Data to Collect on Assembly

For a material, the data fields displayed to the operators to collect when they assemble this material into an assembly

Data to Collect on Removal

For a material, the data fields displayed to the operators to collect when material is removed from an assembly

Data to Collect on Floor Stock Receipt

For a material, the data fields displayed to the operators when material is added to floor stock inventory

Assembly Pt Parsing Activity

The activity ID of the custom activity you want the system to run at the PARSE_COMPONENT hook point of the Assembly Point activity

User Argument

The data the system passes to the custom activity you identified in the Assembly Pt Parsing Activity field

The Assembly Point activity neither uses nor validates the data.

Validation Mask Group

The mask group for this material

Max Usage as Component

The maximum usage count for this material. Overrides the site-level system rule.

Increment Batch Number

The increment method for the batch number that is sent to ERP when an SFC number of an order is completed at the last ERP reporting step of a routing

None (default): The batch number is not used for this material.

Per Day: Creates a new batch number every working day

Per Order: Creates a new batch number for each new shop order

Per Shift: Creates a new batch number every time a new working shift starts

Time-Based Component Type

The time-based tracking type for the material

Normal: Only one assembly data record of the component is loaded onto a slot during runtime.

Splice: Allows multiple assembly data records of a component to be loaded onto a slot during runtime. If a slot (a reel of the pick-and-place machine) for a splice time-based component has an inventory ID that is not fully consumed yet, you can additionally load another inventory ID into the same slot. The Consumption Tolerance value specifies a possible deviation to the actual quantity of the inventory IDs loaded to the slot. Thus, when the remaining quantity of the current assembly data record in the slot reaches N (where N is the Consumption Tolerance value), the system starts logging both the current and the next inventory IDs as assembled into the SFCs from this slot. The system continues logging both inventory IDs until first pieces of the next inventory IDs have been consumed. After that, the former inventory ID is considered as fully consumed and closed, and the latter inventory ID becomes current.

SAP ME implements the best guess model for tracking time-based assembly of splice components. The actual assembly data for SFCs that are processed while the slot passes through the tolerance zone of loaded inventory IDs can differ from the data recorded by SAP ME. A similar issue occurs if the SFC needs to consume a quantity that is bigger than the Consumption Tolerance value. In this case, the system cannot distinguish which components of the SFC are consumed from the tolerance zone and which components are consumed only from the next inventory ID. If a precise recording of assembly data is required, then you must set up a discrete assembly process instead of time-based.

Continuous: Allows multiple assembly data records of a component to be loaded onto a slot during runtime. Even if a specific assembly data record reaches zero, all assembly data records are recorded as consumed to the same component. This is the case when subtle residues of the previous inventory IDs remain in the slot to which a new inventory ID is loaded additionally. All loaded inventory IDs are considered as consumed until the entire slot configuration is unloaded. For example, mixing liquids or bulk materials in the same slot.

Consumption Tolerance

If there are multiple assembly data records loaded in a slot, both assembly data records will be recorded for each SFC number until the tolerance is reached.

Trackable Component

If selected, users can create trackable SFC numbers for this component.

Use Shop Order ID on First Release

If selected, uses the Shop Order ID as the SFC number the first time quantity is released to the shop floor for that order. If the Relaxed Routing Flow checkbox in Routing Maintenance is also selected, subsequently released quantity is added to the SFC until the SFC quantity equals the lot size of the material (see Relaxed Routing Flow and Shop Order ID).

ERP Production Storage Location

Production storage location in SAP ERP.

The field length must be less than or equal to 4. The browse button opens Storage Location Maintenance.

Note that if the procurement type is not Inhouse Production in SAP ERP, this field is automatically entered with the production storage location value defined for the material master in SAP ERP when the material is transferred to SAP ME.

ERP Putaway Storage Location

The production storage location or planned storage location imported from SAP ERP only when the material type is Manufactured or Manufactured/Purchased.

This field is used while sending the yield confirmation and yield backflush to SAP ERP.

Note that if the procurement type is Inhouse Production in SAP ERP, this field is automatically entered with the production storage location value defined for the material master in SAP ERP when the material is transferred to SAP ME.

Backflush in ERP

Selected: Backflush of the components is done in SAP ERP. SAP ME does not send goods receipt to SAP ERP when this material is consumed in a BOM at an assembly operation.

Deselected: SAP ME sends goods for multiple materials at the same assembly operation to SAP ERP when this material is consumed in a BOM at an assembly operation.