Subcontracting Plants
The
Subcontract to Plants 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 views of BOM Transformer.
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 BOM Transformer. Plant 1 can manufacture the door assembly but is not equipped to manufacture window frames and glass panels on the doors. Use the
Subcontract to Plants action to assign manufacturing jobs of window frame to Plant 2 and glass panels to say, Plant 3 and Plant 4.
Subcontract information is displayed in the Subcontract To Plant and Subcontract From Plant columns in BOM Transformer. The Subcontract To Plant column displays the name of the plant to which the part is subcontracted. The Subcontract 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.
Before initiating the
Subcontract to Plants action, set appropriate plant values in
Views with Specific Plant Data preference. Optionally, set appropriate values in
List of Plant-Specific Views preference. For more information, see
Preferences in MPMLink.
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 to Plants dialog box opens.
3. From the Subcontract to list, select the plants to which you want to subcontract the subassembly or part.
| You can only subcontract to the peer views or the child views of the plant that is assigned to the selected part. |
4. Click OK to complete the subcontracting process.
The subcontract information is displayed in the
Subcontract To Plant and
Subcontract From Plant columns in BOM Transformer. You can also access subcontract information using the
Equivalence Network attribute. For more information, see
Equivalence Network.
Paste as Subcontract Plant
Use the Paste as Subcontract to Plants 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 to Plants action. The only difference is, you cannot change the view in the Subcontract to Plants 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 Paste as Subcontract to Plants dialog box opens.
4. From the Subcontract to list, select the plants to which you want to subcontract the subassembly or part.
5. Click OK to complete the subcontracting process.
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