# Bill of Materials (BOM) Setup Menu
# Bill Of Material Setup Add
**Go to Inventory Module> Configuration> Bill of Materials Setup**
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Click Add
Enter a BOM code
Enter a Description
Select the BOM Resultant Item - this is the Stock item created in the previous step
Check the Active box is ticked
Click the Save button
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You will notice the Add button becomes active
Click Add to begin adding the components of the Bill of materials (BOM)
Select the Component item
Enter the required quantity, this is the quantity of the component required in the manufacture of one of the resultant item
Click Save and New to add the next component and quantity
Repeat this step until all components are added
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Once you have added all the components, click Save and Close.
You will notice the components will be listed in the grid.
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Click and Close
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#### Setting up the Build item
The build item is always a Custom item
**Go to Inventory Module> Configuration> Inventory Setup**
Enter a Code and description
Select the Category as Custom
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Click Save
You will be prompted to enter the cost and selling prices
Enter the Sell Price
Once again, the cost price will be the total of the BOM component's costs
Click Continue
##### Click the Properties Tab
Tick the Build Kit Box – this identifies this item as a build item
Select the BOM resultant Item
Select the BOM Recipe
Tick Update Qty Box – This allows you to edit the quantity of the builds when adding on sales documents or jobs.
##### Use Kit Parent Group
This will dictate the posting to the respective sales and cost of sales GL accounts using the group code selected on the parent which is the Stock item created above.
Each component of the recipe may have its own group code setup. If this box is not ticked, the postings will be based on the various groups on the individual components of the build (recipe).
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Click Save and close
This concludes the Build Kit Setup
The Build can now be used on Sales documents and Jobs
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# Resultant Item Setup
A resultant item is an item that is manufactured by the company. It is made up of various components that are linked to a Bill of Material. When the Bill of Material 9BOM) is manufactured the resultant or manufactured item is then added into the stock.
The system thus needs to be able to differentiate a BOM or resultant item from a standard item.
To mark an item as a resultant item, create a stock. refer to Inventory Item setup section.
Click the Bill of Material tab
Tock the activate BOM Box
One can opt to show the underlying components of this resultant item on various documents.
Ticking any of the boxes will result in the components being displayed on the respect document.
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Tick the BOM Item Box
Click Save and Close
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# BOM Multiple Import
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Still coming or will be in new release
**Bill of Materials (BOM) multiple import**
This will allow for multiple BOM imports from one Excel sheet.
Go to Inventory > Configuration > BOM setup
Click on Print/ Export drop down and select Import BOMs
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Select your file for import, upload and import
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Exception report
There will be an except report afterwards which will show what Bill of Materials have not imported due to the following:
| 1 | Bill of materials code is not unique, duplicate found |
| 2 | Inventory line item does not exist, or is Not active |
| 3 | Bill of materials result item does not exist |
| 4 | Bill of materials result item is not marked as a BOM |
**Excel file layout**
Prepare the Excel file for import
The file is prepared in a CSV file and separated by Semi colon.
Stock items will get cost from system
Service and custom items will update cost that is set here
Note - if value is left blank for service and custom, this will bring in a cost of zero
| BH
| Code
| Description
| Result item
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| BL
| Code
| Description
| QTY
| Warehouse
| Cost
| Stock Type
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| BL
| Code
| Description
| QTY
| Warehouse
| Cost
| Stock Type
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| BL
| Code
| Description
| QTY
| Warehouse
| Cost
| Stock Type
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| BH
| Code
| Description
| Result item
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| BL
| Code
| Description
| QTY
| Warehouse
| Cost
| Stock Type
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| BL
| Code
| Description
| QTY
| Warehouse
| Cost
| Stock Type
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| BL
| Code
| Description
| QTY
| Warehouse
| Cost
| Stock Type
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| BH
| PC/BOM/WSi3/01
| PC BOM Workstation i3
| XX/PC/BOM/WSi3
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| BL
| CAS/SIL/PS08
| Silverstone case
| 1
| MAST
| 50.00
| Stock
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| BL
| POW/DES
| Power supply
| 1
| MAST
| 85.00
| Stock
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| BL
| MBD/H310M
| Motherboard
| 1
| MAST
| 140.00
| Custom
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| BL
| MEM/DES/DDR4/4Gig
| Power supply
| 4
| MAST
| 45.00
| Stock
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| BL
| LAB/LABSD
| Labour
| 2
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| 90.00
| Service
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| Clone | this is where one wants to create a new BOM using the current recipe, after you have created the item you can make changes to the raw materials. |
| Verify | this is where you want to check what stock you would need if you wanted to manufacture stock. |
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To Clone, highlight the BOM you want to clone and click on the Clone button. Once the Code and Description has been entered click on OK.
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There will be two Bills created.
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To verify if we can manufacture a BOM item, lets highlight the BOM and click on Verify button.
Enter the quantity of Cakes one wants to manufacture and then click OK
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Should there not be enough stock to manufacture this will be indicated by a red block or Invalid message.
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If all is correct then all lines will be green
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You can print out the BOM Verification report by clicking on the print button.
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To print out the BOM recipe and have a look at the costs of the Bill of Material. Search for the BOM, highlight it and click on the print tab and then print button at the bottom of the BOM setup screen.
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# Print Tab
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#### Print
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# Import
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Import Bill of Materials Help
Imports items into the Bill of Materials recipe from a CSV File that has been prepared with the fields as indicated below.
| Select File | Allows the user to browse the computer to find the CSV file to be imported. |
| Upload | Uploads the file to the server |
| Import | Import the data from the CSV File |
| FIELD NAME
| REQUIRED
| VALUE
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| SubBOM
| No
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| StockCode
| Yes
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| Description
| No
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| Quantity
| Yes
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| WarehouseCode
| No, only if Stock item
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| Cost
| No, only if Service Item
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| Total
| No
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| StockType
| No
| Service, custom or stock
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| 1 | Request for Purchase Order |
| 2 | Request for Quote |
| 3 | Request Create Job Picking Slip |
Are simply a suggestion from the Stock Request originator to the recipient of what action must be taken when processing the Stock Request.
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#### Retain Recipe
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