SEO-Optimized Description
Manufacturing companies often struggle with inventory imbalances, stockouts, material delays, and unexpected cost variances due to poorly defined production structures. In this overview, Synergy Resources explains how items, routings, and bills of material (BOMs) bring structure and control to manufacturing operations using Infor CloudSuite Industrial (CSI), also known as SyteLine.
The session introduces core manufacturing concepts within CSI, showing how items, operations, materials, and work centers work together to define how a product is made and what resources are consumed. A Bill of Material (BOM)—sometimes referred to as a bill of manufacture—is compared to a recipe, outlining the required steps, materials, and operations needed to produce an item accurately and consistently.
Viewers learn how operations are tied to work centers, which represent labor and machine resources with defined shifts, calendars, and availability. This structure enables CSI to accurately calculate production costs, capacity requirements, and schedules. The discussion also covers material sourcing options, including purchasing, inventory, and job orders, giving manufacturers the flexibility to switch between make-versus-buy decisions as capacity or cost constraints change.
The presentation demonstrates both flat (single-level) BOMs and multi-level (indented) BOMs, illustrating how complex products are built from multiple subassemblies. Using CSI’s Engineering Board, users can visually explore BOM structures, drill into material and operation details, and understand how parent and sub-jobs are generated to meet production demand.
By leveraging well-defined items, routings, and BOMs in Infor CloudSuite Industrial, manufacturers gain improved visibility into material requirements, resource planning, job scheduling, and purchasing—resulting in lower costs, better on-time delivery, and more predictable manufacturing outcomes.
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