Subcontracting Plants
The
Subcontract Plant action allows you to subcontract parts and sub-assemblies to other plants. To use the action, make sure that a plant is assigned to parts and sub-assemblies. The plant should be assigned from the correct context. This action is available in the upstream and downstream view of MAPSB.
Consider the following example:
For example, door assembly of a car is planned to be manufactured in Plant 1, so Plant 1 is assigned to the door assembly in MAPSB. Plant 1 can manufacture the door assembly but is not equipped to manufacture window frames of those doors. In this scenario, you can assign the manufacturing of windows frame to Plant 2 using the using the
Subcontract Plant action.
Subcontract information is displayed in the Subcontract To Plant and Subcontract From Plant columns in MAPSB. The Subcontract To Plant column displays the name of the plant to which the part is subcontracted. TheSubcontract From Plant column displays the name of the plant from which the part is subcontracted. Add these columns manually in upstream and downstream to view the status on the latest plant subcontract.
To subcontract a plant, perform the following steps:
1. Select a part or a sub-assembly, which has plant assigned to it.
2. Click > . The Subcontract Plant dialog box opens.
3. Modify the following fields as per your business requirement:
Field | Description |
View | Select the view to be used in the subcontract process. | You can only subcontract to the peer views or the child views of the plant that is assigned to the selected part. |
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BOM Type | Specify the category or the type of BOM being used, such as Production, Costing or Testing. |
Alternate BOM | Select an alternate BOM for the subcontract process. |
Context | Select the context in which the plant is to be created. |
Associated Process Plans | Select whether we want to duplicate the associated process plan or not. The default selection is Duplicate All. | The option is disabled if the structure does not have an associated process plan. |
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Selected Object | Provides information about the part on which the action is initiated. |
Existing Downstream Object | Provides information about the downstream equivalent part of the selected part, if it exists. |
4. Optionally, click Recalculate if you manually modified the values in View, BOM Type and Alternate BOM fields.
5. Click OK to complete the subcontracting process.
Paste as Subcontract Plant
Use the
Paste as Subcontract Plant action to copy a part to be subcontracted from the upstream view to the corresponding part or a different part in the downstream view. Additionally, you can copy a part to be subcontracted from upstream view to a different part within the downstream view.
This action is similar to the Subcontract Plant action. The only difference is, you cannot change the view in the Subcontract Plant dialog box.
Perform the following steps:
1. Right-click a part or sub-assembly to be subcontracted and select Copy.
2. In the downstream view, select the part under which you want to paste this part.
3. Click > . The Subcontract Plant dialog box opens.
4. Modify the values in the fields as required.
| In this dialog box, you cannot change the view. |
5. Optionally, click Recalculate if you manually modified the values in BOM Type and Alternate BOM fields.
6. Click OK to complete the subcontracting process.
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