Mass Change Product Structure

This activity allows you to create a mass change for a product structure. Tell me more

Select the” Mass Change Product Structure” link under the “Bill of Material Model” business component.

The “Mass Change Product Structure” page appears.

Enter the following detail:

Mass Change Ref.	The unique number identifying the mass change reference generated by the system. The system generates the mass change reference based on the numbering types in the “Numbering Type” business component.
	Help facility available.

Click “Get” pushbutton to retrieve the mass change reference details.

Enter the following details:

Remarks	The comment or remarks of the mass change reference.
	Zoom facility available.
Execute Online	Select the checkbox to execute the mass change reference in online mode. The system leaves the box “Checked” by default on launch of the page. If execute online is “Unchecked”, then the system saves the details into mass-change table and marks the records for batch processing. If execute online is “Checked”, then the system starts batch process immediately for the given mass change reference.

Enter the following details in the “Search Criteria” group box:

Plg. Group	The code identifying the planning group for which planning bill is created. Planning group refers to a set of items that have similar characteristics and planning parameters that helps in common planning. Mandatory.
	Press <Enter> key.
	The planning group should exist in the planning group master. If not, the system displays an error message.
	Help facility available.

The system displays the following in the “Search Criteria” group box:

Desc.	The description of the planning group. The system retrieves the short description for the specified planning group.
	Zoom facility available.

Enter the following in the “Search Criteria” group box:

Plant	Use the drop-down list box to select the valid plants of the item or planning group. The system retrieves the all the Organization Unit's from the “Storage Administration” business component to which “Bill of Material Model” business component is mapped along with a blank value. The system displays “Blank” by default on launch of the page.
Item Code	The code identifying the item whose details are to be replaced in the product structure. If item code is specified, then planning group should be left blank.
	Press <Enter> key.
	The item code should exist for the Login Organization Unit. The system retrieves the item description for the specified old item code.
	Help facility available.

The system displays the following in the “Search Criteria” group box:

Desc.	The description in the combination of the item/item variant.
	Zoom facility available.

Enter the following in the “Search Criteria” group box:

Receiving Warehouse	The code identifying the warehouse where the item is identified. If planning group is specified, then this field should be left blank.
	Help facility available.

Item type	Use the drop-down list box to select the type of the item. The system retrieves the types along with a blank value. The default value is displayed based on the default defined for the login user. Otherwise, the system displays “Blank” by default on launch of the page.
Item Group	The code identifying the group of the item.
	Help facility available.
Maintained By	Use the drop down list box to select the “Maintained By” control units for which the login user has “View” access permission. The system retrieves the control units from the “Organization Model” business component along with a blank value. The system displays the default value based on the default defined for the login user. Otherwise, the system displays “Blank” by default on launch of the page.

Status	Use the drop-down list box to select the status of the product structure. You can select from "Active", “Draft”, “Inactive” or “Blank”. The system displays the default value based on the default defined for the login user. Otherwise, the system displays “Blank” by default on launch of the page.
	Active – indicates a valid product structure.
	Draft – indicates an incomplete product structure.
	Inactive – indicates an invalid product structure.

PS Category	Use the drop-down list box to select the category of the product structure. You can select from "Production", "Costing", "Engineering", "Sub-Contracting", “Purchase”, “Re-Work” or “Blank”. The system displays the default value based on the default defined for the login user. Otherwise, the system displays “Blank” 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 under engineering change control.
	Subcontracting – indicates the product structure used for the item that is sub-contracted.
	Rework – indicates the product structure used for the items that are reworked.

Click “Search” pushbutton to retrieve the product structure details in the multiline based on the search criteria.

The system retrieves the product structure details in the multiline for the specified condition:

If the planning group is specified, then the system retrieves only those planning bills where the planning group is a parent. Additionally, if plant is also selected, then the system restricts the planning bill to the specified plant.
If the item code is specified, then the system retrieves all those product structures where the item code is a parent. Additionally, if warehouse is also selected, then the system restricts the product structure to the specified warehouse.
If the maintained by is selected, then the system retrieves only those product structures that belong to the maintained by control unit. If this field is left blank, then the system retrieves all the product structure for which the login user has at least “View” access permission.
If the status is selected, then the system retrieves only those product structures of the selected status. Otherwise, the system retrieves all product structures having status as “Active”, “Inactive” or “Draft”.
If the PS category is left blank, then the system retrieves all the product structures. Otherwise, retrieves only those product structures of the selected category.
If item type is selected, then the system retrieves the product structure of the items of the selected type.
If the item group is specified, then the system retrieves the product structure of the items belonging to the selected group.

The system displays the corresponding results in the multiline:

Enter the following in the “Replace With New” group box:

Std. Order Qty.

The ideal order quantity for the output item required. If planning group is specified, then this field should be left blank. If the quantity is specified, it should not be less than “0.00”.

Std. Batch Qty.

