The [[http://wiki.openpro.com/doku.php?id=products:manufacturing:manufacturing-basics|Bill of Materials]] screen allows you to set-up and modify the list of the raw materials, sub-assemblies, intermediate assemblies, sub-components, parts, and the quantities of each of these required in manufacturing an end product. Once you have selected the item part that you want to build or tear down, you can click on **Get Bill of Materials** to see all materials required. You can also use this screen to **search** for items.

 OpenPro Bill of Material features include:

  *    unlimited number levels of bill of material.
  *     “quantity per” can be up to 8 decimals to the right of the decimal place.
  *     handles phantom bills, soft bills, flow through bills, and back flushing.
  *     keeps track of scrap percent and costing, based upon both the engineering standard and actual.
  *     uses Engineering change control (ECN) to maintain bills of materials.
  *     can show pictures of the engineering drawing.
  *     Date and time stamp notes and documents can be attached to the bom with the notes.
  * Move lines up and down using the SEL button on the line and UP and DOWN button on top
  * Remove lines by using the REMOVE button and add lines using the ADD button
  * Save will save the bom changes made so far
  * Easy to create a new bom from scratch, Duplicate this bom to another item that has not bom, add and remove line items for the bom.

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Part Number: This is the unique item part number

Description: This is the item part name

UOM: This is the unit of measure for the selected part

Issue:

Quantity Per: This is the quantity percentage

Scrap Percent: This is the scrap percentage value

Effective Date: This is the date the item will be ready

Expire Date: This is the expiry date of the item

ECN No : 

Reference No: This is a unique process reference number

Bill Of Operations Sequence: This refers to set of multifunctional and reusable sequences for defining and planning manufacturing processes.