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Is anyone using BOM/Assembly Entry for light manufacturing?

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Is anyone out there using BOMs and Assembly Entry in GP 10, Business Essentials, in a light manufacturing environment?

We are a very small company doing light manufacturing and are not really interested in investing in the manufacturing module. We want to work out a process using BOMs and Assembly Entry to complete the builds in GP and allocate the assemblies to orders in SOP, but, so far, we are running into great difficulty with this. If you do have experience with this, can you describe the process that you use? 

Thank you

 

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  • Dan Liebl Profile Picture
    Dan Liebl 7,320 on at

    There are 2 products which could accomplish this.   One is the GP Bill of Materials module where you would not need a routing (or description of the process) to go to the floor.   It is a very simple assembly where you can create a Bill of Materials, and do a transaction to relieve components and put a finished good to inventory.   There is also an ISV called Horizon's Manufacturing (www.hzs.com) that has a simple mfg solution to a complex.   The low end would also be simple from a transactional point of view.    It will also allow you to add some labor if needed.    I have worked with both as well as the GP Mfg.    The GP Mfg can also be utilized in a simple format if you already own it.  No sense in spending money on a solution if you already have one.  Depends on your licensing.   Hope this helps.

    Dan Liebl, CMA, CPIM | Senior Consultant | Olsen Thielen Technologies, Inc.

  • Frank Hamelly | MVP, MCP, CSA Profile Picture
    Frank Hamelly | MVP... 46,625 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

    Hi Erin,

    I've set this up for a number of clients and have a training document that I created for one of them.  I'd be happy to email this to you if you send me an email via my website.

     

  • Richard Whaley Profile Picture
    Richard Whaley 25,195 on at

    The BOM Assembly process does what it is intended to do and nothing more.  Most people's problem is that they expect more.

     The process is good at creating an Assembly order that tells people how many pieces are needed to complete production and then allow someone to correct the quantities and process the assembly.  During the processing, the raw materials are relieved in the adjusted quantities and the finished goods are generated.  With perpetual valuation methods, the costs of materials consumed is divided evenly among the items built.  With Periodic valuation, goods are received at the established standard cost and the difference between absorbed cost and received cost is written to variances.

    Don't count on the process to do much more than this.  If your production process is much longer than a few hours, it will create problems tracking inventory, when raw materials are pulled from the shelf vs actually consumed by the SW, et cetera.  Also, no labor and overhead is absorbed unless you treat it like a "part".

    Hopefully this helps. 

     

  • EMS Profile Picture
    EMS on at

    Thank you for the responses.

    Richard, can you clarify SW?

     

    Thanks again

  • Richard Whaley Profile Picture
    Richard Whaley 25,195 on at

    Smile, we all have these days......

     SW = Software

     

     

  • EMS Profile Picture
    EMS on at

    :-)

    My brain was going in a totally different direction...

     

  • Greg Frazier Profile Picture
    Greg Frazier 685 on at

    If you're still looking for a solution to your manufacturing issues, please check out www.marsnetsoftware.com and navigate to the MARS (Material and Requirements Scheduling) for Dynamics GP web page.  The MARS version for Dynamics 10.0 tightly integrates with Dynamics Light Manufacturing and was recently Veritest Certified for Windows Office, Windows Client and Managed Code ISV Platforms.

  • Clodagh2009 Profile Picture
    Clodagh2009 75 on at

    How do I include labour as a part of my bom? I have been trying to do this, without much success. I have labour set up as a regular sales item at the moment, but this doesn't seem to be great idea, as I think I am double counting labour as I also have my direct labour line and the two aren't related. I have your book - which is a great resource, and that seemed to indicate to me that I had done the right thing...but I think I am missing a part of the puzzle.

     

    Can anyone help??

    Many thanks, Clodagh

  • Greg Frazier Profile Picture
    Greg Frazier 685 on at

    If you're using the BOM Light Manufacturing Module, simply create an Item with an 'Inventory Type' of 'Services.'  Provide a descriptive item number such as LABOR001, LBR001, etc... and assign a 'U of M schedule' reflecting time consumed, e.g. hours or minutes.

    Once you have your labor components defined in the Item Master, simply assign them as needed as components to the respective bills-of-material.

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