Bill of Materials Overview. Sage Evolution Standard

Below you will find brief information for software Evolution Standard. This user guide will help you to understand the basic functionality of the software which includes features like inventory management, sales and purchases, accounting, and contact management.

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Chapter 11 - Bill of Materials

Bill of Materials Overview

The Bill of Materials add-on module works in conjunction with the Inventory Control module. It allows you to create new inventory items from other inventory items, called components. Component items can themselves be items you create from other items, or they can be items you purchase from suppliers.

You can use bills of materials for two very different types of processes:

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You can use raw materials to a new inventory item. For example, you can make a guitar out of wood, strings, varnish, paint, and so on.

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You use components to assemble a new inventory item. For example, if you sell computers, you create an item that consists of the computer case, a monitor, a keyboard, and a mouse. The computer case, in turn, contains a specific motherboard with a CPU and memory, a hard drive, a CD drive, and so on. When you assemble items that you can also sell separately, the usual terminology for this is

"kitting".

The Bill of Materials add-on module allows you to manage both these types of processes, and gives you special facilities for each of them. For example, when you sell a computer, you would like to show the individual components on the customer invoice, whereas when you sell a guitar, you do not wish to show these.

This module revolves around a bill of materials, which is essentially a set of instructions, or a recipe, that shows what you need in order to manufacture or assemble an inventory item. You create a bill of materials for each inventory item you manufacture.

Creating the Bill of Materials

You create a bill of materials for the inventory item you are manufacturing.

In the bill of materials, you specify the components of the item you are manufacturing. These components can be:

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Inventory items you purchase.

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Items you manufacture in a separate process. You can have as many sub-levels of manufacturing as you need.

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Service items that you use to represent non-material costs such as labour.

You specify, for each item, the quantity you need to manufacture one item. If you create service items for labour hours, the quantity you enter would be the number of hours you require of that particular labour activity.

Once you complete the bill of materials, the system can determine the cost of the item you are manufacturing by adding together the costs of the components. When you process, the system uses this cost to update the manufactured item's cost.

The system determines the quantity of each component item you require. You can produce a materials requirement report, on which you specify how many items you need to create, and you can get a list of all the components you require. If you have multiple assembly levels, you can include or exclude these in the report.

Key features

Inventory management
Sales and purchases
Accounting
Contact management

Frequently asked questions

You can create a new company database using the System Manager. To do so, click on the "New Database" button and follow the on-screen instructions. The software will guide you through the process of creating a new database and setting up your company's information.

You can back up your database using the Database Management Console. To do so, click on the "Backup" button and select the database you want to back up. The software will then allow you to choose a location to save your backup file.

You can create a new customer by going to the "Customers" tab in the "Accounts Receivable" module. Click on the "New" button and fill in the customer's information. The software will then create a new customer record.

To process a sales order, go to the "Sales Orders" tab in the "Order Entry" module. Click on the "New" button and fill in the order details. The software will then create a new sales order.

User questions

Michael Y.

Is it possible to add new custom columns or User Defined Fields to document lines or transaction batches, such as Accounts Payable batches, in Sage Evolution Standard?

Adding new custom columns (User Defined Fields) to document lines or transaction batches, like Accounts Payable batches, is not a supported feature in Sage Evolution Standard. While existing grid columns can be customized for display (visibility, width, and sequence), entirely new custom columns cannot be added.

John N.

Is it possible to assign incidents to user groups?

Based on the provided document, you can assign agents to agent groups, which could be a way to manage incidents by grouping users. According to the manual, you use agent groups to group agents together by their function and set access control per group instead of per agent. This could streamline the process of managing incidents by assigning them to a group of users with similar roles or responsibilities. However, the document does not explicitly confirm assigning incidents directly to user groups, but managing access and permissions through agent groups is mentioned.