Support Center

Bill of Manufacturing 20

• Can the BOM accommodate drawings and documents?
• How can DBA help with ISO-9000 certification?
• Can BOM routings be re-imported?
• How does DBA handle Engineering Change Order (ECO) management?
• How does the BOM handle reference designators?

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Inventory Control 11

• Is it necessary to use locations?
• Backdating Inventory Transactions
• Isn’t if more efficient to backflush components at job finish?
• Would bar coding improve inventory accuracy and efficiency?
• How can I search for items by Supplier Part Number?

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Sales Orders 12

• Tips for using UPS or Fedex Shipping and Freight Software with DBA
• How do I find Sales Order Types with a non-default Acknowledgement form specification?
• How do I find Sales Order Types with a non-default Invoice form specification?
• Can we input multiple Customer PO Numbers into a single Sales Order (by detail line)?
• Does deleting a shipment return picked items to inventory?

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Custom Manufacturing 1

• How can I disassemble a Kit into multiple outputs?

MRP 15

• Why is a BOM demand explosion not available?
• Why does MRP require an accurate inventory?
• How can MRP settings be maintained against thousands of items?
• Why is it harmful to pad Lead Days and Job Days allocations?
• Why is it harmful to use CTO linking with standard items?

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Purchasing 20

• Why can’t I purchase for one job at a time like I always have?
• Why can’t I purchase items by revision number?
• Why should I replace blanket POs with supply pipelines?
• What if my supplier insists on a blanket PO for volume pricing?
• Can a supplier have more than one address?

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Shop Control 22

• Can shop control be used without MRP?
• Why can’t I manually reschedule New status jobs?
• Can job release be bypassed?
• When multiple levels are made on the same day, should all the jobs be released at once?
• Is it necessary to release jobs several times a day?

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Product Costing 17

• What is cost of goods sold (COGs)?
• Isn’t actual costing more accurate and therefore superior to absorbed costing?
• Can we continue using the sales order for costing and job planning?
• Are alternative costing methods available?
• Can we continue using non-inventory parts for costing and expensing?

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Financial Transfer 5

• Can I use DBA without the financial transfer?
• Why can’t I transfer a detailed invoice to my financial accounting system?
• Why can’t I use sales orders in my accounting system?
• How can I use the financial transfer without a data import capability?
• Can I bypass entering PO invoices in DBA?