Creating Configuration Structure - Exercises 

IMPORTANT
If you are a student, it is extremely important that you set up and work within your own site to maintain your data integrity. 
If you work within any other site, you will compromise your own exercise data as well as the data of other students. Predictable exercise results require that your data be isolated in your own site.

Basic Data Setup

Configuration Characteristics

Windows:
/Configuration Characteristics

  1. Configuration characteristics should be defined for this exercise.

BDR Exercise for Creating Configuration Characteristics

Configuration Family and Configuration Characteristics

Windows:
Configuration Family

  1. The configuration family should be defined for this exercise.

BDR Exercise for Creating Configuration Family and Attaching Characteristics

Configuration Part

Windows:
Part

  1. Configuration parts should be defined for this exercise.

General Exercise for Creating Configuration Part

Required Data

Create Configuration Structure

Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to show you how to set up the basic data required for running this particular functionality.

Windows:
Copy Parts to site.
Part
Inventory Part.

  1. Open Copy Parts to site window. 
  2. Copy all parts from Site 1 to your site using 910 as the value for Commodity Group 2.
  3. Enter or update the information shown in the table below. 
Inventory Part Supply Type  DOP connection  Shortage notification
11 DOP Automatic DOP No
12 DOP Automatic DOP No
13 DOP Automatic DOP No
14 DOP Automatic DOP No

General exercise for Copy Inventory part

Main Exercise

Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to show you how to create your own structure and to explain the effects of the usage factor.

Windows:
Configuration Structure
Part Costs
Plan MS Level 1
MS Level 1 Calculation
Perform MRP
MRP View Material Plan

Note: When you work with the CTO flow, this is one of the steps that is required before you can enter configuration rules. The rules will be attached to the configuration structure. Configuration rules use part configuration revisions and configuration formulas. 

Creating a Configuration Structure

  1. Open the Configuration Structure window.
  2. Query for part number 11 on your site. Create a new structure with the components listed in the table below.
    Part No Qty/Assembly Component Usage Factor
    14 7 1,0
    150 3 0.4
    151 3 0.1
    152 3 0.5
    153 2 1,0
    178 1 0.7
    179 1 0.3
    180 1 0.6
    181 1 0.2
    182 1 0.2
  3. Promote the configuration structure to Buildable status.
  4. Open the Part Costs window.
  5. Query for part 11.
  6. Select cost set 2. Right-click, point to Cost Calculation, and then click Calculate Part Cost-All Levels. When the All Levels Part Cost Calculation window displays, click OK.
  7. The Total Accum Cost field is updated.
  8. Change the component usage factor for some components (do not change component 14, however).
  9. Repeat steps 4-6 and look at the result in Total Accum Cost field for cost set 2. 
  10. (Optional) You can also see the results in IFS/MRP. To do this, first open the Plan MS Level 1 window and create a forecast for 1,000 pieces of part 11. Calculate the level 1 master schedule in the MS Level 1 Calculation window. Next, open the Perform Site MRP window and perform MRP. To analyze the demands for the various part 11 components, open the MRP View Material Plan window and study the results.
  11. The configuration structure is now ready for use. However, because no rules are attached to the structure, all components are included in the shop order no matter which options the customer selects. To add rules, see the Creating Configuration Condition and  Creating Configuration Action exercises.

General exercise for Performing Level 1 Master Scheduling
General exercise for Performing MRP and Evaluate Results
General exercise for Cost Roll-up