Creating the bill of materials
Define the bill of materials for a style by adding existing style, material, or trim records as BOM items or by creating BOM items specifically for the style on the BOM page.
- On the style details page, click the BOM icon.
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Specify main information:
- Main Version
- Select the check box to mark this BOM as the main BOM version of
the style.
The first BOM version is automatically set as the main version.
- Name
- Specify a name for the BOM version.
- Status
- Select a status from the list.
- Locked
- Optionally, after specifying main information and adding items to the BOM, select the check box to lock this BOM from editing.
- Filter By
- After specifying main information and adding items to the BOM, select a filter option. Use this function when multidimensional size ranges are assigned in BOM materials.
- Geocode
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Select an applicable Geo-location code to assign to style BOM.
Note: A validation process confirms if the code is applicable or whether there is already an existing BOM version for the specified code. - Exchange Rate Type
- Select an exchange rate type.
- An Actual exchange rate type pertains to current values of an exchange rate.
- A Budget exchange rate type pertains to an exchange rate that is set by an organization for one entire budget period.
- A Simulation exchange rate type pertains to forward rates that are expected to take place in the future.
You can specify the default exchange rate type in the Settings. Contact your system administrator or see the Configuring BOM settings topic of the Infor PLM for Fashion Administration Guide.
You must specify an Exchange Rate Type, if not set by default, so that conversion of amounts can be successful.
- Exchange Rate Date
- Specify the exchange rate date.
You must specify an Exchange Rate Date so that conversion of amounts can be successful. While the value of this field defaults to the date of the creation of the BOM version, you can change the value of this field.
- Base Currency
- This field displays the currency that you define as the base currency. You cannot change the value in this field.
- BOO Version
- Select the applicable BOO version from the list.
- Batch Quantity
- Specify a batch quantity amount. This amount is used when computing the quantity of a BOM line together with the value of Quantity in Percentage.
- Batch Quanity UOM
- Select a unit of measure from the list. This field is a
generic lookup and defined in Generic Lookup.
See Generic lookup.
If you specify a value for Batch Quantity, this field is required.
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In the Lines section, add BOM items.
- Click Add Materials, Add Trims, or Add Styles.
- Select an item or multiple items to add to the BOM.
- Click ADD to add the selected items. Click ADD AND CLOSE to add the selected items and close the pane.
- Click Add New Row to create BOM items for the style on the BOM page.
- Click Add Items from Favorites to create add items from your favorites lists.
- Click Add Materials, Add Trims, or Add Styles.
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For each added BOM item, specify this information:
- Cost Indicator
- Select the check box to mark the BOM item as a cost indicator (CI). A BOM item that you mark as a cost indicator is included in the computation of the style's costing. Selecting this check box also enables you to map the BOM item to a cost element.
- Sequence
- Optionally, modify the sequence of BOM items. Sequencing sorts BOM items for viewing
- Main
- Optionally, select this check box to mark this item as the main material of the style.
- Number
- If you added an existing style, material, or trim record, this
field displays the number of the record.
If you created a BOM item on the Lines section, specify the number for the BOM item.
Number field has a drop-down search bar for adding materials, trims and styles.
- Name
- If you added an existing style, material, or trim record, this
field displays the name of the record.
If you created a BOM item on the Lines section, specify the name for the BOM item.
- Description
- If you added an existing style, material, or trim record, this field displays
the description of the record.
If you created a BOM item on the Lines section, provide a description for the BOM item.
- Composition Indicator
- Select to tag this BOM as an item used in Care & Content to import composition information from.
- Component Type
- If you added an existing style, material, or trim record, this field displays
the component type of the record.
If you created a BOM item on the Lines section, specify the component type for the BOM item.
- Main Category
- If you added an existing style, material, or trim record, this field displays
the main category of the record.
If you created a BOM item on the Lines section, specify the main category for the BOM item. Available main categories depend on the component type of the BOM item.
- Category Group
- If you added an existing style, material, or trim record,
this field displays the category group of the record.
If you created a BOM item on the Lines section, specify the category group for the BOM item. Available category groups depend on the component type of the BOM item.
- Category
- If you added an existing style, material, or trim record,
this field displays the item category of the record.
If you created a BOM item on the Lines section, specify the item category for the BOM item. Available categories depend on the component type of the BOM item.
