Command Centre
Design Office
This is the Merlin MRP 2000 Design Office, where you create and maintain your Assembly Definitions (ADs), Kit Lists (BoMs), and Costings. Do not be alarmed by the paucity of command buttons here - the power is in the work areas! Click the buttons in the picture, or the links below, to visit the various departments.
An Assembly Definition is like a header record for the BoM, and contains a simple product description. Here also is stored the Next Serial Number for this assembly, if a running sequence is used (which the system maintains). The AD and its Kit List (BoM) must exist in the Design Office before it can be used in a Job. The AD is first created (or amended) in Assembly Library, then the associated Kit List is created or amended in BoM Editor.
The BoM Editor is available in the Assembly Library. Simply select the assembly you want to work with and click the EDIT BoM button. However, if you want to go directly to a BoM without looking at the Assembly Definition, just click the BoM EDITOR button
Assemblies can be costed (based on material costs and production process costs), including recalculating the costing of all the component subassemblies to an infinite number of levels, from the bottom up to the top, using Assembly Costing. Simple on-screen directions are provided.
BoM Cleanup removes all zero quantity items from the BoM.
Import BoM will enable you to quickly import into Merlin an Assembly Definition and Bill of Materials from your CAD package or an Excel® spreadsheet.
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