Work Order Materials

How to add a Bill of Material to a Work Order

Objectives
•    How to Create a BOM
•    How to Create a BOM "on the fly"

Overview
Using a Bill of Material (BOM) that has already been created provides multiple benefits:
•    Eliminates selection of items that are not compatible
•    Allows for accurate calculations by the system of the estimated item quantities needed based on the Block Acres and GPA (Rate per Acre) instead of the user manually calculating
•    Reduces errors and keystrokes

How to Create a BOM

Click the Materials icon from the Work Order screen and Materials screen will appear
 

1.    You can select a pre-built Bill of Material (BOM) or create on “on the fly” Please refer to “Bill of Material (BOM)” document for more information.

 
2.    Select your BOM. Note: Material type, Category and Crop will be populated from information setup in the Job
3.    Materials that make up the BOM will be displayed in materials fields. You can add more materials to the Work Order if needed by selecting the material, entering a Quantity per acre and clicking the insert button. Note: this added material will only appear on the Work Order
4.    Enter Tractor speed (optional)
5.    Enter PSI (optional)
6.    Enter No. of nozzles (optional)
7.    Select spray method (optional)
8.    Enter percentage coverage if not 100%
9.    Enter Application rate per acre
10.    Verify UOM
11.    Verify tank size. Click Calculate, number of tanks required will be displayed. The numbers of Tanks are calculated based on the Tank Size, the Gallons per Acre (GPA), and the Block Acres to be sprayed defined in the Daily Work Order.
12.    Verify UOM
13.    NOTE – Cost Message is based on Item does not have a Cost Unit of measure assigned.
14.    Enter any instructions as needed (optional)
15.    Click submit returns you to Work Order.

Completed Work Order displayed.

 
How to Create a BOM "on the fly"

Bill of Material “on the fly” – Items to be used on the Land
This allows manual item selection for the one time mix. This mix is not a standard BOM setup in the system.  

This functions the same as a pre-defined Bill of Material with the following Exceptions.

1. Enter a Name for the BOM instead of using the selection list.
 

2. Select the Material Type
3.  Select the item(s) to be used, enter the amount per Acre or per Tank, Select the Usage unit of measure and click the Plus sign.  Repeat for each additional item.
 

4. Click Submit button to save.