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The Product design function contains a home section and a table in a Design BOM section for adding components, and for adjusting costs. Each New material you add as a component to a product design BOM revision is also created as a New material "parent" record. You access the New material parent record functionality from the New material action (Components > New material).
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The home section provides the product design identification fields. The critical fields in the home section are the Status and Release status fields. These fields indicate the current stage of this design in the design, and approval cycles, through to the release of the design product. The design engineer for this product design BOM uses the Status field to control the progress of this design through the design cycle; if populated, the Release status field indicates if this, or a different revision of this design has reached production status and was approved as the "best" overall design and released as a new product, and a full production BOM, or was abandoned.
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Fields
The following fields are present on this tab :
Block number 1
| Type in a code for this new product design. This is an internal identification code. For example, NPI-Rotating tower crane. An internal Product design code is mandatory. |
| Type in a revision number. The revision number forms part of the product design identifier. An internal Revision number is mandatory. |
| The Production site is the site at which your new product will be assembled. The production site also forms part of the product design identifier.
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| Type in a description for this product design revision. |
| This T icon is displayed if you used the Header text action to add supporting text to this product design. |
| This new product design revision is automatically initialized to In development status. You can change this to a status that is further through the design cycle, if necessary.
Each product design BOM revision must follow the standard design and approval processing cycles. The stages of the product design cycle are defined in local menu 3511 - Product design status. For a product design BOM revision that will be processed through to completion the standard design cycle is: In development > Development completed > Submitted for approval > Production. For a product design BOM revision that will be rejected the standard design cycle is: In development > Development completed > Submitted for approval > [Suspended] > Obsolete. |
| This field is populated automatically once a product design BOM revision is released as a new product, and as a full production BOM. It displays one of the following values:
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| The Design product code becomes the final product code, the code that is written to the Products table (ITMMASTER) when this product design is published. You have 3 options for this field. You can:
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| This field indicates which version of this product applies. Major versions might be used where there have been increased or significant changes to the original or previous version, that is the "form, fit or function" has changed. This field is not populated if the product code defined in the Product field is not version managed. |
| This field indicates which minor version of this product applies. Minor versions might be used where there have been minor features or changes in functionality, or significant fixes applied to a specific major version. This field is not populated if the product code defined in the Product field is not version managed. |
| This check box is selected if this product design has been published to the Products table (ITMMASTER).
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| This check box is selected if this product design BOM revision has been published as a full production BOM.
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| If this product design revision is associated with a specific brand you can reference the customer's brand name here. For example, MovaCrane. This field is optional. |
| Type in, or select a customer for this product design revision. This field is optional. |
| Use this field to link production of this product design with a specific project. Type in, or select one of the following:
If the value of this field includes a character such as an exclamation mark "!" this field links to the structure of the project. The character is the separator between a project code and the structure, either the project budget structure or the project operational (task) structure. For example, if a material task code is "USA-P3" and a project code is "USA12345678", this field displays a link to the project operational structure as "USA12345678!USA-P3".
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You use this section for adding components to a product design revision, and for adjusting costs.
You cannot modify the Cost site (CSTFCY), Cost type (CSTTYP) or Design UOM (NPIUOM) fields (Costs block) for a product design once a component has been added to the table of components.
