Bill of Materials Inquiry If you use Assembly Items, the Bill of Materials (BOM) Inquiry enables you to see the build requirements for an assembly item. The BOM Inquiry displays the member components of the assembly, and the number of each component needed for each assembly. For example, you can run BOM Inquiry to identify… Continue reading Bill of Materials Inquiry VS Costed Bill of Materials Inquiry
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Revision Records for BOM Control
When using the Revision Control method for Bill of Materials (BOM) management, create revision records to assign to assembly items. These revision records define effective and obsolete dates and can be assigned to many items. Update effective and obsolete dates on the revision record one time to change the dates for many items. To create… Continue reading Revision Records for BOM Control
Legacy BOM
After an administrator enables the Advanced BOM feature enabled, NetSuite automatically converts existing BOMs to read-only legacy BOM records. A legacy BOM is a snapshot of an assembly and its components at the time of conversion. The legacy BOM contains a link to the assembly record. Advanced BOM also links existing routings to corresponding legacy… Continue reading Legacy BOM
Work order types
There are mainly two work order types. Special Order Work Orders: Special order work orders track assemblies to be built for a particular sale. The work order can be linked to the originating sale. Sold assembly items where member items are in stock but not finished goods, NetSuite adds a work order to the work order… Continue reading Work order types
Understanding Average Cost and Assembly Item Behavior in NetSuite
In NetSuite, the average cost of an assembly item is directly impacted by the average cost of its individual components. This recalculation happens when an assembly build is initiated, ensuring that the overall cost of the assembly is accurately reflected based on the components used. Average Cost Calculation The average cost of inventory items in… Continue reading Understanding Average Cost and Assembly Item Behavior in NetSuite
Managing Inactive BOM Revisions and Alerts During Sales Order & Invoice Creation
When working with Assembly Items in NetSuite, inactive inventory items within BOMs (Bill of Materials) can trigger alerts during sales order creation and invoice generation. Here’s a summary of how inactive BOM revisions behave depending on whether they have effective end dates, and how to manage them to avoid interruptions. Scenario: Inactive BOM Revision Containing… Continue reading Managing Inactive BOM Revisions and Alerts During Sales Order & Invoice Creation
Restricting Forms for Custom Roles in NetSuite
Restricting a form for a custom role in NetSuite ensures that users assigned to that specific role can only create or edit records using the designated form. This restriction prevents users with that custom role from accessing or using any other forms associated with the same record type. By doing this, the restricted form becomes… Continue reading Restricting Forms for Custom Roles in NetSuite
Setup Default Shipping Method per Customer
You can choose a Preferred Shipping Method for each Customer in their Customer record. When a transaction is created for the Customer, their Preferred Shipping Method will be selected by default in the Ship Via field. Select a Default/Preferred Shipping Method for a customer: Navigate to Lists > Relationships > Customers Locate the Customer you… Continue reading Setup Default Shipping Method per Customer
Standard Cost revaluation
The items with costing method as standard cost have to have their first transaction as inventory cost revaluation. In other cases, an error will occur as: “Inventory Revaluation is no longer the first transaction in the item’s history” In order to not get this error, all the items with standard costing method should be revaluated.… Continue reading Standard Cost revaluation
Saved Search to View Items with no Inventory Cost Revaluation per Location
User may want to create a Saved Search to identify which Items and in which Location needed to have an Inventory Costing Revaluation. The steps for the same are given below: Create an Item Search (Lists > Search > Saved Searches > New > Item) Under Criteria: Costing Method is Standard Current Standard Cost is… Continue reading Saved Search to View Items with no Inventory Cost Revaluation per Location