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With the implementation of processing logic for tagged items, it is possible to define materials that are not standardized within Smart Materials. This processing logic is also integrated with the OMI interface code.

For the correct processing of such tagged BOM positions, three data items in the import data are important:

  • The tag number itself, which can be included in the import file in the F-9 field.

  • The item type reference, which can be included in the Item Type field.

  • The ident code, which may be specified for creation of tagged items.

The different item types that can be set up in the A.10.15 module are based on five different item rules. These item rules control the processing of BOM positions during OMI import and also in all further workflows downstream:

  • SOT (Standard without Tags) - This default rule is for material that is standardized within Smart Materials. This rule is used by OMI if there is no item type specified in the import file.

  • SWT (Standard with Tags) - These items are also standardized within Smart Materials; for material tracking purposes, however, they have been assigned a tag number; that is, if the import file specifies an item type with this rule, a tag number must be present; otherwise, OMI rejects this record. Furthermore, the ZB_TAGQTY project default setting is validated for such an item together with the item quantity from the import file. If this parameter is set to Y for SWT items, the quantity must always be 1. If there is any other quantity in the file, OMI rejects the POS (position) record.

  • REF (Reference Items) - No special logic is applied by OMI if an item of this item rule is imported. On the BOM, however, this item rule has the effect that such positions are excluded from all MTOs; that is, such items only have a reference (documentation) purpose.

  • TOM (Tagged Items without Milestones), TWM (Tagged Items with Milestones), and SHP (Tagged Shapes) - Items that have an item type with one of these rules are not standardized within Smart Materials (or they are standardized externally). As far as the tag number and the item quantity are concerned, the same processing rules as for SWT items also apply here. Additionally, OMI (and the Smart Materials BOM module) creates a commodity code (for which it just uses the supplied tag number) and a pseudo ident code (with all input_1 to input_5 values set to 0) to allow unique identification and thus further tracking of such tagged items in the downstream workflow.

    The content of fields F-10 and F-11 is used to create the short and long commodity code layouts, respectively. If an ident code is specified for such a record and this ident does not exist yet, it is used for creation of the tagged item ident. If the ident already exists when tagged item creation is necessary or if the tagged item already exists but the specified ident code does not match that of the tagged item commodity in the database, the position record is rejected with an error message.

    If no ident code is specified for the tagged item, the ident code is just generated automatically by the software in the same way as for standard idents when the tagged item commodity is created. If the ident code does not need to be created because it already exists in the database, the presently assigned commodity code and ident code are looked up and used for the BOM position; that is, OMI recognizes TOM / TWM / SHP tagged items that are already present in the database.

  • TFM (Tagged Fabricated Items with Milestones) - Items that have an item type with item rule TFM can only be imported in Fab Spool Import mode. Vice versa, items of a type with an item rule other than TFM can only be imported in normal import mode. For more information, see Fabrication Tracking - Spool Import Mode.

Furthermore, there are three control record types provided to handle the update of tagged items:

  • RENAME_TAG_CC updates the commodity code only analogous to the equivalent button function on the S.80.24 Rename Tag Number screen.

  • RENAME_TAG globally does a forced update of the commodity code as well as the tag number throughout the whole system, analogous to the equivalent button function on the S.80.24 Rename Tag Number screen.

  • UPDATE_TAG_DESC updates tagged item order descriptions.

For the record layouts of these control records, see Record Types.