Fields
The following fields are present on this tab :
Costs
| This field defaults to the defined Production site (MFGFCY field), if defined, but can be changed. |
| This field defaults to the currency associated with the defined cost site (Cost site field). You cannot change it. |
| This field is significant for costing your product design revision. The default cost type is Standard costing. You can choose to cost this product design revision using one of the following cost types:
The Cost type is mandatory for the cost calculations. Existing products that you add to your design as components read from the defined product-cost record to contribute to the overall unit and total cost of your design. New materials that you add to your design as components do not initially have any costs associated with them. You add the costs manually either to the component line, or when you publish the new material to the Products table (ITMMASTER). The act of publishing the new material creates the appropriate product-cost record simultaneously, writing the costs from the new material to the defined product-cost record. The overall unit and total cost of your design are then updated to include the new material costs. |
| This field defaults to the value defined in the DESIGNUOM - Design BOM UOM parameter (TC chapter, NPI group). Leave the default value or type in, or select the unit in which this product will be costed and/or manufactured. The Design UOM is mandatory for the quantity calculations. |
| Select this check box to indicate if component quantities for this product design revision will be recorded and calculated based on percentages. This check box is only available if the Design UOM field (NPIUOM) is set to a unit that represents weight or volume. |
| Use this field to define the quantity of this product design revision that are to be costed/manufactured based on a percentage calculation, or recipe. This field is only available if the Design UOM field (NPIUOM) is set to a unit that represents weight or volume, and the % calculation check box (PRCCLC) is selected. |
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| Click this icon to update the costs for this product design revision for the component types selected in the following check boxes:
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| Select this check box if all components of type "existing" in this product design BOM, that is existing materials and existing assemblies, must be updated when updating costs using the Update costs icon. |
| Select this check box if all components of type Design assembly in this product design BOM must be updated when updating costs using the Update costs icon. |
| Select this check box if all components of type New material in this product design BOM must be updated from a New material "parent" record when updating costs using the Update costs icon. |
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| This T icon is displayed if you used the Line text entry action from the Actions icon to add supporting text to this component line. |
| This Image icon is displayed if you used the Image action from the Actions icon to add an image to this component line. |
| This orange dot is displayed as a warning if this "existing" component does not have a product-site record. |
| This field identifies the sequence number of this component in this BOM (bill of materials). It identifies a component where multiple components with the same product code are defined as variants or options. The BOMSTE - Component sequence increment parameter (TC chapter, BOM group) defines the first sequence number and the increment applied to subsequent component sequence numbers. |
| Use this field to define what type of component this is. You can set it to one of the following values:
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| Use this field to define the component product code.
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| Type in an appropriate description for this component/component line, up to a maximum of 30 characters. This field is only available for entry for components of type New material, Generic product, Costing, and Text. For components of type Existing material, and Existing assembly, this field displays the description from the product record. For components of type Design assembly, this field displays the description from the Product design header table (NPIHEADER). |
| Type in, or select the specific revision number of the defined product design BOM to use. This field is only available for entry for components of type Design assembly. |
| Type in, or select the production site for the selected revision number for the defined product design BOM. This field is only available for entry for components of type Design assembly. |
| Use this field to indicate which major version of this component applies. Major versions might be used where there have been increased or significant changes to the original or previous version, that is the 'form, fit or function' has changed. Type in, or select a version code from the list of version codes displayed. This field is not available for entry if the component code defined in the Component field is not version managed. |
| Use this field to indicate which minor version of this component applies. Minor versions might be used where there have been minor features or changes in functionality, or significant fixes applied to a specific major version. Type in, or select a version code from the list of version codes displayed. This field is not available for entry if the component code defined in the Component field is not version managed. |
| Type in, or select the unit in which this component will be costed and/or manufactured. This field is only available for entry for components of type New material and Generic product. If this component is an "existing" component, this field defaults to the unit of measure for this component.
The Design UOM is mandatory for the quantity calculations. |
| Use this field to define the percentage of this component that is needed to make the design product. This field is only available for entry if the Design UOM field (NPIUOM) is set to a value that represents weight or volume, and the % calculation check box (PRCCLC) is selected. The sum of the percentage of each component must equal 100.
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| This field is calculated automatically if the Design UOM field (NPIUOM) is set to a value that represents weight or volume, and the % calculation check box (PRCCLC) is selected. It displays the quantity of this component in the component unit of measure (UOM field (BOMUOM)) that is needed to make the design product based on the percentage defined in the % quantity BOM UOM field (PRCBOMQTY), if the component unit of measure also represents weight or volume. For all other units of measure (such as EACH, AREA, LENGTH), use this field to define the quantity of this component in the selected unit (field BOMUOM) that is needed to make the design product.
