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Bills of Material
Bills of Material
You must define a bill of material for each item you manufacture. The bill of material specifies what component parts are required to produce the item. Within MAC-PAC each level of the bill of material is defined separately. For example, consider the product structure shown below.
Two-level Product Structure
This two-level structure is composed of two single-level product structures: one for part A and one for part B, as shown below.
Single-Level Product Structures Constituting Two-Level Product Structure
Within MAC-PAC, each of these structures is defined separately. To assemble a list of all material needed to make part A, MAC-PAC combines the two product structures. Inquiries allow you to see a single level of the product structure or a summary of all levels.
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