- BOM Line Status
- Select a status from the list.
This field is a generic lookup and defined in Generic Lookup.
See Generic lookup.
- Operation
- Select an operation from the list. The list of operations shown in this field depends on the selected BOO Version.
- Quantity Type
- Select a quantity type.
- Select Line Dependent to define quantity per BOM line.
- Select Size Dependent to define breakdown of quantity by style size per BOM line.
- Select Batch Qty Dependent to derive quantities from Batch Quantity. If you select this quantity type, Batch Quantity and Batch Quantity UOM cannot be empty.
- Quantity in Percentage
- Specify a value. This value is used to compute Quantity as a percentage of Batch Quantity if Batch Qty Dependent is selected as Quantity Type. The total of all Quantity in Percentage must be equal to 100%.
- Quantity
- Specify the quantity.
If Quantity Type is set to Size Dependent, the value on the Quantity field becomes clickable. If you click the quantity link, the BOM Line Size Quantity pane is displayed. The available sizes for the BOM item are displayed on the pane. You can set the quantity for each size.
If Quantity Type is set to Batch Qty Dependent, this field is read-only. The value is computed as the product of the values of Batch Quantity and Quantity in Percentage.
- Quantity UOM
- Select a unit of measurement for the quantity.
When you select Batch Qty Dependent as Quantity Type, Quantity UOM is read-only and gets its value from the Batch Quantity UOM field.
- BOM Line Colors
- Colorways that are assigned to the style are displayed.
To add colors to a BOM item, double-click the color cell. The Add BOM Line Colors pane is displayed. By default, the Add BOM Line Colors pane shows the Style Colorways. You can select colors from the Style Colorways, from the Color Picker, or from the Color Library.
If the BOM item has multiple colors, click and hold on the first cell then drag the mouse pointer to select the column cells, then add colors from the Add BOM Line Colors pane.
From the Add BOM Line Colors pane, you can also search from the Style Colorways or Color Library for particulars colors to add to the BOM line.
See Searching for colors.
To create an on-the-fly color with no color pitch:
- On the BOM Line Color cell, either double-click or click Add Colors.
- Select the Color Picker.
- Specify either the color name, color code, or select a color below the pane.
- From the drop down menu, select No Color.
- Click ADD. Click ADD AND CLOSE to add colors and close the pane.
To add a text-only color:
- Select one or several BOM Line Color cells.
- Click the Add Color Text icon or press Alt+E.
- In the Add BOM Line Colors pane, specify the color name in either the Name or Code field.
- Click ADD. Click ADD AND CLOSE to add colors and close the pane.
- Composition
- This field displays the composition of the BOM item that you
have defined in the material or trim details page.
If you created a BOM item on the Lines section, click this field to define the composition. In the Composition window, specify the Component %, Type, and Layer.
Note: If the BOM item is a material record and that material has layers, the composition format in BOM is as presented this way, as an example: Facing: 80% Nylon, 20% Lycra; Backing: 100% Cow - Image
- Click the Add Images icon on the Lines section toolbar to add an image to the BOM item.
- Critical Material
- Specify whether or not the BOM item is a critical material.
- Chemical Warning
- Specify whether or not the BOM item contains chemicals that require extra care in handling.
- Style Size Range
- This field displays the size range that is assigned to the BOM item.
- Style Size Code
- This field displays the sizes that are assigned to the BOM item. To assign sizes to the BOM item, click the Add Style Sizes icon on the Lines section toolbar.
- Component Size Range
- This field displays the component size range and applies only to BOM items that
are trims.
If you specified a trim record as a BOM item on the Lines section, specify the component size range in this field.
- Component Size Code
- This field displays the component size code and applies only to BOM items that
are trims.
If you specified a trim record as a BOM item on the Lines section, specify the component size code in this field.
- Supplier Code
- This field displays the code of a specific supplier.
Optionally, click the dropdown field to specify and select the supplier code through search.
When a supplier code is updated using the Supplier Code dropdown filed, and the Supplier selected is a Supplier of the BOM component in its library, the values for Purchase Price, Purchase Price Currency and Quantity UOM are updated.
or name.
- Supplier Name
- This field displays the supplier name of the specified
supplier code.Note: Existing data is migrated to separate the code and the name of the supplier if the value is existing in the Partners library.
