KEEP TRACK OF COMPONENTS AND ASSEMBLIES

Keeping track of inventory becomes a greater challenge when you have assemblies and components.
Not only do you have to keep track of the items that come in and out of your business, you have to
keep track of them as they flow in and out of assemblies. A good solution to this challenge is the modules Assemblies/Bill of Materials.

Assemblies/Bill of Materials integrates with the Inventory/Sales Series to give you a complete sales and inventory management system. In the Inventory/Sales Series you can also get Inventory Control, Purchasing, Point of Sale, Order Entry, and costing options. With Assemblies/Bill of Materials you’ll be confident that you're keeping good records of the flow of inventory within your business.

WITH ASSEMBLIES/BILL OF MATERIALS, YOU CAN:

•Speed up the record keeping for assemblies and breakdowns.
•Record a package sale of several items and print the details of the customer’s picking ticket and invoice.
•Know whether you have enough quantity of all components to put together the entire assembly.
•Put all the component parts back into inventory when you break down an assembly.
•Assign reference tracking numbers to specific assemblies so you can assign them to specific sales orders.
•Make sure the costs of your assemblies reflect the actual cost of the components.
•Predefine all your standard bill of materials for faster and more accurate processing.

STANDARD ASSEMBLY FEATURES

•Predefined bill of materials for each standard product you assemble
• Up to 1,000 components per assembly and sub-assembly
• Up to 1,000 components per assembly
• Costing of custom assembly

ASSEMBLY PROCESSING FEATURES

•Assembly transaction creates a stock item from multiple stock items
• Reference number uniquely identifies each assembly for future reference
• Standard or custom assemblies
• Breakdown transaction creates multiple stock items from the disassembly of a stock item
• Costing is handled automatically but may be overridden
• Serialized or other tracking items are marked when used in assemblies
• Optional one-step posting immediately relieves stock
• Optional two-step posting first commits inventory to the assembly, then relieves stock as assembly is finished

ASSEMBLY REQUIREMENTS REPORT FEATURES

• Determines availability of a requested assembly
• Shows the quantity needed for each component of a requested assembly

INTEGRATION WITH INVENTORY/SALES FEATURES

• Assembly/Breakdown transactions update all related inventory and costing files, and G/L
• Option to print assembly components on picking tickets and invoices
• Breakdown allows parts to become available immediately