Chapter 11 - Bill of Materials Setting Up and Maintaining Bills of Materials
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Mass Replace
Sometimes you need to replace one or more component items in your bills of materials:
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A component can become obsolete
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You may be able to use an alternative, cheaper component
If you use the component in a single bill of materials, you can simply edit the bill of materials, delete the old component, and add the new one. If, however, you use the component in a number of bills of materials, this option will replace the component in each bill of materials. This saves time and reduces the possibility of error.
At the same time as you replace the item, you can get the system to re-calculate the cost of the bills of materials.
To access this function, choose the Transactions...Bill of Materials...Mass Replace menu option. On the system tree, choose the Bill of Materials...Transactions function and then choose Bill Utilities in the work area:
In the Mass Replace Options frame, select the old and the new component items to replace.
You can update the bill costs as you replace the components. If you check the Update Bill Cost check box, the remaining fields work as in the Update Bill Costs function.