RE: Defining a Product Structure

The "standard batch quantity" could be your answer. Set the SBQ at 4 and
structure the component material at 10 pounds (to make 4 of the end item).
You can also structure the by-product as negative 2 pounds of scrap and
either call it a floor stock item (automatic 'issue') or manually "issue"
the negative quantity for the scrap steel to move it off the work order and
into inventory.  You can issue the work order for any quantity you want and
the system will do the math to allocate the proper amount of raw steel.

Dave Turbide





message: 1 
date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 13:07:31 -0600 
from: "Jeanne Schrader" <schraderj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
subject: Defining a Product Structure
Good Afternoon All,
I work for a company that produces forgings, and we're taking on some new
items. We've always produced one forging for one piece of steel cut, but
now, they want to cut one piece of steel, and produce 4 forgings from it.
Has anyone done this in Mapics? We're at a loss of how to set up our
Product Structure and Routing to accomplish this. We're running XA R6 with
just PDM, no EPDM.
For example: Routing step 0010 is to cut the steel into 10lb pieces 
Routing step 0020 is to forge the pieces, yielding 4 - 2lb pieces with 2
lbs of scrap...
Thanks in advance for any help I can get!


Jeanne Schrader 
IS Manager, Milwaukee Forge 
schraderj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Phone: 414-489-7067 

Dave Turbide, CFPIM, CMfgE, CIRM
46 Ocean Blvd
North Hampton, NH 03862
phone(603) 964-6903

www.daveturbide.com