Selling a Bill of Materials (BOM)

(Bill of Materials users only)

Use the following procedure to sell a Bill of Materials (BOM) at POS.  This procedure only applies to BOMs that have the "Allow Changes at POS" box checked in the Maintain Bill of Materials window.  If a BOM does not have this box checked, you sell the BOM just like you would any other SKU.

For information about setting up BOMs, click here.

  1. In Point of Sale, create an order.

  2. From the POS window, in the Item (SKU) field, type the SKU number of the BOM, and press enter.

  3. In the Quantity field, type 1, and press ENTER.  The Bill of Materials Posting window displays.  

For a definition of each field, click here.

  1. Make any necessary modifications to the components, as follows:

  2. To delete a component(s) from the BOM, click the box to the left of the item(s), so a checkmark displays.  Click Delete, and then click Yes to confirm the deletion.

Note: you can delete a component from a BOM only if it was set up with the Item Required flag set to N.

In the dialog box that displays, select the lot from which you're selling, and the quantity you're selling. Then click OK.

The lot information posts in the grid.

Note: you can only add items to a BOM if you put a checkmark in the "allow adding components in POS" box when you set up the BOM.

For a definition of each field, click here.

  1. When you have made all the necessary modifications to the BOM, click Post. The BOM is posted to the transaction.

  2. Proceed as you normally would with any order.

Tip

If you're adding an item to the BOM, you can insert it in a specific place in the grid. Simply click on any item in the grid to highlight it, and the item you're adding will be inserted after the highlighted item. The only exception to this is if the BOM contains another BOM, added items will always appear at the end of the grid.

Using a Template SKU with Bill of Materials

As of Release 26, you may use a template SKU if adding a component that is not in your inventory when posting a Bill of Materials in Point of Sale.

To use a template SKU the BOM must have "Allow Changes at POS" and “Allow Adding Components in POS” enabled.  This functionality only works when adding a component on-the-fly in POS.