RE: Defining a Product Structure

["Greg Novak" <gnovak@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jeanne,

I believe that what you want to do is set your standard batch quantity to 4.
The product structure is then the quantity for the 4 pieces (10 lbs).  I am
sure others on the list can tell you the rest of the implications.

Regards,
-Greg

Gregory Novak
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Momentum Utilities Pty Ltd
(630) 985-1736
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jeanne Schrader [mailto:schraderj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 1:08 PM
To: mapics-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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