The ideal batch size of the output item required. If planning group is specified, then this field should be left blank. If the quantity is specified, it should not be less than “0.00”.

Fixed Order Qty.	The fixed order quantity. If the planning policy of the item is “Fixed Lot Size” then the fixed order quantity has to be specified.
Min. Order Qty.	The minimum order quantity that is compatible with the product structure. If planning group is specified, then this field should be left blank. If the quantity is specified, then it should be greater than or equal to zero. If minimum order quantity field is not specified, then this field is set to a low value.

Max. Order Qty.

The maximum order quantity that is compatible with the product structure. If planning group is specified, then this field should be left blank. If the quantity is specified, then it should be greater than or equal to zero and greater than the minimum order quantity. If maximum order quantity field is not specified, then this field is set to a high value.

Order Step Qty.

The order quantity that is used to find the optimal order quantity. The minimum order quantity is incremented by a multiple of this quantity to arrive at an optimal work order quantity. If planning group is specified, then this field should be left blank. If the order step quantity is not specified, then this field is set to “0”.

Maintained By	Use the drop down list box to select the “Maintained By” control units for which the login user has “View” access permission. The system retrieves the control units from the “Organization Model” business component along with a blank value. The system displays “Blank” by default on launch of the page.
Status	Use the drop-down list box to select the status of the product structure. You can select from "Active", “Draft”, “Inactive” or “Blank”. The system displays “Blank” by default on launch of the page.
	Active – indicates a valid product structure.
	Draft – indicates an incomplete product structure.
	Inactive – indicates an invalid product structure.
Receiving Warehouse	The code identifying the warehouse where supply is created for the output item.
	Help facility available.
Valid From	The date from which the product structure becomes valid. If the date is specified, it should be in valid date format.

Valid To

The date till which the product structure becomes valid. If the date is specified, it should be in valid date format. If the valid from and valid to date is specified, then this field should be greater than valid from date. If valid from is specified and this field is not specified, then the valid to is set to a high date.

Update Work Orders

Select the checkbox to indicate that the replaced fields should be updated in the work order. The system leaves the box “Unchecked” by default on launch of the page.

Note: If this field is “Checked”, then the system saves the details including mass change ref, new component details and multiline details and marks it as “Pending for WO Updation”.

Save Template

Select the checkbox to save the fields that can be viewed when the user revisits the activity. If this field is checked then save all header details except mass change ref and remarks. The system displays the default value based on the default saved through the save template field. Otherwise, the system leaves the box “Unchecked” by default on launch of the page.

Click “Replace All” pushbutton to replace the new details for the item/planning group.

The system defaults all the selected rows in the multiline with action field as "Replace".

Enter the following detail in the multiline:

Action	Use the drop-down list box to select the action values. You can select from "None" or "Replace". The system displays “None" by default on launch of the page.
	None – indicates no action.
	Replace – indicates that the item in the product structure is to be replaced.

The system displays the following in the multiline:

PS No	The number identifying the product structure.
PS Desc	The description of the product structure.
Std. Order Qty.	The ideal order quantity for the output item.
Std. Batch Qty.	The ideal batch quantity of the output item.
Min. Order Qty.	The minimum quantity that is required to raise a work order for the primary output item.
Max. Order Qty.	The maximum quantity that can be specified as work order quantity for the primary output item.
Order Step Qty.	The order quantity that is used to find the optimal quantity. The minimum order quantity is incremented by a multiple of this quantity to arrive at an optimal work order quantity.
Valid From	The date from which the product structure is valid.
Valid To	The date till which the product structure is valid.

Enter the following in the multiline:

Remarks

The remarks or comment of the product structure.

The system displays the following in the multiline:

PS Category	The category of the product structure. It can be “Production”, "Costing", "Engineering", "Sub-Contracting", “Purchase”, “Re-Work” or “Blank”.
Plg. Group	The code identifying the planning group.
Item Code	The code identifying the item.
Variant Code	The code or number identifying the variant of the item.
Desc	The description in the combination of the item/item variant.
Plant	The valid plant where the item is identified.
Warehouse Code	The code identifying the warehouse where the item is identified.
Maintained By	The “Maintained By” defined in the control unit.

Click the “Mass Change” pushbutton to mass change product structures.

The mass change reference can be left blank only if the "Automatic generation of mass change ref" is set in the “Component Parameters” activity. The system process the selected product structure in the multiline for which the action field is set to "Replace".

The online execution is applicable to only master product structure changes and not for work order product structures. Work order product structure changes are always executed in batch. If execute online checkbox is not selected, then the product structure details copied to mass change table.

The system saves the mass change reference details. If execute online is “Checked”, then the system retrieves back the details. Errors (if any) are displayed in the remarks field.

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

To proceed, carry out the following

Select the “View Mass Change Error Log” link at the bottom of the page to view the error details.

The system displays the following:

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