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| This is the conversion factor between the component unit (UOM field (BOMUOM) and the product design unit (Design UOM field (NPIUOM)). It is always set to 1unless a product design unit is set to a value that represents weight or volume. If the product design unit is one value and the component unit an unrelated value (for example, Design UOM = G (grams) and component UOM = L (liter)) a Warning icon is displayed to indicate an unexpected field value. |
| This Warning icon is displayed to indicate an unexpected field value. For example, the product design unit is one value and the component unit an unrelated value (for example, Design UOM = G (grams) and component UOM = L (liter)). The warning is non-blocking and will not prevent you building your product design. |
| This field displays the quantity of this component in the stock unit that is needed to make the design product. The default quantity is calculated from the entered quantity using the UOM-STK coefficient (BOMSTUCOEfield). You can amend it if necessary. |
| This field displays the quantity of this component in the component unit that is needed to make the design product. The default quantity is calculated from the entered quantity using the UOM-STK coefficient (BOMSTUCOE field). This field is not available for entry. |
| This field displays the unit of the calculation quantity. |
| This field is subject to the UML - Link quantity in unit of measure activity code. Use this field to define the product density. Density is the mass of the product (measured in g (grams) or Kg (kilograms), for example) divided by its volume (measured in ml (milliliters) or cm³ (cubic centimeters), for example). |
| Use this field to define how the quantity of this component in the stock unit that is needed to make the design product is determined:
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| This field displays the conversion factor between the product design unit of measure (Design UOM field (NPIUOM)) and the component unit of measure (STK field (STU)). For example, if the Design UOM field = KG and a component STK field = G, this field displays the value 0.00100 as the conversion factor from KG to G. |
| This Warning icon is displayed to indicate an unexpected field value. For example, the product design unit is one value and the component unit an unrelated value (for example, Design UOM = G (grams) and component UOM = L (liter)). The warning is non-blocking and will not prevent you building your product design. |
| Use this field to define the rounding rule to be applied to adjust the calculated quantity of this component to the number of decimal places defined for the stock unit of the parent product. You can set this field to one of the following values:
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| Type in the percentage of the component that you expect to be scrap (lost during the production process). Inquiries can display the following figures:
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| Select this check box to exclude a component quantity from the percentage and quantity calculations. You might use this feature if a component used in a chemical formula vaporizes, for example. |
| This figure displays the total cost of this component in the product design unit (Design UOM field (NPIUOM)) for the displayed Calculation quantity (CLCQTY field). |
| This figure displays the total cost of this component for the defined component unit (UOM field (BOMUOM)) for the displayed Calculation quantity (CLCQTY field). |
| This field is set to the default quantity 1. |
| This field displays the total cost of this component from the product-cost record. You can add or amend the value, as required. |
| This field displays the current material cost for this component from the product-cost record. You can add or amend the value, as required. |
| This field displays the current machine cost for this component from the product-cost record. You can add or amend the value, as required. |
| This field displays the current labor cost for this component from the product-cost record. You can add or amend the value, as required. |
| This field displays the subcontract service cost from the product-cost record. You can add or amend the value, as required. The price used to value the service is specified by the VLTSCEOEXT - Service value price/planned PC parameter (ACH chapter, COS group). |
| This field displays the overhead costs for this component from the product-cost record. You can add or amend the value, as required. |
| Select this check box to prevent updates to the costs for this component. You might use this feature once you have determined the costs for a specific component are correct and should not be altered, for example. |
| Select this check box to exclude the costs for this component from the Unit cost (TOTUNTCST field) and Total cost (TOTEXTCST field) calculations. |
| This field displays the total costs for this component for the displayed calculation quantity (CLCQTY field). |
| This field displays the total cost for this component. This figure is calculated from the selected Cost type (CSTTYP field) + the Overhead cost (OVETOTNPI field). |
| If this component is of type Existing material or Existing assembly and it does not have a product-site record, the note "This component is not available for this production site "[production site code]"" is displayed in this field.
