- Select the Work with structures menu item.
- On the initial panel, click Add.
- You access Work with structures, Structure header. Complete the following fields:
- Item
- Enter an item for which you wish to create an item structure. Note: The item you enter must be defined in the Item file as item type 1 (end product), 2 (sub-assembly) or 8 (budget item).
- Structure quantity
- Enter a quantity indicating the relationship between the structure quantity and the component quantities/operation times. The base structure quantity is 1. The structure quantity can be used to adjust component quantities in order to avoid decimals in the bill of material. Note: This field must be numeric with three decimal places. It only contains positive values.
- Maintenance option
- Indicate what is to be created in the item structure by ticking one of the following: Material, Operations/Item criteria, Alternative/co-product, Header text or No maintenance. For this task, tick Material.
- You access Structure maintenance, Bill of material. Complete the following fields:
- Seq no
- Enter the sequence number of the component.
- Component item
- Enter the item that is to be included as a component in the bill of material.
- Quantity
- Enter the quantity of the components.
Note: You can also enter Structure unit for the item as an alternative unit.
Click OK.
See the Panel help for details about the remaining fields. You can enter several components at the same time. Click OK when you have completed the fields.
The system updates the information and clears the panel. Click Back to view the added components.
If you want to add more components to the bill of material, click Add. If you want to add more detailed information to the component, click Add detail.
Related topics
- About setting up item structures for produced items
- Set up a bill of routing for a produced item
- Copy an item structure
- Change a bill of material
- Change a bill of routing
- Define by-products in a bill of material
- Renumber bill of materials and bill of routings
- Mass-update an item structure
- Define conformity criteria for an item structure
- Define quality control values for an item structure
- Define alternative products for an item structure
- Delete an item structure