Linking previously associated BOPs and revised MBOMs

When a manufacturing bill of materials (MBOM) assembly is revised, any bill of process (BOP) associated with that MBOM retains its relationship only to the previous version. Process associations are not automatically carried forward to the new MBOM revision.

For this reason, when an MBOM revision exists and you use it to navigate to the Process Planning or Work Instructions Authoring page, Teamcenter Easy Plan prompts you to associate the correct process revisions to the assembly revisions, according to several scenarios. These scenarios often involve distinguishing between assembly and process statuses (for example, Released versus Working). The most common cases are described below.

Note

(Alternative use cases only) If an object's release status matches an internal name value that your administrator defined in the MEReleaseStatusListForAutoRevise preference, that object is automatically revised when changes are propagated.

Revising and linking the preferred BOP revision

In this case, more than one BOP is associated with the original MBOM (revision A), and all the BOPs have a status of Released.

The system provides a list of BOPs associated with MBOM/A and prompts you to reassociate the appropriate process with the MBOM/B. When you select the preferred process and click Revise and Link, the selected BOP is revised to BOP/B and is associated with the revised MBOM/B.

Linking the working BOP

In this case, more than one BOP is associated with the original MBOM (revision A), and all the BOPs except BOP-1/A are released. The status of BOP-1/A is Working.

The system displays working BOP-1/A and prompts you to associate that BOP with the MBOM assembly. When you select BOP-1/A and click Link, the BOP is not revised, but the BOP with the status of Working is associated with revised MBOM/B.

Note

• Processes that you previously configured out of your BOP structure are not considered for revision or linkage.

• If an MBOM is associated with multiple BOPs, you are prompted to select the appropriate BOP from a list of those associated BOPs.