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Totals
| Click this icon to update the costs for this product design revision. |
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| This field displays the total number of units of this product design that are being costed. If a product design unit is set to a value that represents weight or volume it will be set to the calculated gross quantity. |
| This field displays the cost per single unit of this design product. |
| This field displays the total (gross) cost for this product design BOM for the quantity displayed in the Design link quantity field (TOTQTY). |
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| This field displays the quantity calculated for this product design revision. It is calculated from the Total quantity and Manual Yield % fields. |
| This field displays the total net cost for this product design BOM for the quantity displayed in the Net quantity field (TOTQTYNET). |
| This field displays the calculated expected yield for this product design revision. This figure represents the production efficiency percentage. The calculation of this figure includes the percentage of the component that you expect to be lost during the production process from the % scrap field (SCA). |
| This field displays the calculated expected yield for this product design revision. You can adjust this figure manually. This figure represents the production efficiency percentage. The calculation of this figure includes the percentage of the component that you expect to be lost during the production process from the % scrap field (SCA). |
| Select this check box to prevent the Manual yield % field (EFF) from being recalculated. To recalculate the Manual yield % field automatically each time the formula is adjusted, leave clear. |
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| This field displays the total number of units of this product design that are being costed. If a product design unit is set to a value that represents weight or volume it will be set to the calculated gross quantity. |
| This field displays the total cost of this design product for the displayed Total quantity (ADJEXTCSTBY). |
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Click Line text entry from the Actions icon to add text to this component line.
A T icon will be displayed on the component line. You can click this icon to view, or adjust the text associated with this component.
Click Image from the Actions icon to view or change an image associated with this component.
This action is only available if an Image icon is displayed on the component line. You can also click this icon to view, or change the image associated with this component.
Click Product details from the Actions icon to view or amend the details of this component/product.
This action is only available for components of typeExisting material orExisting assembly. You must publish components of type New material before you can view the product details.
Fields
The following fields are included in this window :
Block number 1
| This field displays the component product code. |
| For components of type Existing material, and Existing assembly, this field displays the description from the product record. For components of type New material, Design assembly, and Generic product, this field displays the description from the Product design header table (NPIHEADER). |
| This field displays the quantity of this component in the component unit of measure (UOM field (BOMUOM)) that is needed to make the design product based on the percentage defined in the % quantity BOM UOM field (PRCBOMQTY), if the component unit of measure also represents weight or volume. For all other units of measure (such as EACH, AREA, LENGTH), this field displays the quantity of this component in the selected unit (field BOMUOM) that is needed to make the design product.
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| Use this field to add circuit references to this component line. There is no limit to the number of circuit references you can add. An information message will warn where line references are not equal to the component quantity. For example, a design engineer includes a circuit board as a component of a production BOM. The circuit board needs 10 LED lights to be attached. The design engineer uses the Circuit references column to describe where to add the LED lights to the circuit board. |
| Use this field to add drawing references to this component line. There is no limit to the number of drawing references you can add. An information message will warn where line references are not equal to the component quantity. For example, a design engineer includes a circuit board as a component of a production BOM. The circuit board needs 10 LED lights to be attached. The design engineer uses the Drawing references column to cross reference to CAD, manual drawings, or a file name. |
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Click Reference from the Actions icon to add circuit and drawing references to this component line. There is no limit to the number of circuit or drawing references you can add. An information message will warn where line references are not equal to the component quantity.
For example, a design engineer includes a circuit board as a component of a production BOM. The circuit board needs 10 LED lights to be attached. The design engineer uses the Circuit references column to describe where to add the LED lights to the circuit board, and the Drawing references column to cross reference to the CAD, manual drawings, or file name.
