MAPICS Enterprise Solution
Presented by
John Grindley
CISTECH -Senior Consultant
941-661-0556
MAPICS Enterprise Solution
•Overview Of EPDM in Browser
•Creation of Views – Data Displays
•Cards and Card Files – Control Of Data
•Creation of Templates to Enter Data Effeciently/Quickly
•Creation of Subsets to Filter or Mine for Data
•Preference Settings
•Maintenance within Each Major Object – Create
/Copy/Change/Mass Update
•Host Jobs/Host Print Capability
•Alternate BOM’s/Alternate Routers/Alternate process
•Workbenches/Attachments
•General Cost Information
INTRODUCTION
ENTERPRISE PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT
EPDM
SYSTEM
STRUCTURE
ENTERPRISE PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT
WHAT PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT DOES
EPDM
ORGANIZES, MAINTAINS, AND PRESENTS ENGINEERING DATA
* INFORMATION ON RAW MATERIALS AND PURCHASED PARTS
* SEQUENCE OF OPERATIONS USED TO MANUFACTURE PRODUCTS
* PARENT ITEM AND COMPONENT STRUCTURAL RELATIONSHIPS
SYSTEM
STRUCTURE
ENTERPRISE PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT
MAPICS IS A SUITE OF INTEGRATED BUSINESS APPLICATIONS
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INFO
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EPDM
PMC
INFO
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PUR
COM
MRP
PCC
SYSTEM
STRUCTURE
ENTERPRISE PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT
EPDM
ENGINEERING
RECORDS
APPLICATION OBJECTS
APPLICATION GROUPS
APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE
LIST WINDOW
MENU BAR
TOOL BAR
RECORDS
LIST WINDOW
VIEW
SUBSET
VIEW
SUBSET
ARRANGEMENT OF ATTRIBUTES FOR A RECORD
SELECTS A SET OF RECORDS FOR VIEW
VIEWS AND SUBSETS MAY BE
CUSTOMIZED TO REFLECT A
USER’S INTERESTS
CARDS
DISPLAYS A RECORD’S DETAIL
FIELDS
CARD FILES
CORE ENGINEERING DATA
CARDS FOR A RECORD ARE COLLECTED INTO A CARD FILE
SYSTEM
STRUCTURE
ENTERPRISE PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT
DATA ORGANIZATION
EPDM
APPLICATION GROUPS
APPLICATION OBJECTS
LIST WINDOW
CARD FILES
CARDS
FIELDS
TO USERS
SYSTEM
STRUCTURE
ENTERPRISE PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT
MAIN POINTS
EPDM
* EPDM SERVES AS THE PRIMARY DATA SOURCE
FOR ALL MAPICS BUSINESS APPLICATIONS ( i.e.
item numbers, BOM’s, routings)
* IT IS ACCESSIBLE IN TWO FORMATS, GREEN
SCREEN AND BROWSER
* OBJECT RELATIONSHIPS DETERMINE THE
SYSTEM CONSTRUCT
* ENGINEERING DATA WITHIN EPDM IS
ARRANGED IN A DEFINITIVE HEIRACHY
SITES
ENTERPRISE PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT
PRODUCTION
“LIVE”, WORKING
ENVIRONMENT
PRODUCTION SITE “100”
TEMPORARY WORK AREAS
SIMULATION
WAREHOUSES
ENTERPRISE PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT
WAREHOUSE 1
Item Warehouse record
WAREHOUSE
TN
Item Warehouse record
ITEM
REV
ENTERPRISE PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT
ITEM
REVISION
AN ITEM REVISION IS ANY RAW
MATERIAL, MANUFACTURED OR
PURCHASED PART, SUBASSEMBLY,
ASSEMBLY OR END ITEM
CORE ENGINEERING AND SYSTEM DATA – Item
Revision A
DEFINE, CLASSIFY AND COST ITEMS – Item
Revision B
PURCHASING INFORMATION – Item Revision C
RESTRICTED CREATION ACCESS
ITEM
REV
ENTERPRISE PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT
LIST WINDOW
ITEM
REV
ENTERPRISE PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT
CARD FILE
ENGINEERING MAINTAINED FIELDS
ACCOUNTING MAINTAINED FIELDS
PURCHASING MAINTAINED FIELDS
CUSTOMER SERVICE MAINTAINED FIELDS
CARD FILES
ROUTING
ENTERPRISE PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT
ROUTERS
ANALOGOUS TO PROCESS SHEETS,
ROUTERS DEFINE HOW AN ITEM IS
