Create Product Structure

This activity allows you to create a product structure, which is a single level bill of material. Tell me more

Select the “Create Product Structure” link under ”Bill Of Material Model” business component.

The “Create Product Structure” page appears.

Enter the following details:

PS No.	The unique number identifying the product structure. Mandatory.
	Press <Enter> Key.
	The system checks if the PS number is left blank. If it is left blank, then the validations are not performed. If it is not left blank, then the validations for the PS number are performed and the corresponding PS details are retrieved. The product structure should exist in the product structure master. The system retrieves the Business Unit for the “Maintained By” control unit of the product structure from the “Organization Model” business component. If the Business Unit is same as that of the login Organization Unit, then the system does not display an error message. Otherwise, displays an error message. The system retrieves the multiline details in ascending order of the PS sequence and option sequence. The system retrieves the Organization Unit defined in the “Item Administration” business component mapped to the warehouse Organization Unit of the product structure.
	Help facility available.

Note: Product Structure defines the single level bill of material that illustrates the relationship between different input and output items, co-products and by-products. Single level Bill of Material is termed as "Product Structure".

Click “Get” pushbutton to display the retrieved product structure details.
Enter the following details:

PS Desc.	The description of the product structure.
	Zoom facility available.

Status	Use the drop down list box to select the appropriate status of the product structure. Mandatory. You can select from “Active”, “Draft” or “Inactive”. The system displays the default value based on the default set through the save template field. Otherwise, the system displays “Active” by default on launch of the page. This field should not be left blank.
	Active – indicates a valid product structure.
	Draft – indicates an incomplete product structure.
	Inactive – indicates an invalid product structure.

Note: The status can be modified through the Edit Product Structure activity.

The system displays the following:

Plant

The plant of the warehouse where the item is identified. The plant corresponding to the warehouse gets displayed.

Enter the following details:

Item Code	The code identifying the output item for which the product structure is being defined. Mandatory.
	Press <Enter> key.
	The item code should not be left blank. If the variant is left blank, then the item code should be valid and should be in “Active” status. If the variant is not left blank, then the item code and variant combination should be valid and should be in “Active” status. In both the cases, the system finds the Organization Unit defined in the “Item Administration” business unit is mapped to the login Organization Unit from the “CIM Model” business component. The system also checks for the existence of the item in the “Item Administration” business component. The Organization Unit of the “Process Model” should be mapped to the Organization Unit of the “Item Administration” business component. If the mapping does not exist then the system displays an error message.
	Help facility available.
Variant Code	The number identifying the variant of the item. The system retrieves the item details for the given item code and variant (if any). If the item does not have a variant, then the system retrieves the item details for the specified item. If the item has a variant, then the system retrieves the item details for the item and variant combination. If the item has more than one variant and the variant is not specified, then the system displays an error message.

The system displays the following:

Desc.	The description in the combination of the item and its variant. The system retrieves the description for the item and variant combination from the “Item Administration” business component.
	Zoom facility available.

Note: If help on item code was taken, then the system retrieves the description along with the item code.

Enter the following details:

Maintained By

Use the drop-down list box to select the “Maintained By” control units for which the login user has “Transaction” and/or “View” access permission. Mandatory. The system retrieves the control units from the “Organization Model” business component. The system displays the default value based on the value saved through the save template field. Otherwise, the system displays the “Default Maintained By” defined for the login user If neither the default “Maintained By” or the default through the save template field exist, then the system displays the first value as the default value.

PS Usage

Use the drop down list box to select the product structure usage. Mandatory. You can select from “Standard”, “Alternate1”, “Alternate2”, “Alternate3”, “Alternate4” or “Alternate5”. The system displays the default value based on the default set through the save template field. Otherwise, the system displays “Standard” by default on launch of the page. For the item/item variant and plant combination, the system finds if there exists standard product structure defined. If there is only one standard product structure, then the system retrieves the corresponding product structure details. If there are more than one standard product structures then the system retrieves the product structure details of the first "Standard" product structure. If there are no standard product structures, then the system default the first of the alternate product structure for the item/item variant combination along with the plant.

Note: A product structure can be linked automatically to a process plan based on the selection of the output item, variant, UOM, Plant, category and usage. The selection has to be made in conjunction with the process plan usage.

