Expanded Pick List BOM - Consolidation
PROBLEM: When printing the Expanded Pick List, the BOM is listed by the top level Part. Common Parts under each top level Part need to be manually summed.
EXAMPLE: An Order is placed for three cars: CAR-B, CAR-W, CAR-R. The cars are all the same except for the colours - Black, White, Red. Currently, the Expanded BOM lists the Parts for each top level Part: CAR-B, CAR-W, CAR-R. For example, the Quantity for each Part would be shown at this level e.g. 1 engine, 4 tires, etc. This requires the Shop Floor to manually sum common 'sub' Parts of each top level Part. Back to the example, when the Parts are pulled / put aside for the order, the picker must manually scan the BOM to know to pick 3 engines and 12 tires.
SOLUTION: Ideally, there would be the option to format the Expanded BOM to be shown at a Line Item level (which it already does) and on a consolidated level for the entire Order. For example, the Quantity shown on the BOM would be for the whole Order e.g. 3 engines, 12 tires, etc.
Below is an example from our own system where a common part is shown twice instead of being consolidated to appear only once with a summed quantity.