About process assembly documents (PADs)

The Process Assembly Document (PAD) user interface in Manufacturing Process Planner is a tool to define and document a product-oriented bill of process. The product-oriented bill of process holds the value-added operations required to assemble the product. These operations are independent of the plant they are executed in. The tool enables assigning of product, resource, illustrations, quality, and time information to the operations and outputs a sophisticated report. This tool was defined for specific customer requirements and may not fit a generic workflow. It is best used when installed with GM Overlay and the Teamcenter Automotive Edition. For more details, consult your Siemens Digital Industries Software representative.

Note

Some of the procedures provided in the PAD documentation relate to item types that are installed with GM Overlay. If you have not installed GM Overlay, you can use other equivalent item types or skip these steps depending on their relevancy to your process.