Linking Effectivity Unit - Process Variables

Linking process variables and effectivity units

Defining the values of process variables desired by the customer is part of the sales process. No detailed knowledge of routing and bill of material (BOM) is assumed by the sales persons. When configuring effectivity units, you can define process variables for an effectivity unit on the Effectivity Unit (tcuef0102m000) session.

If the production order for the effectivity unit is created, the standard target value for a process variable is overruled by the value defined in the Effectivity Unit - Process Variables (tirou1114m000) session. Also when production order documents are printed, the standard target value is overruled. As a result, changes made after production order creation but before order document printing are reflected.

LimitationsThe following limitations must be noted:

• If you define a new target value in the Effectivity Unit - Process Variables (tirou1114m000) session, this value overrules existing target values for a specific effectivity unit. With regard to the example above: if you define a target value for DISTANCE, the target values of all process variables DISTANCE are overruled for all production orders for effectivity unit 4567, for any item.
• If you define a target value for a specific process variable in the Effectivity Unit - Process Variables (tirou1114m000) session, but the process variable is not defined in the routing, then the process variable, and consequently the newly created target value, is not displayed in de micro routing. LN then does not know for which item or operation the process variable must be displayed.
• Changes to the target values in the Effectivity Unit - Process Variables (tirou1114m000) session can always be entered but are only taken into account if the production order status is Created or Scheduled.
• If a production order has a distribution of more than one effectivity unit, the existing target value is overruled if:
  • The specified effectivity unit is in the distribution
  • The specified process variable is used in the micro routing.
• If for different effectivity units of a specific production order distribution each time another target value is defined for the same process variable, the result is unpredictable. Any of the target values can be used, because only one routing exists, even if the production order has a distribution.