Activating Job Shop by Site for multisite

To use the Job Shop by Site functionality, the Job Shop by Site concept must be Active in the Multisite Concepts Activation (tcemm4600m000) workbench session.

If the concept is Active, the bill of material (BOM) and routing for an item are managed on site level.

Before you can activate the Job Shop by Site concept, you must activate these concepts in the Multisite Concepts Activation (tcemm4600m000) workbench session:

  • Item Type Product
  • Standard Cost by Enterprise Unit
  • Planning Cluster Mandatory
  • Sites
Step 1. Set parameter to In Preparation

Click In Preparation on the Job Shop by Site tab of the Multisite Concepts Activation (tcemm4600m000) workbench session.

The status changes from Inactive to In Preparation for each company of the current multicompany environment, including the financial companies.

In addition, various sessions become available in which you must define and validate the master data that are required to use the Job Shop by Site functionality. These sessions are accessed from the Multisite Concepts Activation (tcemm4600m000) workbench session.

Step 2. Preparation and validation

In this step, you must set up various master data. This is done for each individual logistic company or company of type Both in your multicompany environment. This master data is not present in financial companies.

This setup includes the creation of Job Shop Bills of Material and Job Shop Routings that replace the current Bills of Material and the current Item routings.

The setup is performed in the Job Shop by Site tab in the Multisite Concepts Activation (tcemm4600m000) workbench session. See Activating multisite concepts and The Multisite Concepts Activation (tcemm4600m000) workbench.

In activation activities for which data is generated, generate the data and validate the data as often as needed until no more errors are listed in the report.

The step titles in this list refer to the activation activity options in the Multisite Concepts Activation (tcemm4600m000) workbench session. The sessions referred to in each step are accessed from the Activation Activity (tcemm4610m000) session.

  1. Preliminary Validation

    In the Validate Master Data for Job Shop by Site (timfc0200m000) session, select the Conflicting Concepts check box to verify that no conflicting parameter settings are present. See Validate that no conflicting concepts exist.

  2. Define BOM and Routing Parameters

    In the Job Shop Master Data Parameters (tirou0100m000) session, specify these company settings:

    • BOM Model Number Group
    • BOM Model Order Series
    • Default Job Shop Routing

    • Optionally, adjust these settings:

      • Allow Multiple Job Shop BOMs per Item and Site
      • Use Site-specific Reference Operations Only
      • Approve Structures Automatically

  3. Define BOM and Routing Settings

    1. In the Production Settings by Site (timfc0180m000) session, specify these settings by site:

      • Operation Rate Currency
      • Clear the Use Global Parameters check box and optionally, specify BOM series and default job shop routings by site.

    2. Validate the settings specified in steps 2 and 3 by selecting the New Job Shop Settings check box in the Validate Master Data for Job Shop by Site (timfc0200m000) session.

    3. Validate the use of Subcontracting rate factors by selecting the Subcontracting Rates check box in the Validate Master Data for Job Shop by Site (timfc0200m000) session.

  4. Generate Machine Types and Capacity Groups

    1. Generate machine types and machine groups in the Generate Machine Types and Machine Groups (tirou4260m000) session. See Job Shop by Site activation - Generate machine types and machine groups.

    2. To add machines to operations, routing operations, and task relationships related to work centers that use machine types, use these options in the Multisite Concepts Activation (tcemm4600m000) workbench session :

      • Correct Machines on Generic Routing
      • Correct Machines on Routing
      • Correct Machines on Production Order
      • Correct Machines on Task Relationships

      See Job Shop by Site activation - Generate machine types and machine groups.

    3. Validate

      Validate the machine types and machine capacity groups by selecting the Machine Types and Machine Groups check boxes in the Validate Master Data for Job Shop by Site (timfc0200m000) session. See Validating machine types and machine groups.

  5. Generate Reference Operations

    Generate reference operations in the Generate Reference Operations (tirou4250m000) session. In this session, reference operations are created from tasks and task relations. See Job Shop by Site activation - Generating and validating reference operations.

