Create a Purchased Service Operation for a Configured Product

When you click Operations in the Configured Product Maintenance (MBM) program and select a purchased service operation type, you can create a purchased service operation, change, or delete it.

  1. Enter data in these fields:

Field Name

Type / Max Length

Action / Description

Vendor number

Optional
5 alphanumeric

Accept the displayed vendor number, enter a different vendor, or click the Lookup icon and use the standard lookup options to select the vendor from a list.

Dept number

Optional
5 alphanumeric

Accept the default department (from Work Center Maintenance) or select a different department number.

Oper desc 1-4

Optional
20 alphanumeric per line

Accept the displayed description of this operation or enter a one- to four-line text description of the process performed in this operation. This description prints on the shop paper.

Cost per piece

Optional
15 numeric in the format 999999999.99999

Enter the cost that the vendor charges to perform this operation.

Manufacturing cost reporting programs use this field to calculate standard costs for purchased services and receiving programs use it as a default cost for purchased services.

Std/Alt oper

Required
1 alphanumeric

Select S if this operation is standard or select A if you expect to use it occasionally.  

Alternate operations are not automatically included in a manufacturing order. Use the Chg routing button in Manufacturing Order Maintenance (MIM) to include alternate operation sequences for the order before you release it. You also have the option to recalculate your standard costs using the new operations.

Move time

Optional
7 numeric in the format 99999.99

Enter the number of shop days the manufacturing orders spends intransit from one operation to another.

Capacity planning and priority dispatch programs and the Accumulated Lead Time Calculation (MLT) program use the Move time field.

Send ahead qty

Optional
7 numeric

Enter the quantity that can be sent ahead to the next operation, splitting lots into a smaller quantity in order to begin the next operation before completing the current operation.

Capacity planning programs use send ahead quantity when calculating load.

  1. Choose the appropriate options:

To

Do This

Change a field

Move the cursor to the field and make changes

Accept changes, keeping the current record displayed

Click Accept.

Delete a saved record

Click Delete. See Delete.

Exit without creating/updating this operation sequence

Click Cancel.

Change the Work center no field

Click Other info and then Modify.

Enter line for this operation

Click Notes. See Enter Notes.

Display changes made to this operation

Click Audit. See Display an Audit Trail. Click Exit after you view the audit trail to return to this program.

Note

This button displays only if you have activated this audit trail in the Audit Trail Maintenance (XAT) program.

Accept the data

Click OK. The program prompts Operation seq no. Enter another sequence or leave blank to exit add mode.