Change Catalog Number

Explanation

This activity is used to change the catalog number for an entry in the template structure.

If IFS/Complex Assembly MRO is used:

Catalog numbers are used to generate position parts for the template structure. The structure that is transferred to IFS/Manufacturing is based on these position parts. Position parts operate as a placeholder for the set of parts (prime part and alternates) that are valid for a particular position in the structure. Following rules apply when changing the catalog number:

• The catalog number must be unique within the structure of the overhaul object. The system will check whether position parts based on the new catalog number exist for the template.
• The position part that is generated for the structure entry is not used in manufacturing or is used in product and routing structures that are not in status Tentative, Plannable, or Buildable.
• The position part is not included in a released work scope.

To identify valid parts for a given position, alternates are required to have the same catalog number as the prime part. Note: The catalog number is applied to the structure position, and is the same regardless of which part is installed in the structure position. However, an alternate, e.g., template part, can have a separate catalog number, and the structure position within that template can have their own catalog number. Following rules apply:

• If the alternate has a catalog number that is not the same as the prime part's catalog number, no new position part is created and no structure line is created in the transfer. If the alternate part has a different catalog number, the transfer does not use this catalog number in the creation of the structure. The alternate's catalog number is only used if the alternate part is the prime part in another template structure.
• If the alternate has a structure, all structure entries should have a catalog number. 
• If the catalog number of a structure entry is the same as the catalog number of the corresponding structure entry for the prime part, a position part or a structure line is created. If the same catalog number is used for the structure entry of the prime part and alternate, the structure positions and quantities should also be same.
• If the catalog number of a structure entry is not the same as the catalog number of the corresponding structure entry for the prime, a new position part is created and a new structure line is added as a child to the position part created for the prime part. 

Prerequisites

• If the Allow Non Unique Catalog Numbers check box is selected, the new catalog number must be unique within the template and all templates above and below in the structure.

If IFS/Complex Assembly MRO is used:

• The position part must not be used in a tentative, plannable, or buildable product/routing structure.
• The position part must not be included in a released work scope.
• Alternate part structures must have the same structure position and same quantity if they have the same catalog number. This is due to the lookup that finds the assumed serial during the disassembly of shop orders in IFS/Manufacturing.

System Effects

• To reflect changes in manufacturing structures, the top part can be retransferred to manufacturing.
• When the template structure is retransferred:
  • A new position part is created for the new catalog number.
  • The position part reference in IFS/Part Catalog is updated and all the position parts based on the old catalog number will be deleted.

Window

Serial Structure Template 
Template Structure Navigator 

Related Window Descriptions

Serial Structure Template/General
Serial Structure Template/Consist Of
Serial Structure Template/Multilevel
Template Structure Navigator/General 
Template Structure Navigator/Consist Of 

Procedure

Follow this procedure to change a catalog number using the Serial Structure Template window. The catalog number may also be changed in the Template Structure Navigator window.

1. From the Serial Structure Template window, query (F3) for your template part.
2. Click the General tab. A catalog number value may also be entered in the Consist Of tab or in the Multilevel tab.
3. If the Catalog Number field does not contain a value, enter the catalog number directly in this field.
4. If the Catalog Number field contains a value, right-click and click Change Catalog Number to open the Change Catalog Number dialog box.
5. Enter a value in the New Catalog No field.
6. Click OK. The rules for changing the catalog number are checked. If approved, the new catalog number takes effect.