Planning Builds Page

This topic shows you how to view the Planning Builds page, which shows all build instances under the context manufacturing plan.

This page is available only if Design and Manufacturing Configuration Planning is installed. By default, the following roles have access to work with planning builds: Product Planner, Manufacturing Planner, Manufacturing Engineer, Senior Manufacturing Engineer, and Product Manager.

  1. Access a Manufacturing Plan page under the context of a product by clicking Manufacturing Plan from the tabs. See the Design and Manufacturing Configuration Planning User's Guide.
  2. From the tabs of a manufacturing plan, click Builds. The Planning Builds page opens, showing all builds connected to the context manufacturing plan.

This page discusses:

Columns

The page contains the following columns:

Column Description
Name Name of the build. This column contains highlighted links. Click on any name in this column to view the Properties page for that object.
Type The type or subtype
State The current state of the build in its lifecycle
Owner Person responsible for the build
Description Details about the build
Build Serial Number The assigned serial number for the build
Build Unit Number The build's unit number. A unit number is auto-generated for builds created in the context of a product and/or product configuration. The unit number corresponds to the last unit number generated under the context model for that product. For example, if the last build created under a model was assigned a unit number of 11, the next build created under the model is assigned a unit number of 12.
Shorthand Notation The shorthand notation used for the build. For example: A1, A2, A3. When a build is created in the context of a product, the product’s shorthand notation is automatically assigned to the build.
Plant The plant responsible for manufacturing the build
Customer The customer satisfied by this build
Contract Number The contract number that applies to this build
Product The product revision that the build is related to
Product Configuration The product configuration that the build is related to or based on. The product configuration must be related to the build’s context product.
Part Number The number or name of the part related to the build
Part Revision The part revision number or code
Build Disposition The current disposition of the build
Planned Build Date The date when the build is planned to be built
Actual Build Date The date when the build is actually built
Date ShippedThe date when the build is shipped to the customer or inventory location

Actions Menu and Page Toolbar

This table describes the available actions:

ActionDescriptionFor More Information
Add ExistingYou can add existing builds to the context manufacturing plan. The Search page opens, showing builds that are related to the context product and are in the Plan or Build state, excluding builds that are already connected to any other manufacturing plan. Select one or more builds and click Submit to connect them to the context manufacturing plan. About Searches
RemoveRemoves the relationship between any checked builds and the context manufacturing plan. It does not delete the builds from the database. A confirmation message is shown. Click OK to remove the builds from the list.--
MoveShows a form that contains a list of available manufacturing plans under the context product that are in the Plan or Build states. Moving Planning Builds
Edit AllFrom the page toolbar, click Edit All to use in-cell editing to make modifications to certain build attributes.Editing Planning Builds