PS Category	Use the drop-down list box to select the category of the product structure. Mandatory. You can select from “Production”, “Costing”, “Engineering” or “Sub-Contracting Purchase”. The selection of the options depends on the “Source” of the primary output item for which the product structure is defined. The system displays the default value based on the default set through the save template field. Otherwise, the system displays “Production” by default on launch of the page.
	Production – indicates the product structure used for production purpose.
	Costing – indicates the product structure used for costing purpose.
	Engineering – indicates the product structure used for engineering purpose.
	Subcontracting – indicates the product structure used for sub-contracting purpose.
	Purchase – indicates the product structure used for the item that is purchased.
	Rework – indicates the product structure used for rework order processing.

Note: The category of the product structure is checked against the source of the item or item and variant combination. The source of the item should match with the category selected.

Enter the following details:

Warehouse Code	The warehouse where the supplies for the output items are raised. Mandatory. If the item does not have a variant or has only one variant, then the system retrieves the standard warehouse for the item/item variant.
	Help facility available.

Note: If PS category is set to “Engineering”, then the warehouse can be left blank.

Parent Qty.

The quantity of the primary output item. The quantity of input items required is then defined for producing this quantity. Parent quantity should be greater than "Zero". Mandatory.

The system displays the following:

UOM	The unit of measurement of the product structure.

Enter the following details:

Process Plan No.	The number identifying the process plan. If process plan is specified, then bill of resource must not be specified. Process plan entered should exist and should be in “Active” status.
	Help facility available.

Note: The process plan is mapped onto a product structure to establish a manual link.

Bill Of Resource	The number identifying the bill of resource. A bill of resource indicates the sequence of activities used for production of output items. The list of required capacity on key resources needed to manufacture a unit of selected item. If bill of resource is specified, then process plan number must not be specified. Bill of resource entered should exist and should be in “active” status.
	Help facility available.
Default For	Use the drop down list box to select the default to be set when the product structure is created. You can select from “MRP&Rollup”, “Rollup”, “MRP” or “Blank”. The system displays the default value based on the default set through the save template field. Otherwise, the system displays “MRP” by default on launch of the page. Values are
	MRP – indicates a blank value.
	MRP&Rollup – indicates that the product structure is defaulted as the product structure to be used when MRP and Rollup is run.
	Rollup – indicates that the product structure is defaulted as the product structure to be used when Roll Up is run.
	MRP – indicates the product structure that is defaulted as the product structure to be used when MRP is run.
Save Template	Select the check box to save the default fields PS usage, PS category, default for, status, maintained by, parent qty and qty in the multiline. The system leaves the box “Unchecked” by default on launch of the page. The system retrieves the defaults (if any) saved earlier.

Enter the following in the ”Component Details” multiline:

PS Seq.

The sequence number that identifies the input item position in the product structure. Mandatory.

Note: The sequence number is defined by the system during the creation of product structure. You can also define the sequence number for the input items during creation. Further if the field is left blank, the system calculates the PS Seq No automatically by taking the last highest value plus the incriminator. Repeated sequence numbers can also be defined.

Item Code	The code identifying the input item. Mandatory.
	Press <Enter> key.
	For all selected rows, the item should not be left blank. If the variant is left blank, then the item should be valid and should be in “Active” status. For all selected rows, the system retrieves the item details for the given item code and variant (if any). If the item does not have a variant, then the system retrieves the item details for the specified item. If the Item has a variant, then the system retrieves the item details for the item and variant combination.
	Help facility available.
Variant Code	The code or number identifying the variant of the input item.

The system displays the following in the ”Component Details” multiline:

Desc.

The description in the combination of the item/item variant.

Enter the following in the ”Component Details” multiline:

Quantity

The quantity of the input or secondary output items. In case of input items, it refers to the quantity required to produce the primary output quantity. The system displays the default value based on the default defined for the login user or based on the default value set through the save template field. Otherwise, the system displays “1.0” by default on launch of the page. If quantity is specified, it should be greater than zero.

The system displays the following in the ”Component Details” multiline:

UOM

The production unit of measure of the item. The system retrieves the UOM for the item, variant and Organization Unit combination from the “Item Administration” business component.

Enter the following in the ”Component Details” multiline:

Scrap %	The effective scrap quantity of the input item expressed as percentage. The system displays “100%” by default on launch of the page. If the scrap is specified, it should be between “0” and “100”.
PP Seq.	The sequence number identifying the position of the activity in the process plan associated with each item. The number also defines the order in which the activities are to be performed.
	Help facility available.

The system displays the following in the ”Component Details” multiline:

Plant

The plant of the warehouse where the item is identified. The plant corresponding to the warehouse gets displayed.

