Defining product structure details

Defining product structure details

This tab allows you to define product structure for the part. The product structure consists of materials or component parts or Phantom Parts for a parent / manufactured part. Constituent parts information for these parts can be defined using this tab, which form the parent / manufactured Part. You can also revise the existing product structure by adding / removing few parts from the product structure. A phantom part can be added as a constituent part, if the Part Source is “Make”.

Select the “Product Structure” tab to define product structure details for the part.

The system displays the following in the multiline:

Error

An image ‘’ indicating error while processing the record is displayed here. The coresponding error message is displayed in the ‘Message Center’ column.

Enter the following in the multiline:

Seq #	The sequence in which the parts must be processed.
Part #	The constituent part of the product structure part.

The system displays the following:

Part Description

The textual description of the part.

Enter the following:

Total Quantity	The total quantity of the part.
UOM	Use the drop-down list box and select the unit of measurement for the part.
Issue Method	Use the drop-down list box and select the issue method of the part as “Backflush”, “Auto Backflush” or “Manual”.

The system displays the following:

Part Source

The source of the part, which could be “On Loan”, “From Pool”, “Exchanges”, “Make”, Subcontracting” or “Procurement” as defined in the “Maintain Planning Information” activity.

Enter the following:

Source Strategy

Use the drop-down list and select the source strategy as “Inventory”, “Procure” or “Make”.

The system displays the following:

Revision #	The revision number set to change the sequence of the records when a new constituent part has to be added.
Part Type	The type of the part.
Lower Level Exists?	Indicates whether lower level exists for the constituent part.
Drawing Exists?	Indicates whether engineering drawing exists for the constituent part. The system displays “Yes” or “No”. Click the hyperlinked “Yes” or “No” field to launch “Manage Engineering Drawings” screen.
Effective From	The date from which the product structure of the constituent part is effective.
Effective To	The date until which the product structure of the constituent part is effective.
PS Part #	The product structure part to which the constituent part belongs.

Enter the following:

PS Class

Use the drop-down list and select the product structure class. The system lists all the active product structure classes defined for product structure of constituents.

The system displays the following:

Phantom Part

Indicates whether the part is a phantom part or not. The system displays “Yes” or “No”.

Enter the following:

Remarks

Any remarks related to the product structure.

The system displays the following:

Message Center	The error message displayed when processing the records in the multiline.
Last Modified by	The name of the user who last modified the record.
Last Modified Date	The date on which the record was last modified.

Click the “Re-Number” pushbutton to resequence the records in the multiline.

Note: The system sorts all the records in the ascending order of 'Seq No' and renumbers the records in the multiples of '5'.

To proceed carry out the following:

Select the “Map Parts to Process” tab to map the constituent parts to tasks.