Authoring manufacturing process plans > Associating product and process structures
Creating a relationship between product and process structures
After you define all operations and activities that comprise a manufacturing process, establish a relationship between the process and the product it manufactures. To do this, associate the product as a target item of the process.
You can also assign product parts to the process structure with a specific occurrence type. The following table lists some of the available occurrence types.
| Occurrence type | Use |
|---|---|
| ME Assign | Used when assigning parts to processes. |
| MEConsumed | Used by the operation that takes a part out of the bin. |
| METool | Used to assign tools to processes and operations. |
| MEResource | Used to assign equipment to processes and operations. |
| ME Assemble | Used by the operation that attaches the part to the product. |
| ME Disassemble | Used by operations when they disassemble a part. |
| ME Handle | Used when all other relationships to an operation do not apply. |
| ME Feature Assign | Used when assigning manufacturing features to operations. |
| METarget and MEOther | Used for other types of assignments that do not involve consuming, handling, assembling, or disassembling for operations and assignment for processes. |
Source: https://docs.sw.siemens.com/en-US/doc/282219420/PL20251212545240207.mse/pmpa0303 · retrieved 2026-07-11