Glossary
Every term used in a Partix BOM, in one place.
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Assembly | Anything that contains other items. Nests to any depth. |
| Committed | Released. Fixed, and treated as the record. |
| Committed Area | The view showing released BOMs. Read-only, with a version picker for past releases. |
| CPN | Company Part Number. Your own number for an item, assigned at its first commit. |
| Commit | The act of releasing. Turns staged drafts into a fixed record. |
| Edited | Changed directly since the last release. |
| Ext cost | Unit cost × extended quantity. |
| Ext qty | How many are needed for one finished product, after multiplying every quantity down the path. |
| Find number | The line's position within the tree, such as 1, 1.1 or 1.2.1. |
| Forced | In commit review, an item being released only because something inside it changed. It cannot be left out. |
| Line | One entry in a BOM: an item, a quantity and a position under a parent. |
| Part | The bottom of the tree. Comes from inventory, holds nothing inside it. |
| Pinned | A line points at one exact revision of its item, and stays there when newer ones are released. |
| Places | How many positions an item occupies in a tree. |
| Product | The thing you ship. Sits at the top of a BOM. |
| Qty | How many a line calls for within its immediate parent. |
| Re-version | The label on an item that has to be released because something inside it changed. |
| Revision | A change that keeps the same part number. Labelled REVA, REVB, and so on. |
| Rolled-up cost | An item's cost worked out from everything inside it, instead of being typed in. |
| Shared | Used by more than one parent. |
| Short | Availability is below demand. |
| Staged | A draft. Editable, not released. |
| Staging Area | The view where BOMs are built and edited. |
| Subcategory | The numbering family a part number is drawn from. |
| UOM | Unit of measure, such as EA, MM or KG. |
| Version | A number like 1.2.0. A new version means a new part number. |
| Where used | Every position an item occupies, across every product. |