What does a Phantom Assembly do?
A Phantom Assembly can be used to allow the engineering structure of a Bill of Materials for a complex assembly to have multiple levels yet only require a single level Work Order to manufacture it. If you look at the W-100 Red Wagon in the Manufacturing Answer company, it has a subassembly A-200 Wheel Assembly which in turn consists of A-210 Wheel and A-220 Axle (purchased parts). Without using Phantom Assemblies, there are two Work Orders required. You first need a Work Order for A-200 Wheel Assembly. Issue the A-210 and A-220 to that work order, then Enter Finished Production to put the A-200 in stock. This depletes inventory of the purchased parts and stocks the subassemblies. Now you make a second work order for the W-100 and issue the A-200 subassemblies. Finally, Enter Finished Production for the wagons. If you never make A-200 for stock, you could have defined it as a Type B Phantom. In that case, you would create a Work Order for W-100, it would look through the Phantom and see
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