Create a Bill of Materials
A bill of materials, or BOM, lists every material and production step needed to make one unit — or one batch — of a finished item. Only Active BOMs can drive a work order.
BOM types
| Type | Use it for |
|---|---|
| Standard | Regular production |
| Engineering | R&D and prototypes |
| Planning | Planning-only structures |
| Configurable | Variant-based products |
Create a BOM
- Go to Manufacturing → Bill of Materials → Create.
- Fill in the header: a name, the finished item, the quantity produced, the BOM type, source and target warehouses, and overhead if you use it.
- On the Components tab, add each raw or semi-finished item, the quantity needed per unit, a scrap percentage, and its sequence. Mark anything essential as critical. A component can itself be a BOM, for sub-assemblies.
- On the Operations tab, add the production steps — workstation, setup and cycle time, and labor cost.
- Review the standard cost summary Biznsbook rolls up from your components and operations.
- Activate the BOM once it's ready — draft BOMs can't be used on a work order.
Useful tools
- Copy BOM — duplicate an existing one as a starting point for a similar product.
- Explosion — see the total materials needed for any production quantity, including multiple levels where sub-assemblies exist. This is the same calculation Material Requirements uses internally.
:::tip Editing an active BOM A draft BOM can be edited freely. To change an Active one without risking a live job mid-run, either edit a copy, or set it inactive, edit, and reactivate. :::