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Adding components
Create component: This gives you the option to create components needed for your product variants from scratch. Usually this is used to add components that you know will be a one off and will not be repeated throughout your collections. See below for adding a logo component:
Import Components : This option allows you to import components that you created in your Product Libraries. You can choose to import by Library or by Collection, depending on how you created your components.
Groups
You can add groups to organize your components. You will be able to add all related components to one section of the BOM.
Click on Edit Groups on the right side of the page
Add in your groups and click save.
Your groups will appear at the very bottom of your product components components. You can then drag and drop your product components into the groups you created by clicking on the square icon on the left side of the thumbnail of your component, and drag and drop your component into the correct group.
See below example once components have been added to groups
TIP: You can re-order your columns holding your mouse over column and clicking the 3 lines that appear next to the column name in bold, then the column to where you want it in your table.
Below is an example of creating groups of components in the BOM:
Variants
You can add variants to your bill of materials in order to attribute specifications to your product by size, material or colour. In other words, this will allow you to add specs. to your product at sku level.
Example: I have one bathing suit available in two colours. I want to add different specs. to each colourway. See below:
(If you created variants at a size or material level, you can also use those)
If you created variants to your material components, they will appear in the dropdown menu under each product variant.
In this case, when I created my Elastic Jersey as a material component, in my Fabrics library at the very beginning, I made sure to add each colourway as a component variant.
That way, I can now attribute specific fabric colours of my material to each of my colourway variants.
You can then complete the information for each row by double clicking on the column and adding sku number of materials if available, usage, choosing your unit of measure, BOM price, and vendor. Essentially in this step you are determining the usage and the cost of each material component per sku.
If you add in your costing, your bill of materials could serve as a cost sheet.
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