Bill of Materials & Routings

A Bill of Materials (BOM) in CompuTec ProcessForce defines the materials and quantities required to produce a finished good, together with the co-products, by-products, scrap, and WIP items associated with the production run. It supports multi-level structures, phantom items, and multiple active revisions per item, extending the standard BOM functionality available in SAP Business One.

The standard SAP Business One Bill of Materials lists components and quantities. CompuTec ProcessForce extends the same record to cover co-products, by-products and scrap, planned yield, formula-based quantities that scale with batch size, and multiple revisions active at once. Routings then add the operations, resources, and quality control checks, with each revision carrying its own costing record.

Yes, and the Bill of Materials adapts to each. Discrete manufacturing works from quantity-based structures, where components are entered as absolute counts per unit of the parent item. Process manufacturing works from percentage-based recipes, where each ingredient is entered as a share of the batch so ratios hold at any volume. Both are resolved through the same Formula and scale automatically to the quantity on the Manufacturing Order, so manufacturers running the two side by side work from one system. Discrete production also relies on multi-level assemblies, alternative routings, tooling and resource assignment, and subcontracted operations, all defined in the same records.

A BOM defines what materials are needed to make a product, while a Routing defines the sequence of steps and the resources by which it is made. In CompuTec ProcessForce, the two are linked through the Production Process, which assigns one or more routings to a BOM revision and binds specific materials to specific operations.

Yes. CompuTec ProcessForce supports BOM Revisions, which allow multiple alternative formulations to be defined for the same item. Any number of revisions can be active simultaneously, covering scenarios such as different material sources, customer-specific recipes, or seasonal variations.

Co-products are planned secondary outputs with commercial value, defined on their own tab in the Bill of Materials and received into stock with their own cost when the Manufacturing Order is completed. By-products and scrap are both defined on the Scrap tab and separated by type: a by-product can be sold or reused in a later production run, while scrap cannot be reused. All three create inventory transactions, and CompuTec ProcessForce calculates yield separately for the parent item, co-products, by-products, and scrap.

Three ways, depending on when the problem is found. A transaction can be rolled back within the same Manufacturing Order to reverse it. A finished product can be issued back into production for repacking or for mixing with fresh raw materials. Where rework is a known and recurring requirement, it can be planned into the Bill of Materials by defining a dedicated rework item as both a co-product and a raw material, which keeps stock awaiting reprocessing clearly separate from finished goods ready for dispatch.

Yes. Subcontractor-type resources can be defined and added to operations within a routing, integrating outsourced production steps directly into the Manufacturing Order. Each subcontractor operation is linked to a specific vendor and service item, giving full visibility of external processes.

Yes. The Mass BOM Update functionality allows a component, co-product, scrap item, routing, operation, or resource to be replaced or updated across multiple BOMs in a single operation. Changes can be saved as new revisions, preserving existing records while the updates are rolled out.

Yes, CompuTec ProcessForce manages both the manual issuing and backflushing of quantities based on the BOM and Routing standards. Batch traced materials can also be backflushed based on FIFO principles.