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avillanueva
23-Emerald I
avillanueva23-Emerald I
23-Emerald I
January 4, 2018
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Getting started with SUMA

  • January 4, 2018
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I think in my head I had a different idea on how SUMA worked.  So, if you have walked this path before, please let me know where the mine fields are.  I understand the part relationships between OEM, Manufacturer and Vendor Parts. We are adding this on to an existing system so I would assume that all my existing 300K parts are all considered OEM parts by that definition right? 

Let's take the example of a COTS part like NAS620C10, a milspec washer.  This exists in our system currently and called out on BOMs.  If I wanted to apply AML to this, it would need to be a MFG part, a different type. Do I need to change the type on all of these existing parts?  It does not make much sense to leave the existing part as a OEM part and create a new MFG part linked to it.  Can MFG parts be called out directly on BOMs?

This leads me to another observation: Creating Parts just got a whole lot more complicated. Do you then block part creation and leave that for an admin? If users create parts from CAD directly, they will likely create OEM parts which would require type changes to make them MFG parts and correct them.

 

I am sure I will have more questions so let me know if your able to answer questions offline.

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avillanueva
23-Emerald I
avillanueva23-Emerald IAuthor
23-Emerald I
January 4, 2018

Answering some of my own questions:

  • Yes, MFG parts can be added to a BOM directly. Not sure what the gains us.
  • AML status only make sense for OEM parts that are set to Buy or Buy - Sole Source. Shows No AML on my BOM view. Ok, following along...

This leads me to the following conclusion:

    SUMA requires at least two parts to properly manage part sourcing preferences.  This is answering a different question than I was expected.  I wanted SUMA to direct users in cases of similar parts, to a preferred part.  It appears to be directing supply chain to a preferred supplier part.  Help me see my use case still fits with SUMA:

   An Engineer is designing a fixture and needs a fastener. PartsLink shows them 10 parts in the range they searched on. They should be directed toward preferred parts but these might not be identical parts.  It might be a slightly larger fastener so we can gravitate toward fewer size selections. 

  Take the case of NAS1352N4-10, NAS1352C4-10 and an internally screened version of STDPRTN412. The Engineer may really need a -8 but we would like to use a more common size in -10 and preferably the internally screened version and higher strength (N over C).  PartsLink and SUMA should show that STDPRTN412 is preferred over the others.

Now these all exist as OEM buy parts in PDMLink currently. Am I correct in stating that I would need to create a corresponding MFG part for each one to capture sourcing preference? Or worse, convert them all to MFG parts then recreate an OEM part to link them together?

 

I can see if we had a system of internal numbers for all buy parts but this is not the case currently.  Am I missing something?

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JHall1-Visitor
1-Visitor
February 19, 2018

You've asked a lot of interesting questions that I hope have some responses.

I thought once you created a part, you could not change it's type.  Is that really the case?

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lgrant16-Pearl
16-Pearl
April 11, 2019

I don't think you can re-type anything in Windchill

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