Bill of Materials (BOMs)

Bill of Materials (BOMs) are like helpful blueprints for products to be manufactured. They are not products themselves. BOMs are used to created jobs that will manufacture the product described by the BOMs. BOMs can be added for common Blue Kollar product types (cards, prints, folders, etc.) or tenant defined custom products.

The Bill of Materials Product Search page provides the ability to search for existing BOMs various search criteria. You can learn more about Blue Kollar search pages by visiting the KB article for Search Pages.

Search Criteria

1. The full, or partial, name of the BOM being searched for.
2. The type of product. This can be any of the out of box common product types supported by Blue Kollar (cards, prints, and folders for example) or any custom product types that have been added. See below for how to add new custom product types.
3. The product subtype. Subtypes are custom groups.
4. One or more customers can be selected.
5. Allow previously removed products to be shown in results.
6. The type of component that has been assigned to a product. Useful for finding products assigned component types such as hardware, plastics, etc.
7. The full, or partial, SKU of inventory items assigned to a product.
8. The full, or partial, name of components assigned to a product.

New types can be added by using the Type's action menu or by visiting the following page:

https://portal.bluekollar.com/admin/producttypes/details

New subtypes can be added by using the Subtype's action menu or by visiting the following page:

https://portal.bluekollar.com/admin/productsubtypes/details

Search Results

BOM search results have the following additional action menu items per result...

• New Order will add a new order and job for manufacturing the selected BOM as a product.
• Copy Product duplicates the selected BOM as a new BOM that can be further customized.
• View Components will open the components page for the selected BOM.
• View Pricing will open the pricing page for the selected BOM.

Managing Bill of Materials (BOMs)

• New BOMs can be added by clicking the New Product menu item listed underneath the Bill of Materials main menu.
• New BOMs can also be added from the BOM search page by clicking the New button at the top of the page.
• Existing BOMs can be edited by clicking on their name within BOM search results.

The first step in adding a new BOM is entering it's Product Name, Product Type, Product Subtype, Customer, Inventory Item, and Board SKU.

The only inputs required initially are Product Name and Product Type.

After entering these values and pressing save, more inputs will be displayed based on the selected product type.

Please remember that inputs outlined in yellow are required.

After entering what is required, users may click Save button in the top right corner. If you are editing an existing BOM, you may also use the Cancel button to loose all changes or use the History button to view a history of changes made to the current BOM.

BOMs have two associated widgets displayed on the left side of the page...

• The product type of the BOM is displayed along with it's name. This widget also has an action menu with a menu item for adding the BOM as a product to a new Order. This will add a new order and job for manufacturing the BOM as a product.
• Product Preview will display a rendering of the current BOM, if possible, based on its product type. Some product types do not support previews. All custom products do not support previews at this time.

In addition to the widgets, there are three tabs associated with BOMs...

• Components is used to assign manufacturing components to a BOM. This is useful for specifying raw materials or vendor/customer supplied materials used in the construction of products based on the current BOM.
• Pricing is used to establish the cost and price related to the manufacturing of the current BOM.
• Routing is used to define the anticipated manufacturing cost centers that the current BOM will traverse during the manufacturing process.