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Consuming parts in a cloned process using smart in-context IDs

You can use smart in-context IDs (IDICs) to consume parts with the same usage into cloned process structures. Your administrator can set up the in-context ID to be based on other BOM line properties such as usage address or reference designator so that they are independent of the top line.

For example, you have a product structure (Model A) which is consumed in a process (Process A).

You also have a new product, Model B, with the same part usages. You then clone Process A to create the new process to manufacture Model B and call it Process B. Ideally, you want all the parts that are consumed in Process A to be automatically consumed in their counterparts in Process B, based on the same pat usage.

Your administrator has configured the in-context ID to consist of the property or properties that represent the part usage (for example, usage address). The parts in Model A are stamped with these in-context IDs which are carried with the parts when they are assigned to Process A.

When Process A is cloned to fetch consumed parts from Model B (cloned with the option to map consumed from a reference product), Process B is created with the appropriate consumed parts from Model B.