Auto Change WIP

You can use the AUTO_CHANGE_WIP hook point activity to change the material, routing, bill of material (BOM), or shop order for a Done SFC number to allow the use of this SFC number in higher level assemblies.

Note that if multiple SFC numbers are selected, and the status of at least one of them is not Done, the execution of this activity is canceled.

This activity is used with the following hook points at operation, resource, or routing step levels (see Setting Up Activity Hooks).

PRE_START and PRE_VALIDATE_START: When this activity is executed at Start, the SFC number is automatically started at the first step of the new routing.
POST_COMPLETE: When executed at Complete, the SFC number is placed in queue at the first step of the new routing.

Rules

The following table describes the rule settings that you can change for the AUTO_CHANGE_WIP activity in Activity Maintenance:

Rule	Setting
EXCEED_BUILD_QTY	YES: Allows the system to assign an SFC number to a new Repetitive shop order even if the build quantity is exceeded. NO (default): Prevents the system from assigning an SFC number to a new Repetitive shop order if the build quantity is exceeded.

Rule

Setting

EXCEED_BUILD_QTY

YES: Allows the system to assign an SFC number to a new Repetitive shop order even if the build quantity is exceeded.

NO (default): Prevents the system from assigning an SFC number to a new Repetitive shop order if the build quantity is exceeded.

Prerequisites

You have manually created the NEXT_MATERIAL custom data field for the Material and Shop Order categories in Custom Data Maintenance (see Custom Data Maintenance) and entered a value in the NEXT_MATERIAL custom data field on the Custom Data tab page of Material Maintenance or Shop Order Maintenance. Note that you specify only a material name without a version. The system will use the current version of this material.

Alternatively, you have specified a valid shop order on a resource through Resource Setup (see Resource Setup).

Activities

When the hook point activity is triggered, the system does the following:

Checks that the status of this SFC number is Done.
Checks the material of this Done SFC number for the NEXT_MATERIAL value.
If no value is found, the system checks the shop order of this Done SFC number for the NEXT_MATERIAL value.
If no value is found, the system checks the setup of the current resource to identify the new shop order for this SFC number.
If all required new values for this SFC number are determined, change production occurs: the system assigns this SFC number the new values for material, shop order, and routing and places this SFC number in queue at the first step of the new routing. If this hook point acitivity is executed at Start, the system automatically starts this SFC number at the first step of the new routing.
The system logs the corresponding activity codes: CHGBOM, CHGITEM, CHGRT, or CHGSO.

More Information

Change Production