APPLICATION - PRODUCT ENGINEERING - Manufacturer Part Number association with Part number

aravinth_r - Friday, February 17, 2012 4:29 AM:

Customer wants to relate the Part with the Manufacturer part. And they have two conditions:

• Same manufacturer part should not be associated with more than one part
• Assume Manufacturer A is producing a resistor named 3HRC1003HW. And we have created this Manufacturer part in the ARAS PLM. If Manufacturer B also produces a component in the name 3HRC1003HW and this component of Manufacturer B needs to be present in the system, how to handle this in ARAS PLM?

RobMcAveney - Friday, February 17, 2012 8:40 AM:

The easiest way to restrict a Manufacturer Part to only one parent Part is to set the unique flag on the related_id property of the Part AML ItemType.

I don't understand your second question.  Can you clarify?

aravinth_r - Friday, February 17, 2012 9:52 AM:

Hi Rob,

Thanks for the reply.

My second question is, if two manufacturers (Manufacturer A and B) manufacture parts in the same name (3HRC1003HW)  and if those two parts have to be part of the ARAS PLM system, how can we create it in the system? Will ARAS PLM allow two Manufacturer parts to be created in the same name?

aravinth_r - Monday, February 20, 2012 12:32 AM:

Hi,

By setting the related_id property of the Part AML type as unique, what does the system understand? Does it mean that in the relationship between the Item Types Part and Manufacturer Part, establish 1:N cardinality maning a Part can be associated to any number of Manufacturer Parts but a Manufacturer part can be associated to only one Part?

Also, I see the the related_id property on the Properties tab of the Item Type Part AML. My expectation was to set this in the RelationshipType Part AML. Can you please help me understand how by setting related_id property as unique on Part AML ItemType, we will be able to acheive the restriction of Manufacturer Part to multiple parent parts?

Thanks in advance!

RobMcAveney - Friday, February 17, 2012 11:52 AM:

Yes, this is possible by default.  Simply create the second Manufacturer Part and give it the same number.  Once you understand how the Aras framework works, understanding/changing behaviors like this should be very simple.  Might I suggest taking a training course?  I'm sure it would take less time and provide more value than trying to figure everything out on your own.

aravinth_r - Saturday, February 18, 2012 11:15 AM:

Hi,

Is there any online training / tutorial available for ARAS PLM?

Regards, Aravinth