If so how is it implemented. I am being told here that you cannot have any children reporting to a Feature and Option and all our top level oder numbers (or modeil numbers) are F&O so we have created double part numbers (one with a BOM and one without) then used the Part number without the BOM as a F&O and structured to it the "real" BoM as a required F&O. Does this make sense to anyone??? We then have all the real F&O (such as country power cords) available for adding to the order. Any explanation of a sane way to do this would be appreciated.
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Is anyone using Features and Options?
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You definitely do not need 2 sets of end item numbers. Also, FO items do not have a BOM in the true sense of the word, they have a configuration.
In BOM, Maintain, Feature/Opt Config is where you create these. Lets say I am buying a new corvette and I have a feature of type of top. I have 3 options - Hard top, softtop convertible and hardtop convertible. Each of these has its own BOM and its own price.
So as the order is taken for the car, you will get prompted for which of the 3 types of tops you want.
You can also have optional and mandatory feature. Your car MUST have a top, for example. There are also dependant, and exclusionary options.
If I pick the large V12 monster engine as an option, you can make it mandatory that I get the large transmission and cooling system - they are needed (dependant) to handle my big engine.
On the other hand if I pick a t-top as an option, then I cannot also pick a moonroof.
This will take a couple of hours to really understand. If you have Macola demodata, look at the item PENTIUM, how the configuration is set up, and enter an order for it. This will help a lot.
Software Sales, Training, Implementation and Support for Macola, eSynergy, and Crystal Reports
In BOM, Maintain, Feature/Opt Config is where you create these. Lets say I am buying a new corvette and I have a feature of type of top. I have 3 options - Hard top, softtop convertible and hardtop convertible. Each of these has its own BOM and its own price.
So as the order is taken for the car, you will get prompted for which of the 3 types of tops you want.
You can also have optional and mandatory feature. Your car MUST have a top, for example. There are also dependant, and exclusionary options.
If I pick the large V12 monster engine as an option, you can make it mandatory that I get the large transmission and cooling system - they are needed (dependant) to handle my big engine.
On the other hand if I pick a t-top as an option, then I cannot also pick a moonroof.
This will take a couple of hours to really understand. If you have Macola demodata, look at the item PENTIUM, how the configuration is set up, and enter an order for it. This will help a lot.
Software Sales, Training, Implementation and Support for Macola, eSynergy, and Crystal Reports
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Thanks for your answer - can I explain a little more about what we are doing. We create a BOM lets call it SF13 in engineering it is for a computer no monitor. So in that BOM are all the resistors mother boards etc - engineering releases it. Well I have been told to make it an orderable item OE makes it a Feature and Option removes all the items under it (the BoM) and creates a new item called the SF13_BOM where they then add in the BOM they call that a required feature (but still have to choose it) of the SF13 along with all the other options. Now we have 2 part numbers in the system that essentially are the same thing one with a BOM and one not. The reasoning for this they say is that Macola cannot have a F&O with a BOM - but apparently a required feature can have a BOM cause the SF13_BOM has a BOM?
We dont have demodata just 900 according to IT - whatever that means. He said they could load it but it would be awhile
We dont have demodata just 900 according to IT - whatever that means. He said they could load it but it would be awhile
The top level item, (the one you should enter in OE) is a feature/option item, must have an end item code of F and it cannot have a bill of material.
The options of this item, as created in BOM feature/opt config maintenance, can have a BOM.
When you enter the OE Order, you must pick all your options. As a result, a "captured" bill of material is created on-the-fly. At the end of the order, this is taken one step farther and an unreleased POP or SFC order is created for you to manufacture the item, and of course it includes the captured bill with the options chosen at time of customer order entry.
So in your case, are there any options besides the _BOM required option? If not, then you should just use the _Bom item in all cases. I would like to know the reasoning for using FO items if there is only one option and it is required.
If there are more options, but the parts in the _BOM option are common to every configuration, then this approach makes perfect sense.
I hope that helps.
By the way, you should never get rid of Macola demo data. If something does not work properly in your data, Exact Tech support will often tell you to try it in demo data, and unless you can reproduce the issue in demo data, they may conveniently wash their hands of the issue, and blame it on your data, not their program. (Also, to be fair, many times, they are right).
So tell your IT people to keep this very small database on your server for this reason.
Software Sales, Training, Implementation and Support for Macola, eSynergy, and Crystal Reports
The options of this item, as created in BOM feature/opt config maintenance, can have a BOM.
When you enter the OE Order, you must pick all your options. As a result, a "captured" bill of material is created on-the-fly. At the end of the order, this is taken one step farther and an unreleased POP or SFC order is created for you to manufacture the item, and of course it includes the captured bill with the options chosen at time of customer order entry.
So in your case, are there any options besides the _BOM required option? If not, then you should just use the _Bom item in all cases. I would like to know the reasoning for using FO items if there is only one option and it is required.
If there are more options, but the parts in the _BOM option are common to every configuration, then this approach makes perfect sense.
I hope that helps.
By the way, you should never get rid of Macola demo data. If something does not work properly in your data, Exact Tech support will often tell you to try it in demo data, and unless you can reproduce the issue in demo data, they may conveniently wash their hands of the issue, and blame it on your data, not their program. (Also, to be fair, many times, they are right).
So tell your IT people to keep this very small database on your server for this reason.
Software Sales, Training, Implementation and Support for Macola, eSynergy, and Crystal Reports
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