Define Alternate Parts per Position
Explanation
This activity is used to define the alternates that can be used in a given
structure position in the template structure.
The list of position alternates will include all parts that are valid for
each structure position, including the prime part. Each part in the list will be
a valid engineering part revision. The serialized part definition must be the
same for the prime part and alternates. Meaning, if the prime part is a
serialized part, the alternate must be a serialized part, and if the prime part
is a non-serialized part, the alternate must be a non-serialized part.
Position alternates can be defined for structure positions at the lowest
level of a template or for structure branches that are controlled by a separate
template (position TEMPLATE). It will be
possible to define the relationship between the prime part and its
alternates, and the relationship between the different alternates (if those
parts are installed). Each alternate will by default be linked to the existing
template, if any, for that specific part number and revision.
Each position
alternate is defined by:
-
The
installed part number and revision.
-
The
alternate part number and revision.
-
An
interchangeability code telling which interchangeability rule that applies.
If access control is
established, the defined alternate part in a template structure, will
receive access from the template part level on which the alternate part and
its structure is created. When an alternate part and
its structure are removed, the access to the alternate will be removed
provided that the position alternate does not exist elsewhere in the structure as
a prime or alternate part.
Alternatively, if the access is distributed to a template
part after the alternate and belonging structure is defined, the alternate part
and its structure will be updated with the distributed access groups.
Prerequisites
- A template structure must exist.
- Interchangeability codes must be
defined. For more information, view the online help file, Define
Interchangeability Code.
- If the interchangeability rule Qualified
Interchangeable is to be used, an approval template must have been
defined in IFS/Document Management. For more information, view the online
help file, Define Approval Template.
System Effects
- The
alternate position and its structure will receive access rights from the
template part of the structure position for which the alternate is created.
Furthermore, when an alternate part and its structure are removed from the
template structure, the access for the part will be removed, provided that
the alternate part does not exist elsewhere in the structure as a part or
alternate.
- If
the alternate part has serials connected to its structure, the top serials
will be updated with the new access and will be spread to the serials below in
the structure.
- The
serial access for disconnected serials of the given template structure will
be updated for the alternate part.
- You
can view the access granted to the alternate part and its structure on the
Serial
Structure Template/Part Access tab and on the
Template Structure
Navigator/Part Access tab.
- If IFS/Complex Assembly MRO is used, and the
structure position for which the alternate is valid is transferred to
manufacturing or prepared for transfer, the alternate will be included
automatically in the temporary transfer table. In addition, the alternate
will be added to the produced parts list for ongoing disassembly, assembly,
and disposition shop orders for the position for which the alternate was
defined. This connection is necessary if the alternate is to be received
instead of the original part. The additions to the produced parts list will
be done through a background job (Update Complex Assembly MRO with new
alternates).
- The
definition of position alternates in Fleet and Asset Management will result in automatic creation
both in IFS/Part Catalog and in IFS/PDM-Configuration.
- The list below indicates how the
alternates automatically will be created in IFS/Part Catalog and IFS/PDM-Configuration:
Interchangeability
Rule |
Description |
One Way
Interchangeable |
An alternate
will automatically be created that is Not Fully Interchangeable in Part/Alternate Parts and in
Engineering
Part Revision/Alternate Part
Revisions. |
Two Way Interchangeable |
Will result
in a Fully Interchangeable alternate in
Part/Alternate Parts and in
Engineering
Part Revision/Alternate Part
Revisions. |
Not Interchangeable |
Nothing will be created in
Part/Alternate Parts or in
Engineering
Part Revision/Alternate Part
Revisions. |
Interchangeable as a Set |
Same as One Way Interchangeable. |
Qualified Interchangeable |
Same as
Two Way Interchangeable,
but the alternate must be approved before the structure can be set to
status Operational. For more information, view the online help file, Approve
or Reject Structure Changes. |
Window
Serial
Structure Template
Template Structure Navigator
Related Window Descriptions
Serial
Structure Template/Alternates/Position Alternates
Template Structure Navigator/Alternates/Position Alternates
Part/Alternate Parts
Engineering
Part Revision/Alternate Part Revisions
Configuration Basic Data/Interchangeability
Code
Procedure
Use this procedure to define an alternate for a
selected structure position within a template structure
- Open one of the following windows, and query (F3) for
the part at the lowest level of the template structure for which you want to
register a position alternate.
-
Serial Structure Template
-
Template Structure Navigator
- Click the
Alternates tab and then
click the
Position Alternates sub tab.
- Create a new record (F5).
- In the Installed Part Number field, enter a
value for the part the for which the position alternate is to be defined. Use the List
of Values to select a value.
- Enter the interchangeability code for the alternate
part in the Interchangeability Code field. If you select the Qualified
Interchangeable
interchangeability code, it is recommended to
enter a value in the Approval Template field.
- In the Alternate Part Number field, enter the
part number for the position alternate.
- Save the record (F12).