An assembly item is an Inventory item created using several components. Building 1 Unit of an assembly item consumes a defined quantity of its components.
The following table displays the available member item types for an assembly item:
| Regular Inventory Assembly | Serial or Lot Numbered Inventory |
|---|---|
| Inventory | Inventory |
| Non-Inventory | Serialized Inventory |
| Other Charge | Lot Numbered Inventory |
| Service | Non-Inventory |
| Regular Assemblies | Other Charge |
| Kit Items | Service |
| Regular Assemblies | |
| Serialized Assemblies | |
| Lot Numbered Assemblies |
Step1: Creating Components
As shown in the above table components for an assembly be of different item types. Create these items by
Go to List> Accounting> Items> New
Step2: Create a Bill of Materials & Bill of Material Revision
Go to > List> Supply chain> Bill of materials> New
From the bill of materials record we can define the BOM revision record. (BOM Revision is the record where we define which all items & its quantity will be used for creating 1 unit of the assembly)
Step3: Create Assembly item
Go to List> Accounting> Items> Assembly > New
Provide necessary details in the item record. On the manufacturing, subtab selects the Bill of materials.
Step: 5 Build Assembly
After ensuring the on-hand quantity of the component items, we can go to the build assembly page by
Go to Transactions> manufacturing> Build assembly
provide details:
- Subsidiary
- Assembly
- location
- bill of material
- bill of material revision
- Quantity to build
Components and required quantity will auto populate
Click save. Assembly will be build.
On hand quantity of assembly is now increased & On hand quantity of components is decreased.