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BOM enquiries

There are a number of queries you can make on your BOM records. You can:

View your BOM records without making changes to them.
Explode the structure of a BOM record through the levels of componentsRaw materials used to manufacture finished goods., phantomA BOM that is not used as as a stock component or in raising works orders. A phantom BOM is created and structured to contain groups of components, like a standard BOM. It is used in printed reports on stock structures. It can be used to collapse the sub-assemblies to reduce work in progress (WIP) and lead-time. It operates as a standard sub-assembly. However, the product code for the finished item does not appear on a higher level works order. Within Manufacturing, the components and operations of phantoms (and nested phantoms) are added to the top-level works order. These components and operations are given a sequence number of zero. In some manufacturing systems, phantom BOMs are employed instead of effectivity dates, to use up old stock before introducing replacement parts. If so, the old item is created as a phantom with the new item, the child of the old. Old stock is used up before new stock is ordered. When a phantom has zero stock, it is deleted and the new item is made part of the original BOM. Phantom BOMs are also known as non-returnable assemblies and blow-throughs.s, comments, documents and sub-assemblies.
Implode stock items and see where they are used in the BOM structures.
Calculate the maximum build quantityThe maximum number of finished goods you can build with current levels of stock. for a BOM.
Check if you can build a specific quantity of a BOM and identify any shortages there may be.