2.5.1.�Enter New Breeder Bill of Materials

To enter a new Breeder Bill of Materials, select "Enter New Breeder Bill of Materials" option. The following screen will appear:

Create New Breeder Bill of Materials

When creating a new Breeder Bill of Materials, you are presented with the following options:

Item Number

Enter the Item Number of the Breeder Item you want to create a Breeder Bill of Materials for.

UOM

Inventory Unit of Measure.

Show Expired Components

Expired Components: Select to display expired components in the "Co-Product/By-Product Definitions" display.

Expired components are components that have been expired from the Breeder Bill of Materials.

Show Future Components

Future Components: Select to display future components in the "Co-Product/By-Product Definitions" display.

Future components are components that will be added to the Breeder Bill of Materials at a future point in time.

Costs Absorbed

Displays the percentage amount of Cost absorption each Co-Product will assume.

Co-Product/By-Product Definitions

Display lists all the component Items in the Breeder Bill of Materials.

To the far right of the screen, the following buttons are available:

CLOSE: Closes the screen, returning you to the application desktop.
PRINT: Runs the report associated with this screen.
NEW: Opens screen for creating a new component Item.
EDIT: Enables you to edit highlighted component Items. The edit screen is the same as that for creating a new component Item—except that when editing, the fields will contain component Item information. Double-clicking on a component Item will also bring you to the editing screen.
VIEW: Highlight a component Item and then select this button to reach a read-only view of the "Edit" screen.
DELETE: Highlight a component Item and then select this button to remove the Item from the list.

To create a new component Item for the Breeder Bill of Materials, select the NEW button. The following screen will appear:

Add New Breeder Bill of Materials Component Item

When creating a new component Item for a Breeder Bill of Materials, you are presented with the following options:

Item Number: Enter the Item Number of the component Item you want to add to the Breeder Bill of Materials. The browse button located to the right of the field leads to a "Co-Products and By-Products" master list. The list includes all Items whose Item Type is defined as either Co-Product or By-Product.
UOM: Inventory Unit of Measure.
Qty. Per: Per: Specify the quantity of the component Item required per Breeder Bill of Materials. This is a required field.
Effective: Specify when the component Item is effective.
Expires: Specify when the component Item expires, if ever.
Cost Absorption: Specify the percentage amount of Cost absorption each Co-Product will assume.
Unique Manufacturing Path: Select this option to alert Material Requirements Planning (MRP) that the parent Breeder Item should be called for when a need arises for the specified Co-Product. This option will only be available for Breeder Items which are Co-Products.
Comments: This is a scrolling text field with word-wrapping for entering Comments related to the component Item.

To the far right of the screen, the following buttons are available:

CANCEL: Closes the screen without creating the component Item, returning you to the previous screen.
SAVE: Creates the component Item and adds it to the Breeder Bill of Materials.