Replace Product Structure Component

Explanation

This activity is used to replace a component in a selected product structure.

Note: If the selected structure is in a state that allows update (i.e., Tentative or Plannable) or Buildable on a site with the site rule Simplified, the activity causes the system to exchange the old component for the new component. If the structure is in a state that does not allow update (Buildable state), the system phases out the old structure and its associated part revision and creates a new part revision, copying all existing structures alternatives and replacing the old component with the new component in the new structure alternative.

Prerequisites

This activity requires that all components must be defined in Inventory Part. The structures of the parts must have been entered.

System Effects

As a result of this activity, the system replaces a component in a selected structure.

Window

Product Structure

Related Window Descriptions

Product Structure

Procedure

1. Display the parent part by clicking Populate (F2) or by making a selective query (F3).
2. On the Product Structure tab, select the row whose component you want to replace, right-click then click Replace Component. The Phase Out or Replace Structure Component dialog box opens.
3. If the structure is in Buildable state (does not allow update), enter the Phase Out date in the Component Out group box. When you replace a part with another part, the validity of the replacement part begins on the following day.
4. In the Component In group box Part No field, click the List of Values button and select the component to phase in.
5. In the Component In group box Qty per Assembly field, enter the quantity of the component to constitute one parent part 
6. Click OK.