 2BizBox doesn’t allow recursive BOMs. You can use the function here to check if there are recursive BOMs in your company’s system. Click the button to show all recursive BOMs, click the “Start” button at the bottom right, and the system will audit and list all recursive BOMs.

To modify the BOM, you need to go back to the BOM interface at the engineering module.