ManEx has created a utility called bomlisting.exe that will create an excel file of all make parts in ManEx and designate which have components and which do not.

Although this executable is not commonly available, it can be made available upon request.  If you would like a copy of this file, please contact cs@manex.com requesting this executable.

Q. Why am I unable to Change the Customer Name on a BOM?

Possiblity #1

The system will not allow to reassign customer for the assembly, which has subassembly with the customer attached to it. It is true that the subassembly does not have any CONSGN parts, but it is also true that this subassembly is attached to a customer.   And unless you detach the customer from that subassembly first, you will not be able to change the customer for the top level.

Possibility #2

Q.  Why isn't the Customer Part Number Displayed on the BOM Main Screen if the part source is "BUY"?

A.  The customer part number is only shown on the BOM Main Screen when it is a "CONSG" part, unless user has checked the box to "Display Customer #  for the "BUY" parts if BOM linked with a customer" located on the find screen, (however this may slow down the results).  This is why the customer part number for a "BUY" part is only shown on the Detail screen and not the BOM Main screen for a "BUY" part.

Issue:  When exporting the Bill of Material reports to XLS output some of the items are truncating or corrupting the information that is exported out of the system. 

Answer or Possible Solution:  Check the description loaded for that item and make sure that it does not start with a quotation mark.  During exporting of the files to XLS the excel does not like the quotation mark and may cause truncating or corrupting results.  Please make sure that there are no quotation mark as the first character of the description, and that should resolve the issue.

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A resetcostrolllock.exe has been made available within this article.  Running this program from the Manex Directory will remove the Standard Cost Adjustment Lock placed on your tables.   

Reason:  The lock will occur either by the user saving a record lost connection to the network (or computer crashed)  Normally the lock is only on for a small amount of time to allow the first user to finish saving the record and then the next user usually then can proceed.  If Users becomes impatient during the leveling process and Clt+Alt+Delete out of the system, this too would place the permanent lock on the records and would then require you to run the resetcostrolllock.exe file. 

Q.   Why do I keep receiving a Uniqueness of index message when import to BOM?

1. A same part, with different description associated with different product, will cause this message to appear upon import. 
2. If the Auto numbering is turned OFF and user has entered the same part number to items with same description but different customer part numbers will cause this message to appear.

AUTO Numbering:  The main concern when creating a part number is not to ensure a sequential part numbering by class, but rather the ability to track additional information (AVL, on hand qty, where used, standard cost) by one internal part number.  Because of this, the actual number doesn't really matter as long as the system knows which additional information to attach to the internal part number.  This is why ManEx works as well with a manually created number as with an auto-generated number.  If you use auto-numbering, the numbers can be arranged on the shelf in ascending order (even if there are gaps between the numbers).  The auto-numbering in ManEx simplifies the part number creation process and provides a count of the total parts in your system (141-0001000 is the 1000th part loaded).

MANUAL Numbering:  This will allow user to use any part numbering method.

Q:  Can users leave parts removed through ECO in the kit for costing purposes?

A:     The ECO won't remove parts, if you click that specific work order to take effect to use the new created assembly (with parts removed), you will have to click "Update Kit" button in Kit module in order to remove the parts, and if you have issued parts already, the system will ask you where you want to put those qty.   (This is if the parts are already pulled for the kit before the ECO was approved).

From time to time, a BUY part changes revision because the manufacturer changed specifications for the part. So things that might change would be the description, maybe the material type code, and maybe the related documents. The question arose because users wanted a place to track the changes in revision, like they can with assemblies.

PROPOSED SUGGESTION:

We are going to suggest that the users copy the old buy part to a new one with a different revision, but then they would have to keep track of why they changed both of them in a notes field for both parts.

Question:  Do line shortages pull through with an ECO?

Answer:   No

Question:  If the user has already recorded kit shortages before an ECO, will they still be displayed after the kit is updated?

Answer:   Yes, they should still be there.

If user creates a SO and WO for  product #123 Rev. A qty of 15.  Transfer 7 into FGI leaving a balance of 8 in process.  Creates a packing list and invoice for 5, leaving 2 in FGI and 8 in process.  Creates an ECO to change the revision from A to B.  The SO and WO update to Revison B for qty of 8 that was in process.  The qty of 2 in FGI remain at Revision A and will not be affected by the ECO changes. 

The user has the following two options to choose from in order to be able to ship the qty of 2 remaining in FGI at Revision A:

1.  Create a rework work order for the new revision, and a shortage for the old revision, rework as necessary, and then place in FGI again under the updated revision.

OR

2.  They can do an Inventory Handling Issue for the old revision, then receive the new revision back in.  This assumes there is a very simple and non-functional change to the updated revision.

If users want the deviation applied to the work orders due within a date range, then when the work orders are created, based on the deviation they would have someone add the alternate part to the kit and remove the part it replaces.  In the work order notes, reference to the deviation should be made.

Either way, the reference to the deviation on the kit will provide the authorization and record that the deviation was applied.

Question:  Will an ECO work on a Phantom/Make Assembly?

Answer:   Yes

Answer:  PPM (Part Per Million) this field is where you would enter in the defect opportunities.

In the ROUTING screen, the PPM is opportunities for defects.  What this means is there are a certain number of things that can go wrong and cause a failure of the assembly.  The PPM is the total number of defects that might occur at each work center in the assembly of the product. 

Example:  If you have a board with one part on it, you can start with PPM = 2: the board can be wrong, and the part can be wrong.  But then you can expand on that by counting the number of leads on the component.  It is possible that if there are eight leads on the component, any one of them may have a bad solder joint.  So now the PPM is 2 + 8 or 10.  Now it is possible to insert the component backwards, so polarity is another PPM.  So now the PPM is 10 + 1 or 11.  It may be that the part is correct, the leads are ok, but it is defect.  Now the PPM is 11 + 1 = 12.  The 8 leads on the component must go somewhere, so there will be traces or conductors on the board.  Each of these may be a defective due to the manufacturing process by creating either shorts or opens.  So now the PPM is 12 + 8 or 20.

Lets say that there are two such parts on the board.  Now the PPM rises by the same complexity (but not the board itself), so now the PPM is 20 + 19 or 39 PPM.

There may be similar PPM's for each step in the process, depending on what is done in the process, and which parts might be affected.

So, if the work order is for a total of 100 boards (and we didn't add any other PPM's), then the PPM for the lot would be 3900.

What PPM is readlly intended to convey, is a measure of the quality of the boards assembled.  It is the number of defects observed in the lot divided by the total opportunities for defects.  In this example, if one board was found with one unsoldered pin, that would account for one defect out of 3900 possible defects, or approximately 256 PPM (1/3900*1,000,000).

Obviously, most assemblies will have much more PPM's than this example.  The Customers of Manufacturers sometimes require certain PPM quality or penailize the CM.  Of course, the Manufacturer will then attempt to make the PPM's as high as they can, to lower the defects.

1. Someone may have updated the routing by removing the WC that had the notes on it.   Even if it is immediately replaced back into the routing before saving the changes, the notes will be lost.
2. Where could be a case where two users are saving changes on the same product within the PDM module.   First user adds WO instruction notes then saves while second user was just editing the tooling and fixture or adding a separate note, etc. If second user saves then the notes added by the first user may get overwritten or wiped out.
3. It also could be that a user did go into the PDM and accidently removed the notes manually.
4. Also keep in mind that if you are using the copy feature the notes on the existing routing will be removed and/or replaced with the new routing notes.