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A time-sensitive material, a roll of composite material for an aircraft wing, is partially consumed at an operation.

The following process includes steps that the operator might perform partially consuming a time-sensitive material, a roll of composite material for an aircraft wing, at an operation.

Prerequisites

  • You have defined the following objects:

    SAP ME Object

    Object Name

    Comments/Configuration

    Material

    COMPOSITE_WC22

    Lot Size: 200

    Unit of Measure: feet

    TSM (Time-Sensitive Material): selected

    Max Shelf Life: 5 Days

    Max Floor Life: 10 Hours

    Material

    WING

    BOM: WING_BOM that contains COMPOSITE_WC22 as a component

    Bill of Material (BOM)

    WING_BOM

    Assigned to the WING material; contains COMPOSITE_WC22 as a component

    Operation

    LAY_COMPOSITE

    Assigned to the WING_ASSY routing

    Routing

    WING_ASSY

    Contains the operation LAY_COMPOSITE; assigned to the WING material

  • You have configured Assembly Point (see Assembly Point Configuration)

  • You have created and released an SFC number (WING-000034) for the WING material.

Process

  1. A roll of 200 feet of the composite material COMPOSITE_WC22 arrives from the vendor.

  2. You process the roll and receive it with the quantity of 200 as one inventory ID (COMP-000046) in Floor Stock Receipt (see Floor Stock Receipt).

    The system automatically checks in the inventory ID as you receive it.

  3. You start the SFC number (WING-000034) at the operation LAY_COMPOSITE in the POD.

    The system starts the Assembly Point activity.

  4. You enter the component COMPOSITE_WC22/A, the inventory ID COMP-000046 and choose the Add button.

    The system does not allow you to assemble it because the selected material is not checked out.

  5. You choose   Activities   TSM Check In/Out   and choose OK.

    The system display the TSM Check In/ Check Out screen (see Time-Sensitive Material Check In/Out)

  6. On the TSM Check In/ Check Out screen, you retrieve inventory ID COMP-000046 and choose Check Out and then return to the POD.

  7. You choose the Add button.

    125 feet of the composite is assembled.

    You choose   Activities   TSM Check In/Out   and choose OK.

    The system displays the TSM Check In/Check Out screen.

  8. On the TSM Check In/ Check Out screen, you retrieve inventory ID COMP-000046 and choose Check In and then return to the POD.

  9. In Floor Stock Report, you enter COMP-000046 in the Inventory ID field and choose Search to verify that the quantity (Qty on Hand) of the composite material now available for the inventory ID is 75 feet (see Floor Stock Report).