Practice - Maintaining Bills of Material

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Practice - Maintaining Bills of Material
Overview
In this practice you will compare bills of material, create an alternate bill of material, and attach
a text document to a bill of material. You will also check a bill of material for bill loops and view
an indented bill of material.

Assumptions
Use the Manufacturing and Distribution Manager responsibility to complete this
practice.

You must have access to an Oracle Application Vision database or comparable training
or test instance at your site on which to complete this practice.

Tasks
Comparing Bills of Material

Compare bill of material ##1040 to bill of material ##2010.

Creating Alternate Bills of Material

Create an alternate name called ##SUB for a substitute part.

Create an alternate bill of material for item ##2010 using the alternate name ##SUB. Replace
item ##3010 with a different ##3010 for your alternate bill of material.

Enabling Items and Copying Bills of Material in Different Organizations

Enable items ##2010, ##3010, ##3020, and ##3030 in organization M2-Boston Manufacturing.

Copy items ##2010 bill of material from the M1-Seattle Manufacturing organization to the M2-
Boston Manufacturing organization.

Performing Loop Checks

Perform a loop check for item ##1000.

Attaching Text Documents

Attach a text document to item ##1000.

Viewing Indented Bills of Material

View the indented bill of material for item ##1000.

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Solution Maintaining Bills of Material
Comparing Bills of Material

Responsibility = Manufacturing and Distribution Manager

1. Compare bill of material ##1040 to bill of material ##2010.

2. Navigate to the Comparison window.

(N) Bills of Material > Bills > Comparison

3. Enter the two bills to compare.

4. Select Compare.

(B) Compare

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Creating Alternate Bills of Material

5. Create an alternate name called ##SUB for a substitute part.

6. Navigate to the Alternates window

(N) Bills of Material > Setup > Alternates

7. Insert a new record or click on the next available line.

8. Type ##SUB and enter a description.

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9. Save your work.

10. Create an alternate bill of material for item ##2010 using the alternate name ##SUB.
Replace item ##3010 with a different ##3010 for your alternate bill of material.

11. Navigate to the Bills of Material window.

(N) Bills of Material > Bills > Bills

12. Enter your item ##2010, then from the LOV in the Alternate field, select ##SUB.

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13. Copy bill of material ##2010.

(M) Tools > Copy Bill From

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14. Replace item ##3010 with a different ##3010.

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15. Save your work.

Enabling Items and Copying Bills of Material in Different Organizations

16. Enable items ##2010, ##3010, ##3020, and ##3030 in organization M2-Boston
Manufacturing.

17. Navigate to the Master Item window.

(N) Inventory > Items > Master Items

18. Query items ##2010, ##3010, ##3020, and ##3030 and enable them in organization M2-
Boston Manufacturing.

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19. Copy items ##2010 bill of material from the M1-Seattle Manufacturing organization to M2-
Boston Manufacturing organization.

20. Change your organization to M2-Seattle Manufacturing.

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21. Navigate to the Bills of Material window.

(N) Bills of Material > Bills > Bills

22. Copy bill of material ##2010 from organization M1.

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23. You now have a bill of material for ##2010 in organizations M1 and M2.

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24. Save your work.

Performing Loop Checks

25. Perform a loop check for item ##1000.

26. Change your organization back to M1-Seattle Manufacturing.

27. Navigate to the Bills of Material window.

(N) Bills of Material > Bills > Bills

28. Find item ##1000.

29. Check for loops.

(M) Tools > Check for Loops

30. A note displays. Select OK.

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Attaching Text Documents

31. Remain in the Bills of Material window with item ##1000.

32. Attach a text document to item ##1000.

33. Select the paper clip icon.

34. In the Attachments window, click in the category field and choose Miscellaneous from the
LOV.

35. Enter a brief description.

36. In the Data Type field, select Text in the LOV.

37. Enter a text statement.

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38. Save your work.

39. Close the Attachments window.

40. Test your attachment. Query on item ##1000 again.

41. Is the paper clip icon different? ___________

42. Select the paper clip and review the attachment.

Viewing Indented Bills of Material

43. View the indented bill of material for item ##1000.

44. Navigate to the Find Indented Bills of Material window.

(N) Bills of Material > Bills > Indented Bills

45. Enter item ##1000 and select Find.

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46. Review the bill of material. Click on the +/- buttons at the bottom of the window.

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