Scott,
Currently, it seems Manufacturing Rules does only substitution (including quantity specification)
of Virtual Subassembly components with Real (Variant) Subassembly components, based on product
feature encountered. Is this correct?
Can I specify a Manufacturing Rule that joins a product feature (say "Fully-pumped Wheels" or
"Half-pumped Wheels") to a Routing Task instead of simply to dictate quantity? Say I have 2
different Routing Tasks with different Fixed Assets (machines) to handle the pumping of wheels. I
could have a machine (fixed asset) called "Pump it all up" and another called "Pump it some".
I know, it's not often we have an air-pump machine that can only handle a single pressure setting.
But think about this as efficient labor/resource management. I could have a skilled employee
pumping wheels to variable levels of pressure, and another blindly pumping wheels to full pressure.
This linkage to Routing Task may or may not be critical. My boss will tell me. Can you give a
quick "Yes, OFBiz can do it" answer for now?
Thanks.
Jonathon
Jonathon -- Improov wrote:
Got it. Thanks, life saver! Will explore that and let you know. OFBiz
looking better and better!
Jonathon
Scott Gray wrote:
The Quick Add Variants already auto-generates ids you would just need
to alter the code to put the id together in the way you want.
For auto boms have a look at ManufacturingExampleData.xml, there is a
similar example at the bottom of the file to what you are after. The
screen to play with is the one I incorrectly mentioned the other day,
Manufacturing -> Bill of Materials -> Manufacturing Rules.
Regards
Scott
Jonathon -- Improov wrote:
Is there a way to have rule-based auto-generation of BOMs? Maybe this
has already been done?
In general, I have a virtual product that can have thousands of
variants. I'd like an automated way to generate all the possible
variants.
One aspect I'm gonna be looking at is rule-based auto-generation of
variants' productId. This shouldn't be difficult, and can easily be
linked to the QuickAddVariants page (the checkboxes in column "All").
If someone is already doing this, let me know so we can collaborate?
The bigger problem I have is the auto-generation of BOMs, the lack
thereof rather.
Say I have virtual product Bicycle, and variants Bicycle-abcd, where
abcd are variables. I'd like variable 'a' to be the top-most in
hierarchy and 'd' the last. For example, my bicycles could come with
different frame sizes 1 through 5, which will require different BOM
components Frame1 to Frame5. I'd want all variants Bicycle-1bcd to
have a BOM component of Frame1, Bicycle-2bcd Frame2, and so on.
Even a semi-automated process will be alright for now.
I'd suggest an enhancement to the EditProductBom screen. Add a
function to list all variants, search can be constrained by selection
of (standard) features. This function can be copied from "Lookup
Variant Product" somehow. Allow "Copy BOM" to apply to a number of
variants at once.
Any ideas?
Jonathon
