Construct complete indented bills of material on one screen simply by right clicking on the Treevision™ BOM structure. A menu allows you to add, edit or delete items on the bill and see the bill built graphically on the screen. The options also allow you to go to any related bill and even find every bill in which an item is used. Lower level bills are automatically generated as the indented bill is created.

Support date-driven revision levels for both the parent part and the child record!

Complete Phantom support allowing compression of BOM structures!

Up to two images can be assigned to any bill of material. The BOM will accept BMP, GIF, JPG, and ICO formats. Export CAD drawings as BMP files and include them in your bills!

Get instant access to inventory information by double clicking on any item on a material list! The Inventory screen is displayed, in a screen-on-screen fashion, directly on top of the material order screen. When the inventory screen is exited, you are placed back on the material list where another item may be selected.

Mass Replace and Copy functionality for BOM's!

Link with the TIW SOC product and compatible accounting system to do kitting and dekitting!

Comprehensive roll-up of the BOM component values to produce Costed Bills!

Versatile MRP functionality with both Bucketless and Bucketed reporting capability when linked with compatible accounting system!

A Net Trial Requirements report allows you to test how many of an item can be built with the inventory on hand.

Create Material Orders manually and from a compatible accounting system's Sales Orders!

One-button real-time material allocation and one-button for issuing for a job!

One-button real-time posting of finished goods and the closing jobs!

A simple right click on any item on the material list displays a menu which will allow you to change the quantities of the items on the fly, add new items to the list, and delete unused items from the list. Inventory allocations are automatically updated.

Being able to edit the material list, even after the order has been released, greatly expands the abilities of shopLink.

Jobs do not need a prepared bill of materials to get started. Just add an order and release it to get it started. Then adjust the material list as the work progresses to suit the requirements of the job!

You can even leave a job open by starting with a nominal build quantity. Then increase the quantity being made and update the material list with the additional components that are required. All the while keeping track of it by running the MRP reports!

Support for key changes!

The manual works like a web site. It can be started from within the product by clicking on the Help button on any screen. The left window pane in the manual contains the contents, an index , and a search function. A Product Tour, and a Quick Start Guide are also included.

The main body of the manual is arranged to match the menu selections in the product. This makes it easy to navigate and find the particular section you are looking for.

As with the HTML manuals for ALERE Accounting and ALERE Manufacturing, the actual shopLink screens are included in the manual. Simply use your mouse to point and click on the screens to find out about fields, columns, options, etc. An explanation pops up with the information. Even the screen tabs are active and allow you to display them with a simple click!