Common Part Numbers on BOM

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mikep2015 Posts 1 Registration date Thursday April 30, 2015 Status Member Last seen April 30, 2015 - Apr 30, 2015 at 09:19 AM
iotcom Posts 1 Registration date Thursday July 30, 2015 Status Member Last seen July 30, 2015 - Jul 30, 2015 at 01:53 PM
I have many many worksheets within an Excel file. Each one contains a list of components used to make a final product (assembly). This is called a BOM or Bill of Material for anyone that doesn't work with this. Although the concept of finding commonalities would be the same no matter what it is.

I am trying to determine what common components are used between all of the final assemblies to ultimately create a kit that would include these and reduce the amount of time the assembler needs to collect all of these when they get an order.
Is there a way that I can pull this data out of these worksheets? Note: I pulled these BOMs from an Access database that I created as well. I do not know VBA or specific expressions that would do this although it seems that this should have been done before?
Anything will be appreciated.

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TrowaD Posts 2921 Registration date Sunday September 12, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen December 27, 2022 555
Apr 30, 2015 at 11:56 AM
Hi Mike,

Let's see if I get this.

Each sheet contains a list of components, which represent a final product.

Aside from these sheets you have a final assembly sheet, which contains a list of different final products.

And now you want to automatically insert the list of components whenever you enter a final product on the assembly sheet.

Am I on the right track?

Could you post some sample data, to see what needs to go where?

Best regards,
Trowa
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iotcom Posts 1 Registration date Thursday July 30, 2015 Status Member Last seen July 30, 2015
Jul 30, 2015 at 01:53 PM
got the same problem when managed all my BOMs using excel spreadsheet. Easiest solution is to manage them in a BOM management solution. You can import/export your excel BOMs from it. https://ciiva.com/bill-of-materials-software/screenshots
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