Manufacturing

Creation of a job shop BOM by site from an e-BOM in PLM

Functionality has been added to the interface between a PLM system and LN CE.

You can now create a site-specific job shop bill of material directly from an engineering bill of material in the PLM system.

The engineering bill of material of the PLM system is loaded into an intermediate bill of material. Based on the settings in the control template, this bill of material is verified, corrected, and completed by LN CE.

Subsequently, it can be used to create a new job shop bill of material, or a new revision of an existing bill of material.

External sequencer integration in Assembly Control

Previously, Assembly Control could use the internal Sequencing Engine only to provide an operation sequence to assembly orders. This Sequencing Engine was often seen as limited because it was completely focused on production optimization through functions and option-based rules.

Now, external Sequencing Engines can be integrated directly with Assembly Control through these new BDEs:

• AssemblyLineSequence
• Method UpdateLineSequence

To enable this functionality for a site, the External Assembly Order Scheduler check box has been added to the Assembly Control Parameters (tiasc0100m000) session. If this check box is selected, the internal Sequencing Engine cannot be used.

Consequently, you can now choose whether to use the internal or external Sequencing Engine.

Service orders for machine time out in Job Shop

Machine (numbers) can be maintained on a regular basis or when they break down. Both situations are supported by service orders.

If planned activities or service orders are available for machine numbers, these orders are now displayed in the Machine Time Out (tirou4165m000) session.