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Epicor ERP 10
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Hello,
I’m just checking to see if any one see the scenario below, if so , how do you handle it?

We have a purchased part number TE-129 which is a U-Bolt with (2) nuts on it. Now the supplier has changed the way how they assemble it. They sent the U-bolts and the nuts to us separately. If at all possible, I would like Epicor to be able to allow the combination of [(1) NewUBoltOnlyPartNumber + (2)Nuts to be used as TE-129 part number.

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Probably the quickest way out-of-the-box is with the Kanban Receipts program (in Job Management > General Operations). You’d create a MOM for the TE-129 part number that includes the two materials (U-bolt and nuts), then use Kanban Receipts to create the job that puts them together, backflushes the material part numbers, and receives the finished TE-129 to inventory. You can also add labor and burden values to the finished good if you like.

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Do you have to purchase them separately? (I.E. are two PO lines now required)

Or do they just ship them “unassembled” (like the U-bolt in one bag and two nuts in another).

If they do need to be two separate Parts, you could do the following:

  • Make 3 new parts
    • TE-500 - the U-bolt
    • TE-501 - the nut
    • TE-502 - An assembly consisting of (1) TE-500 + (2) TE-501. Setup as a phantom Assy. Might even be able to make it a Sales Kit.
  • Add TE-502 as an alternate for TE-129

You could also not make a TE-503, but instead change TE-129 from Purch to Mfg (or Kit?)

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Do YOU sell this, or just issue it to a job? The others have discussed selling it.

If you issue it to a job, just make the TE-129 as (1) non-stock at the site level, and (2) pull-as-assembly in all BOMs where it is used.

And then make a rev/method for TE-129 containing the parts.

If you need to change existing jobs, the part needs to become an assembly… (It will in the future.)