In Infor LX, based on how your items are set up and on how you structure the Bill of Material, the following are some usages of a bill of material by functioning area:
- Engineering & QA – change control, product design and specifications
- Manufacturing – build instructions , material pick lists
- Accounting – product costing
- Materials Inventory – material and inventory planning
- Sales – customer order processing
- Production Scheduling – item scheduling (also a component of an MES solution)