You can identify and select the required items used by an Activity. A bill of material (BOM) can be used to list all items needed to perform a particular Activity, and can be defined for each Activity. For example, you might have an Activity titled, Fork Lift Daily Maintenance. The items necessary to perform this Activity include water, fork lift lubrication oil, filled propane tanks, and shop rags. As Maintenance BOMs are created, they are associated to an Activity.

When a Work Order is created for an Activity, the Maintenance BOM corresponding to the Activity explodes to the Work Order ;all components specified in the Maintenance BOM are copied to the Work Order as material requirements.

To set up an maintenance BOM:

1. Navigate to the Activity Workbench window.
2. Choose Launch.
3. Within the Activity Workbench pane, select the Activity for which you wish to define the Bill of Material.
4. Choose BOM.
5. Select an Activity from the Item field list of values.
6. Select the Main tabbed region. The Item Sequence will default.
7. Enter the Operation Sequence that this Component (material item necessary for the operation sequence, NOT rebuildable item) is needed for.
8. Enter necessary Components and their Quantities that are required to perform the Activity. You can enter an unlimited number of material items.
9. Optionally, select the Date Effectivity tabbed region to specify effectivity dates per component.
10. Save your work.