Fields
The following fields are included in this window :
Component - existing product
| This field is populated if this selected component is of type Existing material, or Existing assembly, that is, the component currently exists as a stock record in the Products table (ITMMASTER). |
| This field displays the component product code. |
| This field indicates which version of this product applies. Major versions might be used where there have been increased or significant changes to the original or previous version, that is the "form, fit or function" has changed. This field is not populated if the product code defined in the Product field is not version managed. |
| This field indicates which minor version of this product applies. Minor versions might be used where there have been minor features or changes in functionality, or significant fixes applied to a specific major version. This field is not populated if the product code defined in the Product field is not version managed. |
Component - other
| This field is populated with the selected component code if the selected component is of type New material, that is, it does not currently exist as a stock record in the Products table (ITMMASTER). |
| For components of type Existing material, and Existing assembly, this field displays the description from the product record. For components of type New material, Design assembly, and Generic product, this field displays the description from the Product design header table (NPIHEADER). |
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| This field is populated with the selected component code if the selected component is of type Generic product, that is, it is a placeholder product. A placeholder product can be an existing material or assembly that exists as a stock record, or a "new" material or assembly that does not yet exist as a stock record. |
| For components of type Existing material, and Existing assembly, this field displays the description from the product record. For components of type New material, Design assembly, and Generic product, this field displays the description from the Product design header table (NPIHEADER). |
Block number 4
| This field is populated with the selected component code if the selected component is of type Design assembly, that is, it is a subassembly but the product currently only exists as a product design BOM that has not yet been published to the Products table (ITMMASTER), and to the Products - BOMs table (ITMBOM). |
| For components of type Existing material, and Existing assembly, this field displays the description from the product record. For components of type New material, Design assembly, and Generic product, this field displays the description from the Product design header table (NPIHEADER). |
| This field is populated with the defined internal identification number of the defined product design BOM in which this selected component code is defined as a subassembly. This field is only displayed for components of type Design assembly. |
| This field defines the production site for the selected revision number for the defined product design BOM in which this selected component code is defined as a subassembly. This field is only displayed for components of type Design assembly. |
Processing
| Use this field to search for this component at a specific production site. To search for this component across all production sites, leave blank. |
| Use this field to search for this component in product design BOMs at a specific status in the design cycle. To search for this component across all design statuses, select the All status check box. |
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Click Where used from the Actions icon to locate every product design BOM revision, and every level of a product design BOM revision in which this component is used.
The search functionality is limited to the component type for this specific component line.
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This section is used by user roles with Manager or Super user authorization, such as the design engineer for this product design BOM revision, as well as subject matter experts that have been assigned to provide input into this design.
As a user role with Manager or Super user authorization, such as the design engineer for this product design revision, you use this section to assign this product design revision to subject matter experts. Subject matter experts, or "approvers", are individuals within, or external to your organization that can provide input into this design.
"Approvers" you assign to review this product design revision should have the expertise to adequately assess this design from both a business and a technical perspective. They have administrative rights to advance or reverse the design through the stages of the approval cycle as they deem necessary.
As approvers have authority to approve or reject this design it is important that you give due consideration to which subject matter experts you assign.
As an "approver" you have been assessed as having the expertise to review the business case and the requirements for this product design BOM revision.
You might be an internal approver, or an external approver. As an external approver, you might work for a customer that was sold a prototype of this product design and have now reviewed the design against the requirements, or you might be an organization such as the Food Safety and Inspection Service.
As an approver you should assess this product design BOM revision from both a business and a technical perspective.
Upon completion of your review, you notify the design engineer for this product design BOM revision by setting an approval status.
Your user role must have Internal approver, or External approver authorization.
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Fields
The following fields are present on this tab :
Approver
| Use this field to identify the subject matter expert that has the expertise to review the business case and the requirements for this product design BOM revision. Subject matter experts, or "approvers", have a user role with Internal approver, or External approver authorization. They have the authority to approve or reject the suggested design. Type in, or select a user code. |
| Use this field to set the date you assign an "approver" to this product design BOM revision, or as an approver, the date you change the Approval status field. |
| Use this field to indicate the current status of the decision in the review of the business case and requirements for the product design revision. The standard approval cycle is: Approval pending > Approval submitted > Approval in progress > Approved for prototype > Approved for production. The standard approval cycle for a product design BOM revision that will be rejected is: Approval pending > Approval submitted > Approval in progress > Approval rejected. You can be flexible with the approval cycle status. For example, for a product design BOM revision that reaches Approved for prototype status, then a prototype is sent to customers for approval and is subsequently rejected, the approval cycle could be: Approval pending > Approval submitted > Approval in progress > Approved for prototype > Approval rejected. |
| Use this field following your review as an "approver" for this product design revision to indicate how many of this design you approve for production as a prototype product (by raising prototype work orders). Your figure should represent the maximum number of prototype products you need to run through your approval cycle.
