Managing product structure

This activity allows defining product structure for a part. You can create a product structure for a part, search the existing product structure along with the product structure class information and modify the product structure. You can also map constituent parts of the product structure to the individual tasks in the process plan.

Select the “Manage Product Structure” activity under the “Product Structure” business component.

The “Manage Product Structure” page appears.

Product Structure List

Enter the following in the “Product Structure List” group box in the left pane:

Part #

The part number (parent part) for which you wish to create product structures. Mandatory. Smart search is enabled. The Part number entered must be an active part defined in the “Part Administration” business component.

Help facility available.

PS Class

Use the drop-down list box and select the product structure class. The system lists all the active product structure classes defined in the “Quick Codes” activity of the “Common Master” business component.

Ref. Date

The reference date for which you wish to retrieve the product structure details.

Click the “Get” pushbutton to retrieve the product structure details for the part in a tree.
Check the following box:

Show Inactive Revisions

Check this box to display the inactive revisions of the product structure in the tree.

Tree Structure

On clicking the “Get” pushbutton, the system displays all the active revisions of the product structure for the reference date specified, along with the constituent parts in a tree in the left pane, if the product structure is already defined the part. For example, if ‘P2’ & ‘P3’ are constituent parts to ‘P1’ and if ‘P4’ and ‘P5’ are constituent parts to ‘P2’, the product structure displayed in the following hierarchy.

- P2

- P4

- P5

- P3

If any of the Part # defined as a constituent, having the source as “Make” and the constituent Part product structure is not defined, then the same Part # (P2 in this example) is displayed in Red Color, only when product structure is defined as mandatory in the “Manage Manufacturing Information’ screen of the “Part Administration” business component.

Click on a part in the tree to display the part details in the right pane.

Product Structure Details

The system displays the following:

PS Part #	The product structure part number.
PS Class	Use the drop-down list and select the product structure class. The system lists all the active product structure classes defined in the “Quick Codes” activity of the “Common Master” business component.
Part Description	The textual description of the product structure part.

Enter the following:

PS Revision #

Use the drop-down list box and select the revision number of the part product structure. The system lists all the active and inactive revisions of the product structure.

The system displays the following:

Effective From / To

The date range in which the product structure revision is active.

Enter the following:

PS Status

The status of the product structure which could by “Fresh”, “Approved”, or “In-Active”.

The system displays the following:

Current Rev. Source	The revision details for the selected part. The revision Source Document Type and Source Doc # are concatenated and displayed.
Current Rev. Remarks	Any remarks related to the current revision.
Part Type	The type the product structure part.

Check the following box:

Default Product Structure

Select this box if the current product structure is defined as the default product structure, if multiple product structures are available. Mandatory.

Create new product structure part

Click the “Create” pushbutton to refresh the product structure details in the header and create a new parent part.

The system performs the following on clicking ‘Create’ button:

· PS Part # is made editable

· Hides the revision details and ‘Default Product Structure’ check box

· Displays the ‘Part Quantity’ field for you to enter. (Part Quantity must always be entered as ‘1’).

Process Plan & Drawing Information

Enter the following:

Process Plan #

The process plan mapped to the product structure part, PS Class and PS Revision combination. The process plan must be of type 'Standard'. If the process Plan Type is 'Specific', then the part mapped in the processes plan must be same as the product structure part.

Smart search is enabled.

The system displays the following:

PP Description	The textual description of the process plan.
Drawing Defined	The system displays “No” if engineering drawing is not defined for PS Part #. If engineering drawing is defined, “Yes” is displayed.

Click the hyperlinked image ‘’ to invoke the “Manage Engineering Drawings” screen.
Enter the following:

Drawing Changes in WO

Use the drop-down list and select “Allowed” or “Not Allowed” to indicate whether engineering drawing changes can be allowed in work order or not.

Copy product structure

Click the “Copy Part” link to copy the product structure details for a part.

Tabs

Select the “Product Structure” tab to define the product structure details.
Select the “Map Parts to Process” tab to map the constituent parts to tasks.

Reference Details

Enter the following in the “Reference Detail” group box:

Approval Reference	Any reference details entered while approving the product structure.
Processing Remarks	Any remarks while processing the records.
Additional Remarks	Any additional remarks entered by the user.

Save

Click the “Save” pushbutton to save the product structure details.

On save, the status of the product structure is updated as "Fresh" for the newly created process plan.

Approve

Click the “Approve” option in the button combo to approve the particular product structure.
Click the “Approve Constituent Part Product Structure” option in the button to approve the constituents for which product structure is defined but status of product structure is “Fresh”.

Inactive

Click the “Inactive” pushbutton to inactivate the product structure.

The part product structure and Revision # combination can be inactivated, when the revision of the product structure is in 'Active' or ‘Fresh’ status.

Note: The “Approve” and “InActive” buttons are visible, if the PS Status is “Approved” and “Fresh”.

To proceed carry out the following:

Select the “Manage Process Plan” link to define process plan.
Enter the following:

Quick Link

Use the drop-down list box and select the options “Edit Part Main Information” or “View Part Main Information” link to modify or view the part details of PS Part #.

Record Statistics

The system displays the following:

Created by	The name of the user who created the product structure details.
Created Date	The date on which the product structure details were defined.
Last Modified by	The name of the user who last modified the product structure details.
Last Modified Date	The date on which the product structure details were last modified.
Source	The source OU from which the product plan details are replicated.
Owner	The target OU to which product plan details are replicated.

Prerequisites

4Source of Part must be defined as “Make” in the “Maintain Planning Information” activity of the “Part Administration” business component.

4Part Manufacturing information must be defined in the “Maintain Planning Information: activity of the “Part Administration” business component, to activate the part, if Source of the part is “Make”.