Access a BOM Item

About this task

A product contains a list of parts necessary to execute an operation. As an operator, you can access the BOM section in the Genealogy application to view all the associated BOM items and their roll-up (cumulative) consumption.

Procedure

  1. Log in to Plant Applications Web Client.
  2. Select .
    The Genealogy page appears, listing all the serials/lots in the panel containing all the serial/lots, and listing all the associated details in the panel containing the details of serials/lots.
  3. In the pane containing the list of serials/lots, select the serial/lot as needed.
    The details of the serial/lot appear in the details section.
  4. Select BOM.
    The BOM section appears, displaying the BOM items associated with the selected serial/lot.

    The following table provides information on each column in the table.

    Column Description
    ORDER The recommended order of consumption of the BOM item in an operation.
    Note: For multiple lots, you can select the row to expand and see individual details such as SERIAL/LOT, CONSUMED QTY, USERNAME, and DATE/TIME in a new table.
    MATERIAL The material number of the BOM item.
    MATERIAL DESC The material description of the BOM item.
    REQ QTY The planned quantity of the BOM items required for the completion of the serial/lot for the operation.
    CONSUMED QTY The actual quantity of the BOM items consumed during the production.
    UOM The unit of measure (UOM) of the BOM item.
    SERIAL/LOT# The serial/lot of the raw material that was consumed.
    LOWER QTY The lower tolerance quantity of the BOM item that can be consumed.
    UPPER QTY The upper tolerance quantity of the BOM item that can be consumed.
    SCRAP FACTOR The percentage of this BOM item that is expected to be lost during production of the formulation. For example, if 100 units of Product XYZ are required with a scrap factor of 1%, then you should have 101 units on hand when preparing to produce the product.
    STORAGE UNIT Unit currently storing the selected product.
  5. You can also do the following:
    • Use the Search material here box to search for a specific serial/lot.
    • Search for a serial/lot by using a barcode, select , and then scan the barcode of the serial/lot as needed. Use your device's front camera only for Barcode/QR code scanning. The application supports one-dimensional (Aztec, Data Matrix, MaxiCode, PDF417, UPC-A, UPC-E, UPC/EAN Extension) and two-dimensional (Codabar, Code 39, Code 93, Code 128, EAN-8, EAN-13, ITF, QR Code, RSS 14, RSS Expanded) types of standard codes. In iPad, you can use only in the Safari browser.