ROHS/Conflict Materials

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Thanks for the input Ernie.

--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "Elizabeth" <gracefulthreads@...> wrote:
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> Jerry,
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> It's messy.
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> The RoHS Compliance Rollup Process in 9.04 is broken (SCR 86278, no firm target yet, still broken in 9.05.702A which I'm testing now). To replace that I've had to create a Service Connect workflow (the DMT for 9.04 doesn't work with the necessary tables... DMT in 9.05.702 does!).
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> I'm doing it sort of hybridly but mostly manually, because we have a few components left that are NOT RoHS compliant. For our finished goods we need to be able to tell 3 states: Known Compliant, Known Not Compliant, and Not Known Compliant.
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> To get there, we created Substances for each of the 6 RoHS nasties, and then a 7th Substance named "Unknown". For all component parts (in our case, Part.TypeCode = "P"), we set the "Unknown" substance to a weight of 1 lb. Next, for all component parts that we've been notified are NOT compliant, we changed the "unknown" weight back to 0 and then set the non-compliant substance weight to 1lb. For components certified as compliant we set the "unknown" weight back to 0.
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> Now all my Known Compliant components have a total Substance Weight of 0, while Known Not Compliant and Not Known Compliant are 1.
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> I created a second query and made it into a dashboard showing the finished good part and all its materials, and if the material has a substance restriction weight of 1 it displays in yellow, and the user knows that it's either Not Compliant or (more likely) Not Known Compliant, and they can just right-click on the material, open Part Tracker or Part Display and get the whole scoop.
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> Now the hard part (not necessary, but useful). In 9.04 I created a Service Connect workflow to update all the finished goods parts. It's REALLY cumbersome, but it does the job. In 9.05.702 the DMT will take care of that VASTLY more easily. I can give you details on that if you like.
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> I never thought about how complicated this really is... I just do it every other week or so sort of half-awake.
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> Ernie Lowell
> Diba Industries
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> --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "jerryblais" <jerryblais@> wrote:
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> > Seeking some input on what other Epicor 904.507A users are doing to handle ROHS/Conflict material tracking.
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Seeking some input on what other Epicor 904.507A users are doing to handle ROHS/Conflict material tracking.
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Jerry,

It's messy.

The RoHS Compliance Rollup Process in 9.04 is broken (SCR 86278, no firm target yet, still broken in 9.05.702A which I'm testing now). To replace that I've had to create a Service Connect workflow (the DMT for 9.04 doesn't work with the necessary tables... DMT in 9.05.702 does!).

I'm doing it sort of hybridly but mostly manually, because we have a few components left that are NOT RoHS compliant. For our finished goods we need to be able to tell 3 states: Known Compliant, Known Not Compliant, and Not Known Compliant.

To get there, we created Substances for each of the 6 RoHS nasties, and then a 7th Substance named "Unknown". For all component parts (in our case, Part.TypeCode = "P"), we set the "Unknown" substance to a weight of 1 lb. Next, for all component parts that we've been notified are NOT compliant, we changed the "unknown" weight back to 0 and then set the non-compliant substance weight to 1lb. For components certified as compliant we set the "unknown" weight back to 0.

Now all my Known Compliant components have a total Substance Weight of 0, while Known Not Compliant and Not Known Compliant are 1.

I created a second query and made it into a dashboard showing the finished good part and all its materials, and if the material has a substance restriction weight of 1 it displays in yellow, and the user knows that it's either Not Compliant or (more likely) Not Known Compliant, and they can just right-click on the material, open Part Tracker or Part Display and get the whole scoop.

Now the hard part (not necessary, but useful). In 9.04 I created a Service Connect workflow to update all the finished goods parts. It's REALLY cumbersome, but it does the job. In 9.05.702 the DMT will take care of that VASTLY more easily. I can give you details on that if you like.

I never thought about how complicated this really is... I just do it every other week or so sort of half-awake.

Ernie Lowell
Diba Industries

--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "jerryblais" <jerryblais@...> wrote:
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> Seeking some input on what other Epicor 904.507A users are doing to handle ROHS/Conflict material tracking.
>