BOM lines can be composed of several types. Each type has its own function. The following options are available: Item (used ...

BOM lines can be composed of several types. Each type has its own function. The following options are available: Item (used on BOM lines where there are raw materials that are to be picked in inventory, or where the item is a service), Phantom (used when lower-level BOM items are exploded in this production BOM; when you estimate the production order, and the BOM items are exploded, the component items are listed as BOM lines in the production order, and the corresponding routes are added to the production route), Production (used when you want to create a subproduction for any BOM items that are contained on the BOM line; the subproduction is created when you estimate the production order; the system reserves the item quantities that are required for the production), and Vendor (used when you involve subcontractor work in the production sequence, and you want the system to create a purchase order; if the item number on the BOM line that receives the type Vendor is of type BOM, a subproduction is created when the production is estimated; the subproduction has the type Vendor, and the items that are on the BOM are created as BOM lines; on BOM lines with the type Vendor, you must either specify a Oper. No. value that refers to an operation in the production route of the type Vendor, or specify a vendor directly on the BOM line).