Why Your Small Business Needs a Bill of Manufacturing

How is a bill of manufacturing different than a bill of materials?

Unlike a bill of materials, which is limited to a listing of the components that comprise an item, the bill of manufacturing encompasses all manufacturing specifications, including revisions, the routing, components, and outputs.

It goes beyond a list of components   

There is much more to a bill of manufacturing than a list of components.  Revisions provide engineering control and enable you to track specifications for current, pending, and past product versions.  The routing lists all labor and subcontract service processes and associated details in sequential order and is the basis for product costing, work center scheduling, labor tracking, and job subcontracting.  Multiple outputs accommodate byproducts and co-products and are ideal for disassembly and remanufacturing jobs.