1. SCM (Supply Chain Management)
  2. Manufacturing
  3. Assembly Work Orders
  4. Printing a Work Order Bill of Materials

Printing a Work Order Bill of Materials

For work orders you have entered, you can print a Bill of Materials (BOM). The BOM shows the types and quantities of items you need to complete the work order.

Following are the two ways to print a BOM.

Print from the work order:

  1. Go to Transactions > Manufacturing > Enter Work Orders > List.

  2. Click View next to the work order.

  3. On the work order, click Print BOM.

    Only information from the header of the work order appears in the BOM. If you want to print assembly details of the work order, you must open the assembly item record and click Print.

Print from the print queue:

  1. Go to Transactions > Management > Print Checks and Forms.

  2. Click Bill of Materials.

  3. In the Filter By field, choose one of the following to filter the work orders shown:

    • Some Items Committed – The list shows orders that have one or more items committed to be built.

    • All Items Committed – The list shows orders that have all items committed to be built.

    • Ignore Item Availability – The list shows all open orders regardless of the availability.

  4. Select a location to filter the list for orders for that location.

  5. Select a form to use for this print run.

    This field defaults to the preferred form, but you can choose a form you have previously customized.

    If you are printing packing slips and use the Advanced Shipping feature, you can also use a custom invoice form when printing packing slips. For example, you can customize an invoice form to show the item rate and amount, and the order total. Then, when you print the packing slip using the custom form, the packing slip shows the additional information.

    To customize a form, go to Customization > Forms > Transaction Forms. Click Customize next to the appropriate form.

  6. The Documents in Queue field shows the number of forms you have selected to print. This field updates as you check bills of materials to print.

  7. Check the Allow Reprinting box to reprint previously printed transactions.

    When you check this box, all documents appear at the bottom of the page in segments. Clear this box to allow documents to be printed only one time.

    Note:

    The work order tracks whether a bill of materials has been printed. It resets this flag whenever components are committed so that new top-level assemblies may be built.

  8. Click the Select Order Number field to enter or scan in transaction bar codes.

  9. Check the box in the Print column next to each order you want to print a bill of materials for.

  10. Click Print.

The bill of materials prints in two sections:

Screenshot of a sample Bill of Materials.

Print Instructions with the Bill of Materials

If you print your BOM in PDF format, you can append the PDF file to print additional materials with the BOM. For example, you can print a diagram or instructions about the assembly process for the top level assembly item. For more information, see Appending a PDF File to Print with the Bill of Materials.

An alternative way to view and print the BOM is by using the Bill of Materials Inquiry.

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