Select Alternate Component

Explanation

This activity is used to choose an alternate component when there is a shortage of primary components. This activity is beneficial to companies using components with similar specifications, produced by different manufacturers.

Prerequisites

Alternate components must exist. 

System Effects

As a result of this activity, you can select an alternate component for shop order components. You can select an order in which the primary components will be replaced by the alternate components.

Note: The scrap component values on the Alternate Component will be fetched from its inventory part record rather than from the part it replaces.

Window

Shop Order
Alternate Component

Related Window Descriptions

Replace Main Component with Alternate Components
Shop Order
Shop Order/Material
Alternate Component

Procedure

1. Open the Shop Order window and query for the part number.
2. Click the Material tab.
3. Right-click, point to Alternate Components and click Select. 
4. The Substitution Alternate Part for Material Line dialog box opens with all the alternate components for the selected shop order component.
5. Specify the quantity to be replaced.
6. Click OK to replace the shop order component with the selected alternate component.