JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.js"></script>
<script src="//cdn.datatables.net/1.10.16/js/jquery.dataTables.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//cdn.datatables.net/1.10.16/css/jquery.dataTables.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.datatables.net/buttons/1.4.2/css/buttons.dataTables.min.css">
<table id="flatbom" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Item Number</th>
      <th>Reference Count</th>
      <th>Part Category</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>uom</th>
      <th>Quantity</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tfoot>
    <tr>
      <th>Item Number</th>
      <th>Reference Count</th>
      <th>Part Category</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>uom</th>
      <th>Quantity</th>
    </tr>
  </tfoot>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>012887</td>
      <td>1</td>
      <td>Washer</td>
      <td>Washer, flat, M6, metric, 304SS</td>
      <td>EA</td>
      <td>18.0</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>012888</td>
      <td>1</td>
      <td>Nut</td>
      <td>Nut, flat, M6, metric, 304SS</td>
      <td>EA</td>
      <td>18.0</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

CSS

tfoot input {
  width: 100%;
}

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function() {


	  $('#flatbom').dataTable({
	    "bFilter": true,
	    "dom": 'Brtip',
	    "buttons": ['pageLength', 'csvHtml5'],
	    "lengthMenu": [
	      [15, 25, 50, -1],
	      ['15 rows', '25 rows', '50 rows', 'Show all']
	    ],
	    "columns": [
      	{"width": "25%" },
	      null,
	      null,
	      null,
	      null,
	      null
	    ]
	  });


	  $('#flatbom tfoot th').each(function() {
	    var title = $(this).text();
	    $(this).html('<input type="text" placeholder="Search ' + title + '" />');
	  });

	  // DataTable
	  var table = $('#flatbom').DataTable();

	  // Apply the search
	  table.columns().every(function() {
	    var that = this;

	    $('input', this.footer()).on('keyup change', function() {
	      if (that.search() !== this.value) {
	        that
	          .search(this.value)
	          .draw();
	      }
	    });
	  });


	});