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| Use this field following your review as an "approver" for this product design revision to define the unit in which the Maximum quantity of this component should be produced as a pilot product, or for full production.
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Approval information
| Use this free-format text field to summarize your decision on your review of the business case and the requirements for this product design BOM revision. You could use it, for example, to state assumptions or make recommendations to the engineer responsible for this particular design revision. As the design engineer for this product design BOM revision you could use it to respond to comments or recommendations added by an "approver". |
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Use this section to link up to 2 images to your product design revision.
Simply click Select file. Locate the image, then click it.
Stock items can only have one image attached to them. You can choose which image to link to the new product when you publish this design assembly.
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Fields
The following fields are present on this tab :
Design images
| Use this field to select an image to display on this record. |
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Click the Header text action to add supporting text to this product design revision. A free-format Text entry box is displayed. You have unlimited characters with which to add information to support your design revision.
A T icon is displayed in the home section if you add supporting text to this product design revision.
Click the New material action to manage a new material "parent" record before you publish the component to the Products table (ITMMASTER).
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Click the Publish new material action to convert a component of type New material to a stock item.
The act of publishing a new material creates the following records:
The New material "parent" record is deleted.
For every product design BOM revision in which the published new material exists as a component:
A detailed log file is displayed upon completion.
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The following fields are present on this tab :
| Select this check box for each new material Component that is ready to be published to stock. |
| This field displays the component product code. |
| This field displays the description for this component from the New material "parent" record. |
| This field displays the component code from the New material "parent record". This code will become the product code when this new material component is published to stock. You can change the component code, if required. |
| This field displays the unit of the calculation quantity. |
| This field displays the description for this component from the New material "parent" record. This will become the product description when this new material component is published to stock. You can change the component description, if required. |
| Use this field to identify the category of product to which this product is to be assigned.
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| This field displays the unit in which the product is stored. It provides the key to prices, costs, volumes etc. |
| Use this field to define the site (warehouse) at which this new product will be stored.
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| This field is subject to the UML - Link quantity in unit of measure activity code. Use this field to define the product density. Density is the mass of the product (measured in g (grams) or Kg (kilograms), for example) divided by its volume (measured in ml (milliliters) or cm³ (cubic centimeters), for example). |
| This field defaults to the defined Production site (MFGFCY field), if defined, but can be changed. |
| This field defaults to the currency associated with the defined cost site (Cost site field). You cannot change it. |
| This field is significant for costing your product design revision. The default cost type is Standard costing. You can choose to cost this product design revision using one of the following cost types:
The Cost type is mandatory for the cost calculations. Existing products that you add to your design as components read from the defined product-cost record to contribute to the overall unit and total cost of your design. New materials that you add to your design as components do not initially have any costs associated with them. You add the costs manually either to the component line, or when you publish the new material to the Products table (ITMMASTER). The act of publishing the new material creates the appropriate product-cost record simultaneously, writing the costs from the new material to the defined product-cost record. The overall unit and total cost of your design are then updated to include the new material costs. |
| Enter or select the number of the fiscal year for the company and the ledger type. |
| This field displays the start date defined for the selected fiscal year. You cannot change this date. |
| This field displays the end date defined for the selected fiscal year. You cannot change this date. |
| This field displays the cost group set on the product. It can be amended. Cost calculations are used to break down material costs. Use this field to define where (subtotal) the material cost for this product category must be posted.
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| Use this field to enter the cost update indicator (for each type):
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| This field is populated with the message "Product ID will be deleted and will be created by a sequence number" if the selected product Category (TLCCOD field) has a Product sequence code (ITMREFCOU field) assigned to it. This message is informing you that the Product code (NEWITMREF field) will be replaced by the next sequential code value.
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Click the Where used action to locate every product design BOM revision, and every level of a product design BOM revision in which a specific component is used.
