Assign consumed items to operations

As you create a process plan, indicate the materials that will be consumed during the execution of each process operation. Consumed items can include parts and components as well as materials such as grease and gloves.

Use the following steps to specify the items in the part structure to be consumed by the operations in your plan.

Procedure

1. Expand the relevant sections of the product and process structures.

2. In the product structure view, select the component to be used by the operation.

3. Do one of the following:

With both product and process structure views visible, drag the selected component to the operation.

Choose Copy from the shortcut menu and paste the copied component to the operation. By default, objects are assigned using an MEConsumed occurrence type. To specify a different occurrence, use the Paste As menu command.

4. Repeat this process for each operation to consume an item from the structure.

Note By default, an occurrence of the MEConsumed type may be assigned to a process. Your administrator can change the controllingOccsForProcessConfiguration preference to specify another occurrence type as valid for assignment at your site. If this preference is blank, the configuration of consumed items does not affect the configuration of operations. To identify components that are already consumed and components that are not yet consumed, do a BOM comparison between the product and the process.