  6. Generate New Operation Rates
  7. Autofill Generic Routing

    If the Product Configurator (PCF) check box is selected in the Implemented Software Components (tccom0100s000) session, complete these steps:

    • Use the Autofill Generic Routing (tipcf3210m200) session to add sites, reference operations, and machine types to generic routings.

    • Validate the data by selecting the Existing Master Data check box in the Validate Master Data for Job Shop by Site (timfc0200m000) session.

    See Autofill and validate generic routing.

  8. Generate Job Shop Routing

    1. Use the Generate Job Shop Routings (tirou4200m100) session to copy routings from the Item - Routings (tirou1101m000) session to the Job Shop Routings (tirou4100m000) session and the Standard Job Shop Routings (tirou4100m100) session.

      See Job Shop by Site activation - Converting sequences to revisions on the options to convert operation sequences to job shop routing versions.

    2. Select the Job Shop Routings check box in the Validate Master Data for Job Shop by Site (timfc0200m000) session to check that routings are copied successfully, and that the routing codes present on orders and other objects match the generated routing codes.

      For orders without routing codes, a check is performed whether routings have been generated that match the order quantities and revision reference dates.

      See Validate Job Shop routings.

  9. Generate Production and Job Shop BOM

    Use the Generate Production and Job Shop Bills of Material (tibom3200m400) session to copy bills of material (BOMs) from the Bill of Material (tibom1110m000) session to the Job Shop Bills of Material (tibom3100m000) and to the Production Bills of Material (timfc3100m000) session.

    BOM lines whose expiry dates lie before the date specified in the Create From field of the Generate Production and Job Shop Bills of Material (tibom3200m400) session are not copied.

    Revision controlled items are copied to a Job Shop BOM and a Production BOM.

    Non-revision controlled items must be copied to a Job Shop BOM. Optionally, they can be copied to a Production BOM.

    In the Generate Production and Job Shop Bills of Material (tibom3200m400) session, a check verifies that values are specified in the BOM Model Number Group and BOM Model Order Series fields in the Job Shop Master Data Parameters (tirou0100m000) session and in the Production Settings by Site (timfc0180m000) session for each site.

  10. Define Machine Types in PCS Activities

    If the Project Control (PCS) check box is selected in the Implemented Software Components (tccom0100s000) session, use the Activities (tipcs4101m000) session to specify machine types for activities that are linked to work centers with machine groups. This is because machine types are mandatory for activities when the Job Shop by Site functionality is activated.

  11. Autofill PCS Activities

    If the Project Control (PCS) check box is selected in the Implemented Software Components (tccom0100s000) session, use the Autofill PCS Activities (tipcs4201m100) session to add reference operations to activities. The task code is used as the reference-operation code. The reference operation related to the machine type and the work center of the activity is selected.

Step 3. Activation

Click Activate on the Job Shop by Site tab of the Multisite Concepts Activation (tcemm4600m000) workbench session.

Note: This button is only available for super users.

The status changes from In Preparation to Active for each company of the current multicompany environment at the end of the process.

The first step of the activation process is the automatic launch of the validation steps that you previously performed using the Validate Master Data for Job Shop by Site (timfc0200m000) session.

References to routings and BOMs are converted to Job Shop routings and Job Shop BOMs for these objects:

  • Planned orders of type Planned Production Order
  • Production orders in the Production Orders (tisfc0501m000) session.
  • Production order advice in the Production Order Advice (whina3100m000) session.
  • Testing combinations in the Testing Combinations (qmptc0119m000) session.
  • Requisitions in the Purchase Requisitions (tdpur2501m000) session.
  • Requests for Quotation in the Requests for Quotation (tdpur1501m000) session.
  • Costing breaks in the Costing Breaks - Production Resources (tppdm3102m000) session.

This master data is corrected:

  • Sub Work Centers (type will be Main Work Center)
  • CPQ templates
  • Testing Combinations
  • Item Production

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