{"id":4869,"date":"2026-05-30T02:09:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T02:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aaxonix.com\/resources\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=4869"},"modified":"2026-05-30T02:09:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T02:09:52","slug":"bill-of-materials-bom-zoho-inventory","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/aaxonix.com\/resources\/glossary\/bill-of-materials-bom-zoho-inventory\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill of Materials (BOM)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What Is a Bill of Materials?<\/h2>\n<p>A Bill of Materials (BOM) in Zoho Inventory defines the components and their quantities needed to produce one unit of a composite item. When you fulfil a sales order for a composite item, Zoho Inventory automatically deducts the component quantities from stock based on the BOM.<\/p>\n<h2>BOM Structure<\/h2>\n<p>Each BOM entry specifies the component item (which must exist in your item master), the required quantity per finished unit, and optionally the unit of measurement. A laptop kit BOM might list one laptop, one charger, and one carry bag.<\/p>\n<h2>Manufacturing vs Assembly<\/h2>\n<p>Zoho Inventory&#8217;s BOM is suited for assembly operations rather than complex manufacturing. For multi-stage production with work orders, Zoho Manufacturing (part of Zoho One) provides more depth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A structured list of components and quantities required to assemble or manufacture a composite item in Zoho Inventory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"seo_title":"Bill of Materials (BOM) | Zoho Glossary | Aaxonix","seo_description":"A structured list of components and quantities required to assemble or manufacture a composite item in Zoho Inventory.","seo_keyword":"bill of materials zoho inventory","seo_faqs":"","term_type":"","glossary_related":"","glossary_links":""},"glossary_category":[1252],"class_list":["post-4869","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry","glossary_category-zoho-inventory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aaxonix.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/4869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aaxonix.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aaxonix.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aaxonix.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"glossary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aaxonix.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary_category?post=4869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}