Configure Plant Model

About this task

This task is usually performed during the initial set up or when there is a material with a new UoM that you want to add to Plant Applications.

Procedure

  1. Access Plant Applications Administrator.
  2. Create a department named Receiving and Inspection.
  3. Create a production line named Received Material Lots in the department. This is the default name. If you want to change it, you must also change the property name in Property Definition (in the ERP App category, MaterialLot Import group).
  4. Create a production unit named Receiver in the production line to handle Receiving Inspection tasks, and configure an inactive production event model for the Receiver sub-type on this production unit.
  5. Create a production unit named Received Material Lots-<UOM> in the production line for every UOM used by materials that you want to inspect.
  6. Create an inactive production event model for the correct Received Material Lot-<UOM> event sub-type on these production units.
  7. Create an inactive user-defined event model using the Inspection Sample event sub-type on these production units.
  8. Ensure that the inspected materials for a given UOM are associated with the Received Material Lots production unit configured for the same UOM. You can specify the unit using Plant Applications Administrator or import a material master import document (MMID) during ERP integration.
  9. For the organization codes that you want to use with external systems (such as an ERP application), add the values in the Extended Information field in the Edit <production unit name> window.
  10. In the Production Statuses section, ensure that the check boxes for the statuses related to Receiving Inspection are selected. In addition, set the Unassigned status as the default one.
  11. Set the valid transitions for Receiver unit as described in the following table.
    Status Valid Transitions
    Pending Unapproved Supplier
    • Open
    • Unapproved Supplier
    Unapproved Supplier Open
    Open Defined
    Defined
    • Waiting Inspection
    • Periodic Inspection
    Periodic Inspection Waiting Inspection
    Waiting Inspection
    • Inspection in Progress
    • Pending MRB/NCR
    • Receiver Complete
    Inspection in Progress
    • Receiver Complete
    • Pending MRB/NCR
    Pending MRB/NCR
    • Receiver Complete
    • Risk Release
    Receiver Complete None
    Risk Release Pending MRB/NCR
  12. Set the valid transitions for units where the lots are created as described in the following table.
    Status Valid Transitions
    Unassigned Open
    Open
    • Accept
    • MRB/NCR
    • Periodic Inspection
    Accept
    • DIT
    • Open
    • Risk Release
    • RTV
    • Scrap
    MRB/NCR
    • Accept
    • DIT
    • Open
    • Periodic Inspection
    • Risk Release
    • RTV
    • Scrap
    Periodic Inspection None
    DIT None
    Risk Release
    • DIT
    • RTV
    • Scrap
    RTV None
    Scrap Accept
  13. Create a variable group for the Receiver production unit called “Calculations”.
  14. In this variable group, create a variable named Material ID with the following specifications:
    • Data source: Autolog
    • Event type: Production Event
    • Subtype: Receiver
    • Data type: Integer
  15. Create a variable group for each Received Material Lots (<UOM>) production unit called “Sampling Engine”.
  16. In this variable group, create a variable named AutoGeneratedSample with the following specifications:
    • Data source: Autolog
    • Event type: User-Defined Event
    • Subtype: Inspection Sample
    • Data type: Logical
    Note: In order to generate samples, set the parameter ClearAppliedProductIfSame (found in Administer Site Parameters) to False.