Creating an Application Part

An application part is an intermediate object that models a manufacturer equivalent part (MEP) that has context to a specific assembly and location level. An application part is functionally equivalent to an enterprise part, with one or more MEPs, with both assembly and location context.

Required Access Roles:

  • Baseline: Author, Leader
  • App-specific: Senior Design Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, or Component Engineer

When an MEP application context is used, an intermediate application part object is created and relationships are created between the app assembly, the location, the enterprise part and one or more enterprise part's MEPs.

  1. Access the AVL report page. See Generating an Approved Vendor List Report.
  2. Check the enterprise part to which to add an application part and click Create Application Part. This link is shown when the location context is chosen, but not when the context is corporate.
  3. Enter details about the part, including the following:

    Field Description
    Name Part names can be generated automatically by the system, or you can type a new part name. Type a unique part name into the Part Name text box.

    Or

    Click Autoname and select an option from the Autoname Series list.

    Location Select the company title, plant title, or location name that will have allocation responsibility for the part. This defaults to the location selected for the AVL Report.
    Custom Revision Level If you want to use a revision other than the one defined in the selected Policy, type a revision number or code.
    Policy The policy is Application Part. If you want to use a policy other than Application Part, click the arrow to select a different policy from the list. This is displayed only if more than one policy is available to you.
    Owner The person who is creating the part. To assign a different owner, click . See Predefined Queries for details.
    Description Enter details that describe the new part.
    Design Responsibility Click to select the organization that has design responsibility for the part. See Predefined Queries for details.

  4. Click Next. The Enter Attributes page opens.
  5. Enter attributes for the new part, including the following:

    Field Description
    Unit of Measure Select a Unit of Measure from the list: LB(pound), IN(inch), GA(gallon), FT(feet), EA(each).
    Material Category Select the substance the part is made of, for example: Metal, Plastic, Glass, Rubber, Concrete.
    Part Classification Select the general category of part from the list, for example: Unassigned, Wiring Harness, Software, Sheet Metal, Printed Circuit Board, Molded, Machined, Hardware, Extrusion, Other.
    Production Make Buy Code Select one of the following: Unassigned, Make (items designed and fabricated in house), or Buy (items bought from outside sources).
    Service Make Buy Code Select one of the following: Unassigned, Make (in-house services), or Buy (services provided from outside sources).
    Weight Type the weight of the part and select a unit of measure for the weight from the list.
    Target Cost Type the target cost on a per part basis.
    Lead Time From the list, select the time that it will take to manufacture the part.
    Estimated Cost Type the estimated cost on a per part basis. Select the currency from the list.
    Effectivity Date Click and select a target date for the part to become effective in the bill of materials.

    The actual effective date is determined by the release date of the change object that releases the bill of materials in which the part is used.

  6. Click Next.

    The Specify Associated Manufacturer Equivalent Parts page opens, showing the corporate approved and location-specific MEPs associated to the enterprise part.

  7. Select parts to be associated to the application part.
  8. Click Done.

    Once the application part is created, it will be displayed instead of the enterprise part whenever the context location AVL report is displayed. Clicking on the application part name displays the application part Properties page.

    When the application part reaches the Complete state, any MEP connect or disconnect actions to the application part will cause it to revise.