Implementing Manufacturing and Materials Management: From Empty Plant to Costed Work Order · Module 7 · Items and the Item Model
Lab briefing: the Halden item model
Lesson 76 of 188 · 3 min
Two hours. Read this twice. Halden makes marine deck equipment. The catalogue splits into purchased components — fasteners, bearings, hydraulic parts, electrical — raw materials, steel plate and bar, bought by weight and consumed by length or piece; manufactured sub-components made at Skien; finished assemblies made at Bergen; and a small spare parts range sold directly. Engineering holds the design attributes and must be the only group able to change them. The commercial team maintains descriptions and sales attributes. Both teams currently edit the same spreadsheet and complain about each other. Legacy part numbers are eight characters, intelligent — the first two characters indicate the product family. Everyone on the shop floor knows them. Engineering has wanted to abandon the scheme for years. Lead times differ between Bergen and Skien for the same purchased components, because they use different local suppliers. Finished assemblies for two regulated export markets carry additional…
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In this module: Module 7 · Items and the Item Model
- 1What we are building
- 2Why the item model is permanent
- 3The item object model
- 4Master versus organization attributes
- 5Designing the class hierarchy
- 6Item numbering
- 7Building item classes
- 8Item templates
- 9Creating items manually
- 10The attributes that matter most
- 11Assigning items to organizations
- 12Item statuses and lifecycle phases
- 13Importing items in bulk
- 14Data quality before migrationFree preview
- 15What breaks
- 16Lab briefing: the Halden item model
- 17Lab solution walkthrough