1) What are the different types of manufacturing processes? And what are the primary differences between them? OR Explain Process Manufacturing v/s Discrete manufacturing?
Discrete Manufacturing is the production of distinct items that use bills of material and routings to determine costs and lead times. Eg: Car manufacturing, Computer Manufacturing etc you get all the parts and assemble them.
OPM on the other hand caters to capabilities to allow for multiple units of measure because the flexibility in batch production is required in process industries. e.g Chemical Industries, food processing etc. This involves complex internal processes and need a high level of control.
Eg: You mix x kgs of sugar and n litres of milk, you get a sweet as the output. This can be in kilos, litres or smaller units. If you do not allow the water to evaporate the output will be a liquid, if you heat longer the output will be a burfi.
What is the difference between the two?
1)ODM uses BOM (Bill of Materials), OPM uses formulas and Recipes
2)UOM will vary depending on the material used in OPM but in ODM UOM will be each or unit
3)ODM assembles or builds things, OPM mixes , blends and transforms or converts.
4)OPM is driven by item attributes and ODM is driven by part number
Oracle Process Manufacturing –
It the entire product lifecycle for recipe-based manufacturing, from new product development, recipe
management and production, to cost, quality, and regulatory management. It enables you to formulate products to individual customer specifications, manage variability, optimize capacity, and drive continuous process improvement
2) What are the modules that come under oracle’s OPM solution?
Answer: OPM includes OPM Process Planning, Product Development(which includes Formula,Recipe,Quality), Production, Financials(Costing,MAC), Logistics, Regulatory Management etc. These are products which come under this umbrella..
· OPM Cost Management
· OPM Formula Management
· OPM Intelligence
· OPM Inventory Management
· OPM Laboratory Management
· OPM Master Production Scheduling
· OPM Material Requirements Planning
· OPM Production Management
· OPM Purchasing Management
· OPM Quality Management
· OPM Capacity
· OPM Sales Management
· Oracle Financial
Q. Once an item is assigned to an organization, is it possible to remove this association at a later time?
A. If you have assigned an item to an organization, it can only be deleted from that organization if the item has NOT been transacted. If it has been transacted against you cannot delete the item from the organization. You can, however, make the status of the item “inactive” on the main region of the Item Define form INVIDITM in ‘Item Status’ field. This will prevent users from transacting against the item although the item will continue to be included in LOV’s.
Q. How do you setup Unit of Measure for an item?
A. When transacting an item, it will always default to the defined Primary Unit of Measure, so if you need to use another UOM, you must select it from the List of Values when you transact it. This implies that you want the Primary Unit of Measure to be that which is used most often and which is likely to be the smallest unit of that type of item. Once you have set the primary UOM for an item, it CANNOT be changed.
Q. How do I change an item’s locator control method once I have transacted against it, for example from No Control to Prespecified?
A. You cannot change this attribute if there is onhand quantity for the item. You must first perform a miscellaneous issue of all quantity. Then the attribute can be changed and once the locator(s) are set up, you can perform a miscellaneous receipt to receive the quantity back into a specified subinventory/locator.
Q. How do I change an item’s Unit of Measure?
A. You CANNOT change the UOM for an item once the UOM is assigned to the item. The suggested solution is as follows: If the item has not been transacted you can delete the item and then re-add it with the correct UOM. If the item has been transacted and has no outstanding orders, purchase orders or WIP jobs you can do the following if approved by your management.
1. Rename the existing item ’123′ to ’123-Bad UOM’ and save the item. Any prior history for item ’123′ will now be associated with item ’123-Bad UOM’.
2. Add a new item ’123′ with the correct UOM.
Q. How do I delete an Item Template I no longer use?
A. Suggested steps to follow to delete unwanted Item Templates:
1. Navigate Setup: Items: Templates – Find Item Templates form appears.
2. Click on the LOV, and select the Item Template that is to be removed.
3. Click the [Find] button on the Find Item Templates form. The Item Templates Summary form appears, with the Item Template selected.
4. Click the [Open] button on the Item Templates Summary form, and the Item Templates form appears.
5. From the menu, select Edit | Delete Record, then select Action | Save and Proceed. 6. Close the Item Templates Summary form. Be careful not to delete Item Templates you may need again as they are not retrievable once deleted.
Q. Is there a way to create custom item attributes?
A. No but you can create and define the descriptive flexfield for this form. This will allows you to associate additional data with an item such as an attribute. See the Oracle System Administrators
Users Guide and the Oracle Flexfields Manual for information on creating Descriptive Flexfields.
