Features – Product Configuration
Product Configuration is the key feature to create and maintain customisable products and Bills of Materials (BOM). The Product Configuration uses rules to ensure that the sales people cannot sell a product that is impossible to produce. With the Product Configuration in TRIMIT Furniture you can maintain Items with large number of possible variant combinations in one simple Item template and one generic BOM.
Template items
The Template Item (Master) is where you setup the use of variants and attach the generic BOM. You can apply an unlimited number of variants and make rules as to how each variant should affect the BOM. The Template Item also consists of the same basic fields as the normal Item card. These fields are used when creating new Items based on the template.
Unlimited Variants
In TRIMIT Furniture, variants can be options, where a table holds the unlimited number of options. The variant can also be an integer, i.e. for the calculation of measurement. The variant can even be a code relation to a table in the Dynamics NAV database i.e. the Item table. This gives you a vast range of ways to setup the Product Configuration.
Generic Bill of Material
The Bill of Material (BOM) is where you go into details of how the Item is made and what components it consists of. In TRIMIT Furniture the BOM both contains the components (Items) but also the routing (setup and operation). This means that the TRIMIT BOM gives you a complete overview of the Production of the specific product, and as a side effect also calculates the complete cost of the Product. Generic means that it changes according to configuration. A set of rules created via the Formula tool will generate a specific Production order to each Sales Order Configuration.
Formula tool
The Formula tool in TRIMIT Furniture is where you can create rules to:
- Calculate values. This could be Quantity, Time, Consumption, Cost, etc.
- Inherit Variants to components.
- Select or deselect Items in the BOM.
- Write information to the Sales Order, Production Order, Purchase order or other relevant place.
The Formula tool is a very powerful tool for you to make changes in the system. The Formula Tool is also available for other areas like Sales Order, Purchase Order, and Production Order etc.