Enter the following in the ”Component Details” multiline:

Warehouse Code	The code identifying the warehouse where the issues for the input items are made.
	Help facility available.
Setup Qty.	The quantity of item required during the setup sub-activity. The system displays “0.0” by default on launch of the page. If the setup quantity is entered, then it should be greater than or equal to zero. For Phantom Items, the setup quantity should be zero.
Batch Qty.	The quantity of item required during the batch sub-activity. The system displays “0.0” by default on launch of the page. If the batch quantity is entered, then it should be greater than or equal to zero. For Phantom Items, the batch quantity should be zero.

The system displays the following in the ”Component Details” multiline:

Item Type

The type of the selected item.

Enter the following in the ”Component Details” multiline:

I/O	Use a drop-down list box to indicate whether an item is an input or output Item.
	Input – Indicates an input item.
	Output – Indicates a secondary output item.
Valid From	The date from which an item is valid based on the condition. If the date is specified, it should be in correct date format. If the date is not specified, then the system displays “Low Date” (the earliest date set in the system parameters) as the default date. The valid from date should be lesser than the valid to date.
Valid To	The date till which an item is valid based on the condition. If the date is specified, it should be in correct date format. If the date is not specified, then the system displays “High Date” (the latest date set in the system parameters) as the default date.
Min. Qty.	The minimum quantity attached to the item. If the minimum quantity is specified, then it should be greater than zero. If the quantity is not specified, then the system displays “Low Quantity” (the bottom limit set in the system parameters) as the default quantity.
Max. Qty.	The maximum quantity attached to the item. If the maximum quantity is specified, then it should be greater than zero. If minimum and maximum quantity is specified, then this field should be less than maximum quantity. If the quantity is not specified, then the system displays “High Quantity” (the upper limit set in the system parameters) as the default quantity.
Ref. Designator	Indicates the reference designators used for identification purposes. Reference designators may be used for locating the position or the unit to which a part belongs.
Lead Time Offset	The lead-time offset indicates the time at which the item is required from the beginning of the first activity. The system displays “0.0” by default on launch of the page.
Stock Status	Use the drop-down list box to select the stock status of the input item. The system displays “Accepted” by default on launch of the page.
	Accepted – indicates the accepted items.
	Rejected – indicates the rejected items.
Critical	Use the drop-down list box to indicate whether an item is critical or not. You can select from “Yes” or “No”. The system displays “No” by default on launch of the page.
Use-Up Option	Use the drop-down list box to indicate whether the items are to be replaced or not. You can select from “Yes” or “No”. The system displays “No” by default on launch of the page.
Repl. Item Code	The code identifying the item that will replace the specified input item.
Repl. Varint Code	The code or number identifying the item variant of the replacement item.
Seq Desc.	The description of the position sequence of the item.

Click the “Get” pushbutton to retrieve the selected records in the multiline.

Check the box in the “Select” column of the multiline to select the component details for creating the product structure.

Click the “Create Product Structure ” pushbutton to create a product structure.

The system ensures that the login user has “All” access permissions to the "Maintained by" control unit of the specified PS number. The product structure cannot be created in “Inactive” status. It also ensures that at least one row in the multiline should be present. This check is made even in the cases where the rows are marked for deletion. After deletion, there should exist at least one row.

For the specified item/item variant combination, if a product structure and process plan link is not automatically established and the PP number is not specified then the system establishes the link between the product structure and the item/item variant combination and sets the status as “Draft”.

The login user ID and the system date are updated in the “Created By” and “Created Date” fields.

To proceed, carry out the following

Select the “Edit Product Structure” link at the bottom of the page to modify the product structure details.
Select the “Edit Order Modifiers” link at the bottom of the page to modify the order modifier details.
Select the “Edit Option Bill” link at the bottom of the page to modify option bills.
Select the “Attach Notes” link at the bottom of the page to modify notes.

The system displays the following:

Created By	The login user ID of the person who has created the product structure.
Created Date	The date on which the product structure was created.

Prerequisites

Mandatory

Items should have been defined in the “Maintain Item – Basic Information”activity of the “Item Administration” business component.

Warehouse should have been defined in the “Create Warehouse Information” activity of the “Storage Administration” business component.

Plant should have been defined in the of the “CIM Model” business component.

Maintained By should have been defined in the “Create Control Unit” activity of the “Organisational Model” business component.

Optional

Process Plan No should have been defined in the “Create Item Process Plan” activity of the “Process Model” business component.

Bill of Resource should have been defined in the “Create Bill Of Resource” activity of the “Process Model” business component.