AX Specific

Bill of Materials Management

In Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 you can create a bill of materials (BOM) and its different versions.

To create a BOM in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012:

Step 1: Go to: Inventory and warehouse management -> Common -> Bill of materials.

Step 2: Create a new BOM.

Step 3: Enter information to identify the BOM (Name, Site, Item group).

Step 4: Click 'Lines' to open the 'BOM line' form where you can set the BOM components.

Step 5: Select the item numbers to create additional BOM lines. Make sure that the BOM consists of the correct set of items and their quantity. Close the 'BOM line' form to save changes.

Step 6: On the 'Bill of materials' form click 'Approve'.

Step 7: On the 'Approve bill of materials' form select an employee by whom the BOM will be approved:

Bill of Materials Management

You can also create different versions of an existing BOM. To do this:

Step 1: In the 'Versions' grid create a new line.

Step 2: Select the relevant item number.

Step 3: Click 'Approve' to approve the BOM version.

Step 4: Click 'Activation' to make the BOM version active.

A bill of materials can be also made visible/ invisible just like a regular item. The only difference is that you can also make individual items inside the BOM visible/invisible:

Step 1: Open the released products overview. Locate the necessary BOM item.

Step 2: On the 'Sell' fast tab the bill of materials can be made visible/invisible using the 'Visible in webshop' checkbox.
If you make the BOM item invisible, the items inside BOM still remains visible.

Step 3: Switch to the 'Engineer' tab at the header of the released product details form and click 'Lines'.

In the 'BOM lines' form you can see an overview of all items of which the BOM consists. Make sure that BOM consists of the correct set of items and their quantity:

The BOM Item Overview

You can make individual items inside the BOM visible/ invisible just like a regular item.