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Click the Publish product action to convert a design product of type Design assembly to stock. You must publish a design assembly before you can create it as an "in-production" production BOM.
The act of publishing the design product creates the following records:
The product design Product published check box is selected.
A detailed log file is displayed upon completion.
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Fields
The following fields are present on this tab :
Product
| This field displays the internal identification code for this new product design. For example, NPI-Rotating tower crane. |
| This field displays the internal identification number for this product design revision. |
| The Production site is the site at which your new product will be assembled.
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| This field displays the unit in which this product will be costed and/or manufactured. The Design UOM is mandatory for the quantity calculations. |
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| The Design product code becomes the final product code, the code that is written to the Products table (ITMMASTER) when this product design BOM revision is published. Type in the new product code. |
| This description becomes the final product description, the description that is written to the Products table (ITMMASTER) when this product design BOM revision is published. Leave the description displayed, or type in a new description for this new product code. |
| Use this field to define the site (warehouse) at which this new product will be stored.
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| Use this field to identify the category of product to which this product is to be assigned.
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| This field is populated with the message "Product ID will be deleted and will be created by a sequence number" if the selected product Category (TLCCOD field) has a Product sequence code (ITMREFCOU field) assigned to it. This message is informing you that the Product code (NEWITMREF field) will be replaced by the next sequential code value.
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Costing
| This field displays the cost site for this new product. The product-site record will be the Product code from either the Design product code, or the next sequential product category sequence code, plus the Stock site from this Cost site. |
| This field is significant for costing your product design revision. The act of publishing the new design product creates the appropriate product-cost record simultaneously, writing the costs from the product design BOM revision to the product-cost record. |
| This field defaults to the currency associated with the defined cost site (Cost site field). You cannot change it. |
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| Enter or select the number of the fiscal year for the company and the ledger type. |
| This field displays the start date defined for the selected fiscal year. You cannot change this date. |
| This field displays the end date defined for the selected fiscal year. You cannot change this date. |
| This field displays the cost group set on the product. It can be amended. Cost calculations are used to break down material costs. Use this field to define where (subtotal) the material cost for this product category must be posted.
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| Use this field to enter the cost update indicator (for each type):
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Costs
| This field displays the total stock value of the components in this product design BOM revision. You can amend this figure as required. |
| This field displays the total material cost of the components in this product design BOM revision. You can modify this figure as required. |
| This field displays the total machine cost of the components in this product design BOM revision. You can modify this figure as required. |
| This field displays the total labor cost of the components in this product design BOM revision. You can modify this figure as required. |
| This field displays the subcontract service cost. The price used to value the service is specified by the VLTSCEOEXT - Service value price/planned PC parameter (ACH chapter, COS group). |
| This field displays the total overhead costs of the components in this product design BOM revision. You can modify this figure as required. |
| This field is set to the default quantity 1. |
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Click the Publish BOM action to convert a published design assembly revision to an "in design" production BOM, that is, a BOM is created in the Production BOMs function (GESBODP) with a New product in design mode warning attached (in the home section). This warning indicates that the product has only been released as a prototype product and has not yet been released as a full production BOM.
The Approval status field (APPSTA) must be set to Approved for production.
You can view the published "in-design" assembly in the Production BOMs function (GESBODP).
For every product design BOM in which this published design assembly revision exists as a subassembly:
The product design BOM published check box is selected.
This action (Publish BOM) is now disabled.
A detailed log file is displayed upon completion.
This action is only reactivated if the component details for this product design BOM revision are modified. A warning is displayed if you select this action for this product design BOM revision again. The production BOM is updated from this product design BOM revision to include the modified component details.
Click the Product detail action to view or amend the details of the product created from this product design BOM revision.
This action is only available if theProduct published checkbox in the home section of this product design BOM revision is selected.
Click the BOM detail action to view or amend the details of the production BOM created from this product design BOM revision.
This action is only available if theBOM published checkbox in the home section of this product design BOM revision is selected. You must publish product design BOMs of type Design assembly before you can view the production BOM details.
