Scenario
The USMF company offers services to customers. These services include setting up a product with several components, completing maintenance and repair of products, and refining or increasing the overall performance of a product. Companies can add these types of services as a user requirement to the product configuration model.
The Product designer at USMF must add a user requirement to the home entertainment system. This requirement represents potential services that the company offers to increase customer satisfaction. Contoso Entertainment Systems offers installation services, maintenance and repair services, and other professional services.
They add the user requirement to the product configuration model, and then they add attributes for each of the three types of services so that you can select the services when you configure the product.
Finally, they add BOM lines for each of the three types of services.
When someone selects any of the services during product configuration, the system includes the cost of the services in the sales price of the home entertainment system.
Demonstration - Maintain a route for a product configuration model
Running this procedure requires that a product configuration model exists. This procedure uses the High end speaker model in the demo company USMF to go through the process.
Add a route operation
To add a route operation, follow these steps:
Go to Product information management > Products > Product configuration models.
In the list, find and select the desired record. Select the High end speaker model for this exercise.
In the list, select the link in the selected row.
Expand the Route operations section.
Select Add.
In the Name field, enter a value.
In the Description field, enter a value.
Select Save.
Enter route operation details
To enter route operation details, follow these steps:
Select Route operation details.
In the Operation field, enter or select a value.
In the Oper. No. field, enter a number.
Operation numbers determine the route sequence.
Each property on a route operation can get a static value, or you can map it to an attribute. Mapping to an attribute results in the value being set as part of the configuration.
In the Route group field, enter or select a value. The route group determines essential behavior for costing, consumption, and setup.
Select the Setup tab.
Select the Times tab.
In the Process qty. field, enter a number. Determine how many you plan to process during one operation.
In the Hours/time field, enter a number. Enter the time ratio.
Select the Set checkbox.
In the Run time field, enter a number. Determine the processing time for the quantity that you specified.
Select the Resource requirements tab.
Select Add.
In the list, mark the selected row.
In the Requirement type field, select an option. Decide if you want to indicate specific resources or capabilities that the route operation must possess.
In the Requirement field, enter or select a value.
Select OK.