Plant BOP prerequisites and data requirements

Prerequisite

Process Planning for BTO/BTS/CTO runs on top of Active Workspace and must be connected to a Teamcenter database. See the the Active Workspace Deployment documentation for details.

Data requirements

• Access to data is controlled by a user ID assigned to each user. The user ID grants access to portions of the database based on the user’s assigned groups and roles. A Teamcenter administrator must set up the user ID prior to using Process Planning for BTO/BTS/CTO.

• You can author data in the Teamcenter rich client as well as Process Planning for BTO/BTS/CTO. Plant BOP data created in the Teamcenter rich client can be used seamlessly in Process Planning for BTO/BTS/CTO, as long as the required object hierarchy is followed. Based on your business processes, Process Planning for BTO/BTS/CTO data can include product, process, plant, and production program information, or you may begin with an empty database.

• To assign parts to operations in Process Planning for BTO/BTS/CTO, you must have one product structure in the work package.

• To assign tools to operations in Process Planning for BTO/BTS/CTO, you must have one plant structure in the work package. You must also use Manufacturing Process Planner to assign the station from the plant structure to the process station in the plant BOP before you assign tools to operations.