| # Engineering Item (tiedm0110m000) Use this session to define and modify engineering items (E-items). Note You can select only a non-configurable item. For more information on procuring purchased configurable items, refer to Procuring configured items in Assembly Control - Master Data Setup Procuring configured items in Assembly Control - BOM setup Product variants - Purchased configurable items To modify an existing item, double-click it. To define a new item, click the Insert button. You can delete items with the Delete button. You cannot delete an E-item if the E-item is: A component in an EBOM. Recorded in the E-Item by MBC (tiedm3122m000) session. Recorded in the Include/Exclude E-Items (tiedm3121m000) session. If you delete an E-item, you also delete the following data of that E-item: Relationships between E-items and items defined in the Engineering Item - Item Relationship (tiedm1101m000) session. EBOMs. Copy data of EBOMs. Revisions. You can start the following sessions from the appropriate menu: Engineering Item Revision (tiedm1100m000) Reference Designators by Engineering Item (tiedm0120m000) Related topics Engineering data management summary Engineering items Copying E-items to items Engineering BOMs Overview of reference designators Integration Manufacturing and Document Management Engineering BOM for assembly production General Engineering Item An item in the process of development. You can define multiple revisions of an engineering item. Typically, the most recent revisions are still in a design or test phase, another revision may have been taken into production, and older revisions are obsolete. A normal item can only become revision-controlled when it is copied from the Engineering Data Management module. Note You can select only a non-configurable item. The item is always specified in capitals. Description Enter a description of the engineering item. Search Key I Enter a text to enable you to find the E-item. Search Key II Enter a text to enable you to find the E-item. Engineering Project The project of the engineering item that you can use to manage and control the engineering activities. E-Item Reference You can use this field to enter another descriptive text about the E-item. Item Type A classification of items used to identify if the item is, for example, a purchased item, a manufactured item, or an equipment item. Depending on the item's type, certain functions will only apply to that item. E-items can be: Manufactured Purchased Engineering Module Default Supply Source The source that supplies an item by default. An item can be supplied by using purchase orders, production orders, assembly orders, or warehousing orders. The default supply source determines what type of order is used to supply the item, but in general, you can override the default and specify an alternate source. Allowed values Source Related topics Assembly items Item Group Group of items with similar characteristics. Each item belongs to a particular item group. The item group is used in combination with the item type to set up item defaults. Order Policy The order parameter that controls the way an item is produced or ordered. This can be: Anonymous, the item is produced or purchased independent of customer orders. To order, the item is produced or purchased only if customer orders exist for the item. Allowed values Order Policy Product Type User-definable item grouping data that is used as a sorting and selecting criterion. The product type is intended for classifying items with similar characteristics for production purposes. Selection Code User-definable item grouping data. Use selection codes to select items by color, diameter, product expiry date, and so on. Note Selection codes are used for information purposes only. Revision Series If you make an E-item revision in the Engineering Item Revision (tiedm1100m000) session, LN generates a code to identify the revision (using the Revision Series parameter). You can alter the default value of this field in the Revision Series field of the Engineering Data Management Parameters (tiedm0100m000) session. If you change the default value, the number series starts again from its beginning. Extra Information The additional information about the engineering item. Note The information is defaulted from the Item - General Defaults (tcibd0102s000) session. Configuration Unit Effective End Item If this check box is selected, the E-item is a unit-effective item. You can make an item unit effective only if the Unit Effectivity check box in the Implemented Software Components (tccom0100s000) session is selected. Note If you are using unit effectivity, you usually define the end item as unit effective. The components that differ in other effectivity units do not have to be unit effective. Related topics Unit effectivity in EDM Overview of unit effectivity Interchangeable If this check box is selected, this E-item is interchangeable with other unit-effective interchangeable E-items. If you selected the All Effectivity Units are Interchangeable check box in the Unit Effectivity Parameters (tcuef0100s000) session, LN automatically selects the current check box, which cannot be altered in this session. Select this check box if you use effectivity units to control product variation changes. Clear this check box if you use change management. Note If the Unit Effective End Item check box in the current session is cleared, this check box is unavailable. Related topics Interchangeability of effectivity units Unit effectivity in EDM Overview of unit effectivity CHM Control If this check box is selected, an approval procedure is linked to the engineering item. You must complete the approval procedure in Change Management in Data Management. Related topics Changing EBOMs - Manual procedure Changing EBOMs - Automatic procedure Effectivity Dates by CO If this check box is selected, the effective date on the revision is set during the approval procedure in Data Management. This effective date is used as effective date on the BOM lines after the E-item data is copied to the PBOM. If this check box is cleared, you must enter the effective and expiry dates manually in the engineering item revision, although Data Management is still used to approve the revision. Multiple COs If this check box is selected, you can link multiple change proposals (multiple COs) to the revision. The first change proposal that is approved, also approves the revision. If this check box is cleared, you can only link one proposal to the revision. New Revision Allowed This check box is relevant if: You use the Copy PBOM to EBOM (tiedm0205m000) session to copy an item's production BOM to Engineering Data Management, for example, for redesigning purposes. The production BOM contains items which result from former engineering activities in Engineering Data Management. These items already have revision numbers. If this check box is selected, a new revision is created for the engineering item that is defined in this session. If this check box is cleared, no new revision is created for the engineering item. Text If this check box is selected, a text is present. Engineering Item Revisions Starts the Engineering Item Revision (tiedm1100m000) session. |