- Status
- Specify the status of the BOM line item.
- Notes
- Provide notes about the BOM item.
- Placement
- Select a placement from the list. Placements are a generic lookup type and can be defined in Generic Lookup.
- Partner
- This field displays the preferred/main partner that you have identified for the
style, material, or trim record that you added as a BOM item. If you
have not yet identified a preferred/main partner, you can specify
the supplier name in this field.
If you created a BOM item on the Lines section, specify the partner in this field.
- Currency
- This field displays the currency for the purchase price. If the currency for the purchase price is not yet defined, you can select a currency from the list.
- Purchase Price
- This field displays the purchase price of the BOM item. If the purchase price for the BOM item is not yet defined, you can specify a price in the BOM item line.
- Total Purchase Price
- This field displays the total purchase price based on the quantity and purchase price of the BOM item.
- Purchase Price Base
- This field displays the purchase price in base currency.
- Total Purchase Price Base
- This field displays the total purchase price in base currency.
- Cost Price
- This field displays the cost price of the BOM item.
If you created a BOM item on the Lines section, specify the cost price in this field.
- Waste %
- Specify the percentage of waste generated when producing the material.
- Waste Quantity
- Specify the quantity of waste generated when producing the
material.Waste percent and quantity behavior:
- When Quantity is updated, Waste Percentage remains the same and Waste Quantity is updated.
- Quantity remains the same when Waste Percentage is updated. Waste Quantity is automatically updated.
- Quantity remains the same when Waste Quantity is updated. Waste Percentage is automatically updated.
- Total Cost Price
- Displays the total cost price based on the quantity and the cost price of the BOM item.
- Cost Price Base
- This field displays the cost price in base currency.
- Total Cost Price Base
- This field displays the total cost price in base currency.
- Total Gross Cost Price Base
- Displays the total gross cost price of the BOM item in your base currency.
- Construction
- This field displays the construction of the BOM item.
If you created a BOM item on the Lines section, specify the construction in this field.
- Weight
- This field displays the weight of the BOM item.
If you created a BOM item on the Lines section, specify the weight in this field.
- Weight UOM
- This field displays the unit of measurement for the weight.
If you created a BOM item on the Lines section, specify the unit of measurement.
- Fiber Content
- Specify the fiber content of the BOM item.
- User Defined Field
- Specify values for user-defined fields. User-defined fields are a generic lookup
type and can be defined in Generic Lookup.
User Defined Field 12 and User Defined Field 13 are multi-select fields that contain generic lookup values depending on the defined Component Type of the BOM line. If the Component Type is set to Material or Trim, the values of User Defined Field 12 and User Defined Field 13 come from the defined Material or Trim's User Defined Field 12 and User Defined Field 13.
You can select any values from these fields manually.
If you add BOM lines by selecting material or trim records from the Library, User Defined Field 12 and User Defined Field 13 in style BOM inherit the selected material or trim's User Defined Field 12 and User Defined Field 13.
- Part
- Specify the part of the style where the BOM item is used. Parts are a generic lookup type and can be defined in Generic Lookup.
- Op Status
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This field shows the operational field values of selected Materials and Trims.
You can also use this setup for configuring Style BOM search fields in Flex Query View.
See Adding a filter.
- Free Field 1
- Use free fields to specify details for your BOM item that do not fall under any defined field.
- Free Field 2
- Use free fields to specify details for your BOM item that do not fall under any defined field.
- Free Field 3
- Use free fields to specify details for your BOM item that do not fall under any defined field.
Note: You can add BOM lines by copying a BOM line from this style or another style, and pasting it on this style.See Adding BOM lines that are copied from other BOM lines.
You can add more user defined fields for BOM lines in your custom views. You can also use Numeric Fields 1 to 8 for automatic calculations, but you need to add these numeric fields to your custom views as well. See the Managing views section and Configuring BOM settings section of the Infor PLM for Fashion Administration Guide.
When you make updates to calculations in BOM settings, these behaviors apply:
Action Outcome: Applicable to all Style BOMS Deletes formula line Amounts become zero Updates formula Amounts change based on new formula Updates Type: Calculated to Input Amounts become zero Updates Type: Input to Calculated Amounts change based on new formula Adds new formula Amounts added based on new formula - Click Save.