How to roll-up cycle times and costs of MBOM in Aras MPP Process Plans?
At the moment, we can add cycle times and setup times to operations, and cycle times to steps. But this information does not display anywhere once entered. That is fine, but at least if there was the ability to roll-up the cycle times of all the operations in the Process plan, taht would be great. Has anybody attempted this on their isntances? On a similar vein, the phantoms and MBOM only parts consumed have costs associated with them (for ex. I intend to have 'Material' category parts in the MBOM (we use polyureethanes for casting) as the quantity and hence the cost of the material is a process parameter and not an EBOM item. Is there any way to roll-up the 'MBOM cost'? Would appreciate if anybody could point me in the direction of how to set this up Regards Sachin
MPP Execution - Is it in the plans? or how do people integrate with other tools?
I am very new to the Aras world... I have seen the demo of how the EBOM is converted to the MBOM by the creation of a MPP. The MPP is a great way to provide instructions for technicians, assemblers, and other shop floor staff to know what needs to be done. But what about the next step? Is there functionality in Aras to step technicians through the MPP operations record the outcome (time, date, who did it, pictures, torque values, etc...) in the system as an "As-Run" of the MPP? You could see how records of quality checks by QA staff, problem reports arising during the assembly steps, test results, images, etc... would be great to have in the same system as the design. I know that this is getting into the MES (Manufacturing Execution System) space that Aras may not be in yet. If Aras doesn't have this capability how are people tying into other MES systems to capture this As-Run?Callback not working properly if I dont have debugger in my javascript code
I have added a popup on button click on the mpp_OperationQuickEdit Form which opens form with a single relationship which I have created.It works like the 'Launch AML Editor' action on MCOs.I have added a save changes button which adds or remove relationships based on relationship added or removed.Then a callback function is provided.the relationships are added or removed successfully but the problem is that the callback works fine if I have put debugger in my javascript code otherwise it just closes both the forms the new popup and the quickEdit form.What could be the problem?MPP with multiple Itemtypes
Hello, I have a use case where I wanted to be able to use the MPP module to create process plans for more than one itemtype, ex. some process plans are based on parts and some are based on another itemtype. Is this possible? I know that you can use a custom itemtype instead of parts but as far as I understand it, you replace parts with your custom itemtype as the produced object of the process plan. Can you have multiple options at the same time? Regards Rick
MPP Consumed Parts in Steps instead of Operations
Hi, you use MPP? And you want to use Consumed Parts in the Steps instead of Operations? And you do not want to spend more money on your implementation partner because you're tired of questionable half-done solutions of poor programming quality? Than you are right here! When building a Process Plan, consumed elements appear in one block below Operations. For a more detailed work instruction it´s possible to use ‘Steps’. But it´s right now not possible, to assign consumed elements to Steps. The current version works well for picking all relevant components that are needed for building a product. Thus our current process plans works very good for the people in the warehouse, but they are sometimes difficult to use for those who actually need to build the product. The process plan doesn´t provide distinct informational, which material is actually required for each step. In complex process plans we often have to repeat information about the used resources in the Steps manually. E.g. in case an Operation contains 4 different types of screws, in each Step it is necessary to provide more precise information about the consumed Part again. I already made some tests and it´s possible to assign assign Parts, Tools, Resources to ‘Steps’ instead of ‘Operations’. I already did most of the customization for the ProcessPlan renderings! But it´s still a lot of work! So I wonder if there is anybody else out there that wants to solve this use case? Espcially I would need help to modify the correct codetree files, MBOM/EBOM comparison and especially help in debugging! Anyone interested? AngelaHow to avoid wrong revision used in MPP?
Hi Community, there is a known issue in MPP that the application will not check if the MBOM uses the same Part revisions as specified in the EBOM. The EBOM/MOBM mainly validates quantities, but never checks if the used parts revision matches. The missing revision check is a high risk. We cannot trust the MBOM data if in certain cases they will not match the original values specified in the EBOM. In worst case, this can lead to serious problems in the final product. How shall we fully track our product lifecycle, when we have wrong data? Unfortunately MPP is not in the focus of Aras right now. So I do not assume there will be much development in this application. I wonder if it´s possible to add the revision check on our own? Maybe we can customize the Method mpp_GetBomTreeGrid to add an additional MBOM validation. Or a simple onBeforeAdd Method when adding Consumed Parts to Operations, that checks if the Part exactly matches the Part specified in the EBOM. The second idea is probably easier to do, but we have to consider that we may have a multilevel EBOM. Do you have any additional ideas? I would be happy to share my solution as soon as I have one, as this one constantly make me worry.
Defining a workflow process and map vs process plan
Hi If my understanding is correct. a lifecycle is the states an item (be it a part, equipment or document) goes through. The manufacturing process plan is the plan (list of operations and steps) required to realize a part or product. Then what is the workflow map, process, activity, assignment and task? And can a workflow process not be the same as a manufacturing process plan? Is there possibly a document that clearly defines these, their relation to one another and to which items they relate to (part, product, document etc.) Thanks
MPP Operations does not saved when I changed to select an existing operation. Thanks.
Hi all, Hope you are doing well during the quarantine! Here is an urgent issue that need your help. In MPP (Process Plan) module, we are trying to change to select an existing operation instead of inserting an operation manually in MPP. Since I updated the code as Screenshot below, the operation dialog works as I expected, but the Operations we selected does not save into database, of course it does not show in the mpp panel as well. please see the screenshots below. Thanks very much. Best regards, Jen Li
