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Message started by penz on 02/08/05 at 08:53:09

Title: weight calculations...
Post by penz on 02/08/05 at 08:53:09

it would be awesome to have total weight calculations from a BOM and would be used on packing lists or just for reference.

Jim P.

Title: Re: weight calculations...
Post by Lynn Pantic on 02/08/05 at 15:21:18

That could make printing a packing list very slow because the BOM components are not on the packing list so the rollup would have to happen for every line on every order all the way down through the BOM. And in a machine shop environment, the weight of a forging is generally a lot more than the final weight of the machined part that comes from the forging so simply adding up component weights wouldn't work anyhow.

Title: Re: weight calculations...
Post by aricon on 02/08/05 at 15:28:19

However, you COULD have a filter built in that would allow selection of different part types to include in the calculation. For instance select ONLY F and A types and the info would then come from the weight field for JUST those types. This would also shorten the processing time/load somewhat.

Title: Re: weight calculations...
Post by penz on 02/09/05 at 05:49:13

..yes I agree that there was a filter it would work faster. Also if the BOM for a product was calculated during a rollup when the BOM is originally created or existing BOMS could be rolledup such as Standard cost are.

Title: Re: weight calculations...
Post by penz on 02/09/05 at 06:01:03

..also it would be great to have a weight calculation on PO's because when we buy our steel we buy it by the piece but there also has to be a minimum tonnage to place the order.

Title: Re: weight calculations...
Post by Karen Mason on 02/09/05 at 06:56:50

Depending on how you want to use the weight, you could create a non-inventory item called Finished weight . Then you could add that to the BOM. It could be attached to the sequence # such as the packaging operation on a traveler if desired. Unfortunately, this gives you the total weight if you get all the parts, but it would be somewhat of a comparison.

The other thing you could do is to put the finished weight per piece in routings under notes or specifications. It would pull through onto P.O.'s and also show up on travelers.