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You use this activity to view the material‑specific master data information and related activities on one screen. It provides one activity from which you can view, access, and change the following material‑specific information:

Procedure

  1. On the Product Workbench screen, enter the name of the material, its version, and retrieve the record.

    The configuration data for the current material appears in a tree structure:

    Field

    Description

    Routing

    The production routing associated with the material

    Step ID

    The step ID or sequence number associated with the routing step in the current routing

    Component

    The components consumed at the current routing step

    BOM

    The BOM associated with the current material

    Component

    The component associated with the current BOM

    Alternate Components

    The alternate components associated with the current BOM

    Sequence

    The assembly sequence of the component in the current BOM

    Data Collection

    The data collection attached to the current material, routing, step ID, and operation

    Work Instruction

    The work instruction attached to the current material, routing, step ID, and operation

  2. To open a new browser of the respective maintenance activity with the site and the definition automatically entered and the record auto retrieved, choose any definition link within the tree structure.

  3. To open the Product Workbench Actions screen, choose Actions.

  4. On the Product Workbench Actions screen, make required settings:

    Action

    Description

    Attach Work Instruction

    Opens the Attachment Maintenance - Work Instruction tab page

    Remove Work Instruction

    Opens the Attachment Maintenance - Work Instruction tab page

    Display Work Instruction

    Opens the Work Instruction Maintenance screen

    Attach Data Collection

    Opens the Attachment Maintenance - Data Collection tab page

    Remove Data Collection

    Opens the Attachment Maintenance - Data Collection tab page

    Print Preview

    Opens the Product Workbench print preview screen. Displays the tree structure totally expanded and formatted for printing.

    Note Note

    It is valid if the material data has been retrieved and displayed.

    End of the note.

    New Workbench

    Opens the new Product Workbench screen. You can view configuration data about the components that make up a parent material.