Manufacturing & Quality
What is Bill of Materials (BOM)?
A structured list of components and quantities needed to make a product.
BOMs have usages for production, engineering, and costing and can have alternatives and validity dates. They are exploded into production orders and cost estimates. Migrated BOMs must be validated with engineering before go-live.
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Routing
A master data object listing the operations, work centers, and standard times to produce a material.
Production Order
A discrete manufacturing document specifying what to produce, how much, when, and with which components and operations.
Product Costing
Controlling functions that calculate the cost of goods manufactured and sold for products, including standard cost estimates.
Material Master
Master data describing a material, organized into views such as basic data, sales, purchasing, MRP, and accounting.
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