Manufacturing BOM and Purchasing BOM

[pcrawley]

I'm having an issue differentiating between a Manufacturing BOM and Purchasing BOM. Is there anything to differentiate the two in Productstream?

In case my terminology is confusing, here's how I see the two: Two "things" are manufactured - they are both created from the same bought-in material. Each part has a unique (PS) Item number. These two item numbers form the Manufacturing BOM. As far as the purchasing BOM is concerned, it will see 1 item - the bought-in material - and 2 items related to the creation of the two "things".

My view is there is little we can do with PS to generate the purchasing BOM. Am I missing anything obvious here?

[Anonymous]

You are correct that Productstream does not currently support multiple "views" of the same BOM depending on what the BOM is used for (manufacturing vs. purchasing). You can add purchasing-specific properties to items which would aid somewhat, but there would no way to have a true M-BOM and P-BOM as a full ERP system would have.

[pcrawley]

Thanks. That really confirmed what we thought. You never know unless you ask!