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Bill of Materials (Product Orders)

Pro and above · 2 min read · Updated 16 October 2026

What this does

Basic Manufacturing: Bill of Materials and Production Orders. A Bill of Materials (BOM) lists the materials needed to make one finished product. In NEXTOREx the Bill of Materials is called a Product Order. You create it once, then use it every time you make that product.

Before you start

  • The finished product and each material must exist as products.
  • On the finished product, switch on Manufacture this item. On each material, switch on Use as component. These switches are under How will this item be used?.

Steps

  1. Open Inventory, then Manufacturing, then Product Orders.
  2. Click New product order.
    The New Product Order page
    Name (1), output product (2), materials (3), Add component (4) and Save draft (5).
  1. Enter a Product order name (1), for example Tech Starter Kit recipe.
  2. Choose the Output product (2), the finished product, and the Output quantity, how many one run makes.
  3. Under Materials, choose the Component product (3) and the Required quantity.
  4. Click Add component (4) for each extra material.
  5. Click Save draft (5).

What happens next

The Product Order is saved as draft and listed with the number of materials.

The Product Orders list
Your Bills of Materials and their status.

A draft cannot be used for production yet. To make it ready:

  1. Right-click the Product Order in the list.
  2. Choose Status action. The status changes to active.

Double-click a Product Order to see its output, quantity and the material requirements.

Important notes

  • Only active Product Orders can be chosen when you plan production.
  • This is basic manufacturing: a list of materials and a production run. It is not material requirements planning or factory scheduling.