From BOM to Finished Goods: Manufacturing in PAX

What does running a build in PAX look like? Here we follow a 10-unit work order, from checking the BOM to receiving the finished lot and reviewing its cost.

The BOM and the build quantity

The BOM Explorer shows what goes into a finished part: its components, the amount of each used per unit, and their stock and cost figures. The part we're using, DEMO-PART-00161, already has a BOM and a router defining its manufacturing operation.

Entering 10 in Quantity to Build checks the components against that build. PAX shows Can build 10 units. The Qty Used column stays per unit: a component listed at 2 will need 20 for this job. The batch quantities appear in the work-order form next.

PAX BOM Explorer showing the parent part, a build quantity of 10 and the first six components. — The BOM shows quantities, costs and stock together. The build check does not reserve material.

The remaining seven components of the same BOM. — The rest of this part's BOM.

Turning the build into a work order

From Work Orders, New Work Order opens the form below. We choose the part, enter a quantity of 10 and set the due date. There are also fields for priority and notes to carry instructions with the job.

The Materials Available panel checks the proposed order against stock. Need is the requirement for the whole batch; Have is the quantity on hand. For the first component, that is 20 needed and 234 on hand. The list can be scrolled to check the remaining components before creating the order.

The populated Create Work Order form, including part, quantity, due date, priority, notes, material availability and Create Work Order button. — The part and quantity drive the material check in the same form.

Selecting Create Work Order saves the job and assigns its number, WO-20260067. It starts in Draft, with the planned labor operation brought over from the router. The job is now ready for material issue.

Choosing the material lots

Opening the job in Issue Materials brings up its component requirements and proposed lot allocations. This is where the person supplying the job checks that the quantities and lots match what is being pulled from stock.

The Issue Materials screen for WO-20260067, with component requirements and proposed lot allocations. — PAX scales the component requirements to the work-order quantity. Further material rows continue below this view.

Select Lots shows the available stock lots, quantities and costs. Allocate Qty can be adjusted to take material from the appropriate lots. Here, all 10 of this component come from DEMO-LOT-001019; the second lot is left untouched.

Lot selection showing 10 allocated from one lot, zero from the other and zero remaining to allocate. — The allocation totals show whether the component's requirement has been covered.

Confirm returns that selection to the issue form. Once the allocations are ready, Issue Materials posts them. The order becomes Released, and the first component's stock drops from 234 to 214, matching the 20 issued.

The material cost recorded on the job is $74.37, based on the lots actually issued. That cost is now in work in process, or WIP, while the build is underway.

Adding the time worked

The job's labor operation appears in Log Labor / WIP to FG. Its router supplies 2.75 standard hours for this quantity. Through Enter Labor, we select the employee and record 2.50 actual hours as Production time.

Labor entry showing the employee, 2.50 actual hours against 2.75 standard hours, and Production time. — Labor is recorded against the operation, with the employee, hours and type of time.

Confirm Labor returns the entry to the main form. We use Save Labor Only to post it without receiving the finished product yet. The saved job now carries $91.50 in labor and $95.00 in overhead, alongside the material cost.

Receiving the finished lot

Once the 10 units are ready, the same form handles completion. Quantity Completed is 10, and we enter a new finished-goods lot, WALKTHROUGH-20261023, with a quantity of 10. The Lots: 10 / 10 total confirms that the lot allocation matches the quantity being received.

Completion details showing 10 completed units and the finished-goods lot with a matching quantity of 10. — This build is received into one lot. The form also allows additional completion lots.

Below those fields, the cost summary shows what will move from WIP into finished inventory: $74.37 of material, $91.50 of labor and $95.00 of overhead, totaling $260.87.

The completion cost summary and Complete WO button, with $260.87 transferring to finished goods. — The cost preview sits above the completion controls.

Because the whole job is finished, we use Complete WO. If only part of the order were ready, Save Partial would receive that quantity while leaving the order open.

The finished stock and its cost

The completed order is available in View Work Orders under Completed. In Inventory > Parts, expanding the finished part shows the new lot and its cost breakdown.

The received WALKTHROUGH-20261023 lot highlighted in inventory, showing quantity 10 and its material, labor and overhead costs. — The highlighted row is the lot received from this work order.

Finished stock has increased from 28 to 38. The new lot holds the 10 units at a stored cost of $26.08652 each, about $26.09 rounded to cents. The lot view keeps more precision than the two-decimal totals shown on the work order.

The work order retains the material and labor records behind the $260.87 job cost. Its remaining WIP is zero, and the received lot carries the material, labor and overhead breakdown into inventory.

Once the build is finished, you can still see which material lots went into it, the time recorded and how the cost was calculated. Those details are useful when you’re checking a margin, tracing a component or preparing to quote the job again.

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From BOM to Finished Goods in PAX