Configure item BOMs for serialization

After you configure items for serialization, you can create a BOM item that adds production-specific details for the usage of the produced item.

Configure an item BOM for serialization

1. In the item BOM Storage Location box, browse and select a default storage location for the item from the entities that are configured for the production process. This property is optional.

   If the item BOM May choose alternate inventory location option is selected, the storage location that is selected here can be overridden at the job level for a specific work order in the job BOM Default Storage Entity property setting. Doing this for the job BOM for each job in the work order will allow you to predefine the default path of the serialized produced items through the process route and to/from storage entities outside the process route.

2. Select the following check box options:

   • May choose alternate inventory location Optional. Allows a user to select alternate entity destinations.

   • Update Inventory This enables the other two options below.

   • Must Consume from Inventory Required.

   • Must Consume from WIP Optional. WIP is Work-in-progress. This option is used to tie serialized items to a particular work order.

     If this option is selected (hard-pegged), this item, once serialized for a work order, cannot be transferred to another work order. Note, however, the serialized items produced in soft-pegged work orders can be transferred to hard-pegged work orders.

     If it is not selected (soft-pegged), this item, once serialized, can be transferred between work orders as it flows through the manufacturing process.

     

For more information on configuring BOMs, see Create BOMs for an item.