Click the Work order action to create a prototype work order for the "in design" production BOM created from this product design BOM revision, that is, the production BOM has a New product in design mode warning displayed in the home section.
This action is only available if theBOM published checkbox in the home section of this product design BOM revision is selected. You must publish product design BOMs of type Design assembly before you can create prototype work orders.
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Click the Release action to select which revision of this product design to release as a new product.
This action is only available if theApproval status field (APPSTA) is set to Approved for production, and the status of the product design BOM revision has advanced to Production (Status field (NPISTA)).
Each revision of this product design that has been approved for production and advanced to Production status is listed in the Revisions table (Release product screen). Select the Release check box (NBLIG1) for the product design BOM revision that you want to release as a new product, and as a full production BOM.
You can only release one revision of this product design BOM.
The linked production BOM is automatically selected for release. Using the Production BOMs table you can now do the following:
For the default production BOM and each additional production BOM alternative selected for release:
For the product design BOM revisions:
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Fields
The following fields are present on this tab :
| This Product code is the final product code, the code that was written to the Products table (ITMMASTER) when this product design BOM revision was published. |
| This field indicates which version of this product applies. Major versions might be used where there have been increased or significant changes to the original or previous version, that is the "form, fit or function" has changed. This field is not populated if the product code defined in the Product field is not version managed. |
| This field indicates which minor version of this product applies. Minor versions might be used where there have been minor features or changes in functionality, or significant fixes applied to a specific major version. This field is not populated if the product code defined in the Product field is not version managed. |
| Use the status to change product availability. The titles in the local menu can be set up and managed as follows:
Non blocking and blocking messages according to the context and status:
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In addition to the generic error messages, the following messages can appear during the entry :
Product design revision numbers must be sequential. The revision number you have entered is not greater than the previous revision number for this product design BOM.
Component quantities can only be recorded and calculated based on a percentage if the Design UOM field is set to a unit that represents weight or volume, and the % calculation check box is selected.
All BOM components are defined by a "type". The component type you have selected is incorrect. For example, if the selected component exists as a stock item you cannot add it to a product design BOM revision as a component of type New material.
Component quantities for this product design revision are based on a percentage calculation, that is, the Design UOM field is set to a unit that represents weight or volume, and the % calculation check box is selected. The sum of the percentage of each component (% quantity BOM UOM field (PRCBOMQTY)) must equal 100.
Where a component has the Exclude quantity check box (EXCLOKQTY) selected, the quantity is excluded by default from the percentage calculations.
This message is displayed to warn you that the selected component exists as a component in a different product design BOM. You cannot delete this component.
For reference, a generated log file includes a Where used section listing each product design record that includes this component.
The selected component has this Product design code as a component in its BOM.
You have entered a component of type Existing material or Existing assembly that does not have a product-site record. Two warnings are displayed:
There is no limit to the number of circuit or drawing references you can add per component. These information messages simply warn you that line references are not equal to the component quantity.
If you click this icon both the component costs (if the Lock costs check box is clear), and the Totals block in the Design BOM section will be updated immediately. Do you want to update both these costs?
If you click this icon, the Totals block in the Design BOM section will be updated immediately. Do you want to update these costs?
This message is displayed to warn you that the selected component exists as a component of type New material in a different product design BOM. You should consider the impact of publishing this new material to stock.
These messages are displayed to warn you that a product category you have selected does not have a Flow type set to Bought (PURFLG check box), Sold (SALFLG check box) or Manufactured (MFGFLG check box). You must choose a different product category before you can publish this new material or design assembly to stock.
This message is displayed to warn you that the product categoryStock unit field (STU) does not match the stock unit for the new material calculation quantity in the STK field (STU). You must choose a different product category before you can publish this new material to stock.
The Publish BOM action is displayed after a product design BOM revision is published as a production BOM if the component details for the product design BOM revision are modified. This provides the facility for the design engineer to update the production BOM with the modified component details, or to load a different revision of the product design BOM and publish the revision to a full production BOM, applying a different BOM alternative Code for the parent product code.