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What's New in Manufacturing: Streamline Product Design (2025 release wave 1)

Production BOM usability changes in Business Central 2025 release wave 1: document attachments, active version access with a comparison matrix, subassembly display levels, version list with date and status, bulk item selection, Edit in Excel, certification prompt on close, and BOM navigation from the item card.

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  1. 0:00 Production BOM enhancements overview
  2. 0:25 Document attachments and active versions
  3. 0:45 Version comparison and subassembly display options
  4. 1:06 Editing versions and bulk item selection
  5. 1:22 Version certification and closure workflow
  6. 1:48 BOM navigation from items
video Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (YouTube) · 2025-04-01Watch on YouTube

Overview

This 2-minute video from the Business Central channel (published 2025-04-01) covers enhancements to the production bill of material in manufacturing. It describes changes to how BOMs and their versions are viewed, edited and certified.

The demo covers attaching documents to a BOM, opening the active version through the assist edit button, comparing versions, choosing how subassemblies are displayed, editing versions in bulk, and moving from an item card to the main or certified BOM. Feature status is not stated in the facts.

Key points

  • Production BOMs can have document attachments, for example drawings, specifications or materials needed.
  • The assist edit button opens the active version of a production BOM. A new version comparison matrix shows the main BOM and the available versions.
  • Option levels control whether subassemblies show as whole subassemblies or as their individual components.
  • The version list page shows the starting date and status of each BOM version.
  • When editing a version, you can edit as usual or use the Select items action to pick multiple items at once, then make sure quantities are updated.
  • For large BOMs, the video suggests using Edit in Excel.
  • Starting from this release, closing a version page whose status is not certified shows a confirmation dialog.

Features

Every feature below: status not stated, demoed.

Feature At
Production BOM document attachment 0:05
Production BOM active version 0:25
Subassembly display options in BOM 0:45
BOM version list view with date and status 0:56
Select items action for bulk BOM editing 1:06
Edit in Excel functionality for BOM 1:17
BOM version certification confirmation dialog 1:22
BOM navigation from item card 1:48

AL objects mentioned

As heard in the captions. A name that matches one object page by exact type and name links to it; the others stay as named.

  • table “production bill of material” at 0:05

Not found in BC28-30: table “production bill of material”.

Quotes

  • 0:05 “production bill of material is a key component in the manufacturing in this release we enhance usability”
  • 0:25 “where you can add additional information like drawings or specifications or other”
  • 0:45 “different option levels can be adjusted to determine how subassemblies are displayed whether as entire subassemblies or their individual components”
  • 1:06 “use the select items action to select multiple items at once”
  • 1:22 “consider using the edit and Excel functionality for a large bill of materials”
  • 1:22 “a confirmation dialogue appears if the status is not certified”
  • 2:01 “you can open the main bill of material and navigate to the active version or jump directly to the certified version based on the”