Mass Change Process Plan

This page allows you to replace the original activity with the new activity details. Tell me more

Select the” Mass Change Process plan” link under “Process Model” business component.

The “Mass Change Process plan” page appears

Enter the following details in the header:

Mass Change Ref.	The unique number identifying the mass change reference generated by the system. Mandatory. The system generates the mass change reference using the numbering types from the “Numbering Type” business component.
	Press <Enter> key.
	The mass change reference should not be left blank and should exist in the mass change master. The system retrieves the mass change details for the specified mass change reference.
	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 mass change the process plans in online mode. Otherwise mass change will be executed as a batch process. The system leaves the box “Checked” by default on launch of the page.

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

Maintained By (PP)	Use the drop-down list box to select the “Maintained By” control units for which the login user has “View” access permission to the process plan. The system retrieves the control units from the control unit master of the “Organization Model” business component along with a blank value. The system displays the default value based on the save template field defined for the login user. However, if the default does not exist for the login user then displays “Blank” by default on launch of the page.
Production Controller (PP)	Use the drop-down list box to select the production controller control units for which the login user has “View” access permission to the process plan. The system retrieves the control units from the control unit master of the “Organization Model” business component along with a blank value. The system displays the default value based on the save template field defined for the login user. However, if the default does not exist for the login user then displays “Blank” by default on launch of the page.
Status (PP)	Use the drop-down list box to select the status of the process plan. The system displays the default value based on the save template field defined for the login user. However, if the default does not exist for the login user then displays “Active” by default on launch of the page. The options available are
	Active – indicates valid process plan.
	Draft – indicates incomplete process plan.
	Inactive – indicates invalid process plan.
Old Activity Code	The code identifying the original standard or non-standard activity which is to be replaced.
	Press <Enter> key.
	The original activity code should not be left blank and should exist in the activity master. The system retrieves the description for the specified original activity code.
	Help facility available.

The system displays the following:

Desc.	The description of the original activity code.
	Zoom facility available.

Enter the following:

Resource No.	The number identifying the resource of the activity.
	Help facility available.
Component Item	The code identifying the component item linked to the activity of a process plan.
Parent Item Code	The code identifying the parent item of the process plan.
PP Category	Use the drop-down list box to select the category of the process plan. 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. The options available are:
	Production – indicates the process plan used for production purpose.
	Costing – indicates the process plan used for costing purpose.
	Purchase – indicates the process plan used for the item that is purchased.
	Engineering – indicates the process plan under engineering change control.
	Subcontract – indicates the process plan used for the item that is subcontracted.
	Rework – indicates the process plan used for the item that is reworked.

Click the “Search” pushbutton to retrieve the search results in the multiline.

Enter the following details in the “New Activity Details” group box:

Maintained By (PP)	Use the drop-down list box to select the “Maintained By” control units for which the login user has “View” access permission to the process plan. The system retrieves the control units from the control unit master of the “Organization Model” business component along with a blank value. The system displays the default value based on the save template field defined for the login user. However, if the default does not exist for the login user then displays “Blank” by default on launch of the page.
Production Controller (PP)	Use the drop-down list box to select the production controller control units for which the login user has “View” access permission to the process plan. The system retrieves the control units from the control unit master of the “Organization Model” business component along with a blank value. The system displays the default value based on the save template field defined for the login user. However, if the default does not exist for the login user then displays “Blank” by default on launch of the page.
Status (PP)	Use the drop-down list box to select the status of the process plan. The system displays the default value based on the save template field defined for the login user. However, if the default does not exist for the login user then displays “Blank” by default on launch of the page. The options available are:
	Draft – indicates incomplete process plan.
	Inactive – indicates invalid process plan.
Activity Code	The code identifying the new standard or non-standard activity.
	Press <Enter> key.
	The activity code should not be left blank and should exist in activity master. The system retrieves the description for the specified Activity code
	Help facility available.

The system displays the following in the “New Activity Details” group box:

Desc.	The description of the new activity code.
	Zoom facility available.

Enter the following in the “New Activity Details” group box:

Overlap %	The percentage of time of the selected activity that overlaps its preceding activity's time. If the overlap percentage is specified, it should be greater than or equal to zero. Overlap percentage cannot exceed 100%.
Transfer Lotsize	The percentage of quantity of the selected activity that overlaps its preceding activity's quantity. If the transfer lot size is specified, then it should be greater than zero.
Min. Qty.	The minimum quantity yielded from the activity. If the minimum quantity is specified, then it should be greater than zero. If the minimum and maximum quantity is specified, then the minimum quantity should be lesser than maximum quantity. If the quantity is not specified then the system displays “Low Value” as the default quantity.
Max. Qty.	The maximum quantity yielded from the activity. If the maximum quantity is specified, then it should be greater than zero. If the quantity is not specified then the system displays “High Value” as the default quantity.
Valid From	The date from which an activity is valid. If the date is specified, then the system checks if it is in the correct date format. If both valid from and valid to date is specified, then the system ensures that the valid from is lesser than valid to date. If the date is not specified, then the system displays “Low Date” as the default date.
Valid To	The date till which an activity is valid. If the date is specified, then the system checks if it is in the correct date format. If the date is not specified, then the system displays “High Date” as the default date.
Retain Option Rule	Select the check box to retain the option rules for the replaced activities. The system leaves the box “Unchecked” by default on launch of the page.
Update Work Orders	Select the checkbox to indicate that the replaced fields are updated in the work order. The system leaves the box “Checked” by default on launch of the page. If this field is checked, then the system saves the details including Mass Change Ref, New Activity, Process Plan and multiline details and marks it if pending for work order updation.
Save Template	Select the check box to save the default fields that can be viewed when the user revisits the screen. If the defaults (if any) exist then the system retrieves the defaults saved earlier except Mass change Ref, Remarks, Old Activity Code, Desc, Resource No, New Activity Code, Desc and multiline values. Otherwise, leaves the box “Unchecked” by default on launch of the page.

Click the “Replace All“ pushbutton to replace the old activity details with the new activity details.

On initiating this operation, all the rows of Action field in the process plan details multiline should be loaded as "Replace".

Click the “Delete All” pushbutton to delete the old activity details.

On initiating this operation, all the rows of Action field in the process plan details multiline should be loaded as " Delete".

Enter the following in the ”Process Plan Details” multiline:

Action

Use the drop-down list box to select the action values. Mandatory. You can select from "None", “Replace” or "Delete". The system displays “None” by default on launch of the page.

Note: This field is automatically set by the system upon replacement or deletion.

The system displays the following in the “Process Plan Details” multiline:

Process Plan No.	The number identifying the process plan.
PP Desc.	The description of the process plan.
PP Seq.	The sequence number identifying the position sequence of the activity in the of the process plan.
Opt. Seq. No.	The sequence number identifying the option sequence of the activity in the process plan.
Activity Code	The code identifying the standard or non-standard activity.
Desc.	The description of the activity.
Remarks	The remarks of the mass change reference.
Production Controller (PP)	The production controllers defined in the control unit.
Maintained By (PP)	The “Maintained By” control units for which the login user has access permission to the process plan.
Valid From	The date from which an activity is valid.
Valid To	The date till which an activity is valid.
Min. Qty.	The minimum quantity yielded from the activity.
Max. Qty.	The maximum quantity yielded from the activity.

Check the box in the “Select” column to select the process plan for mass changing its details.

Click the “Mass Change Process Plan” pushbutton to create mass change process plan

The system checks the online execution of the process plan. If execute online is “Unchecked”, then the system just save the details into mass change table and marks for batch processing. If execute online is “Checked”, then the system starts the batch process immediately for the given mass change reference. For each process plan the system ensures that the login user has at least “Modify” access permission to the “Maintained By” control unit of the process plan. The system saves the mass change reference details.

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

Mass Change Process Plan – An overview

The screen presents you with search criteria to select the activity to be replaced. On entering the necessary details in the search criteria the system fetches the corresponding results in the multiline. The search criteria capture the control units, component item, resource and process plan category to fetch the related process plan details in the multiline.

You can replace the transfer, minimum and maximum lot sizes together with the validity dates of the new activity selected onto the original activity. You can update the replaced details in the respective work orders. You can also delete the details of the original activities by selecting the appropriate rows in the multiline. On entering the necessary details, the activities are replaced or deleted based on the action values. These action values are automatically set by the system on appropriate action. You can generate the mass change reference for the process plan.