MANUFACTURED
ROUTING FILES ARE LINKED TO A SITE
DEFINED BY A ROUTING IDENTIFIER
MAY HAVE ALTERNATES
COMPRISED OF ROUTING OPERATION FILES
ROUTING
ENTERPRISE PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT
List Window
ROUTING
ENTERPRISE PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT
CARD FILES
ROUTING
ENTERPRISE PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT
CARD FILE
FACILITIES
ENTERPRISE PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT
FACILITIE
S
FACILITIES IDENTIFY WHERE A
STEP IN THE MANUFACTURING
PROCESS IS COMPLETED
FACILITIES ARE SITE SPECIFIC
EACH FACILITY IS ASSIGNED TO A DEPARTMENT
EACH DEPARTMENT MAY BE ASSIGNED A UNIQUE
LABOR OVERHEAD
RESTRICTED CREATION ACCESS
FACILITIES
ENTERPRISE PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT
LIST WINDOW
FACILITIES
ENTERPRISE PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT
CARD FILE
1
1
BOM
ENTERPRISE PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT
BOM
RECORDS RELATIONSHIPS
BETWEEN PARENT ITEMS AND
THEIR COMPONENTS
BILLS OF MATERIAL ARE DISPLAYED IN 3
FORMATS
SINGLE LEVEL
INDENTED STRUCTURE
WHERE USED (INDENTED)
BOM
BOM DISPLAYS
SINGLE LEVEL BOM DISPLAY
INDENTED BOM DISPLAY
INDENTED WHERE USED
ENTERPRISE
ITEMS
ENTERPRISE PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT
ENTERPRISE ITEM RECORD
ENTERPRISE ITEM RECORDS MUST BE
CREATED IN CONJUNCTION WITH
ITEM REVISION CREATION.
THE ENTERPRISE ITEM RECORDS ALL
SITES TO WHICH AN ITEM REVISION
IS ASSOCIATED.
SYSTEM
STRUCTURE
ENTERPRISE PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT
MAIN POINTS
EPDM
* ITEMS MAY EXIST IN ONE OR MORE SITES.
SITES MAY OR MAY NOT BE PHYSICAL ENTITIES.
* ITEMS MAY EXIST IN ONE OR MORE
WAREHOUSE LOCATIONS. STRUCTURE
DETERMINED.
* APPEARANCE, NAVIGATION AND METHODS ARE
CONSISTENT FROM OBJECT TO OBJECT.
SYSTEM
STRUCTURE
ENTERPRISE PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT
BOM
COMPS
OBJECT RELATIONSHIPS
ITEM
PROCESSES
ENTERPRISE PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT
+
+
+
+
=
ITEM PROCESSES
SYSTEM
ITEM
STRUCTURE
PROCESSES
ENTERPRISE PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT
=
STORAGE FILE FOR AN ITEM’S COMBINATION
OF BILLS AND ROUTINGS
PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS
* CAPACITY PLANNING
•EFFICIENCY DETERMINATIONS
•COSTING
QUERY
DEFINES THE VIEW, SUBSET AND SORT
USE QUERIES TO STRUCTURE “ONLINE REPORTS”
EXIT TO EPDM
LOCATE AND
QUERY
ENTERPRISE PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT
LOCATING RECORDS WITHIN EPDM OBJECTS
1. LOCATE
2. QUERY
LOCATE AND
QUERY
ENTERPRISE PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT
QUERY COMPONENTS
QUERY TOOL
LOCATE AND
QUERY
ENTERPRISE PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT
LOCATE – FOR USE IN ITEM SEARCHES WITHIN AN
OBJECT LIST WINDOW
LOCATION OF INDIVIDUAL RECORDS
QUERY – USE TO SPECIFY A COMBINATION OF
VIEW, SUBSET AND SORT.
FOR DISPLAY OF MULTIPLE, RELATED
RECORDS
DATA
EXPORT
ENTERPRISE PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT
DATA EXPORTATION
LIST VIEW OBJECTS ARE READILY EXPORTED
SYSTEM
STRUCTURE
ENTERPRISE PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT
MAIN POINTS
EPDM
* EPDM OPERATES WITH TWO IDENTIFIERS PER
ITEM – THE DESCRIPTION AND ITEM NUMBER.
* ITEMS MAY EXIST IN ONE OR MORE
WAREHOUSE LOCATIONS. STRUCTURE
DETERMINED.
* APPEARANCE, NAVIGATION AND METHODS ARE
CONSISTENT FROM OBJECT TO OBJECT.
* OBJECT RELATIONSHIPS DETERMINE THE
SYSTEM CONSTRUCT
WRAP-UP ENTERPRISE PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT
QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS