How to Duplicate BOM in Odoo18

The steps below guide you through understanding how to Duplicate a Bill of Materials (BOM) in Odoo18. This workflow explains why duplicating a BOM is necessary for efficiency when dealing with numerous models or frequent orders, and demonstrates the simple process of duplicating an existing BOM and then customizing its details for a new product or variant.

• Navigate to Bills of Materials: From the Odoo web application, go to the “Manufacturing” module and then to “Bills of Materials”.
• Understand Bill of Materials (BOM): Bill of Materials defines the raw materials and components required to manufacture a specific product (e.g., PUF Insulation panel HF100), including quantities of items like steel and chemicals.
• Select a BOM to Duplicate: Choose an existing BOM, such as “PUF Insulation panel HF100”.
• Duplicate the BOM: Click on the “Actions” drop down menu (usually represented by a gear icon or similar) and select “Duplicate”. This creates an exact copy of the selected BOM.
• Customize the Duplicated BOM: After duplication, you can edit the new BOM. For example, you can change the “Product” to “ETA Service” and adjust the quantities of components like “Isocyanate” to 40 kg, “Polyol” to 30 kg, and “Steel Coil 0.5mm Offwhite” to 15 kg. This customization saves time compared to creating a new BOM from scratch.
• Benefits of Duplication: Duplicating a BOM helps save time when you have many orders or models that require similar components, avoiding the need to manually create 100 different Bills of Materials. This allows for quick creation and modification of BOMs.