Create Recipe Structure

Explanation

This activity is used to manually enter the recipe structure of a part, i.e., the components comprising the parent part. Recipe structures are alternatives to product structures/bills of material. Only components with a weight or volume unit of measure can be included in recipe structure calculations.

Use the Recipe Structure page to enter a recipe structure for parts with the part type Manufactured Recipe. Recipe structures are an alternative to the traditional product structure, allowing to enter components by weight or by volume. If part of a recipe structure is changed, can recalculate the structure. Recipe structures are processed in the same way as product structures in the shop order process.

Parts included in a recipe structure need to have volume or weight as the unit of measure to be a part in the recipe calculations. The density is fetched from the Inventory Part page. When a recipe structure is saved, the recipe will be automatically broken down to parts and substances that the recipe consists of. The physical properties of the recipe parent part will be calculated.

Use the command New Components to open an assistant to enter the new recipe structure. In the first step you enter the components that are part of the recipe, in the second step enter the components that are excluded from the recipe calculations and in the third step you enter the recipe by-product components.

The assistant is opened with the selected alternate values for Enter By, Batch Size by Weight, Yield and Weight UoM and you can´t change those in the assistant.

To save a recipe the recipe weight share must be equal to 100%. If you need to adjust the recipe to be able to save it you can use adjust commands.

If the Enter by is either Qty Weight UoM or Qty UoM, the available adjustment options are:

• Adjust Batch Size: the batch size will be adjusted so that the Batch Size by Weight = Comp Sum by Weight * Yield.
• Adjust Yield: the yield will be adjusted so that the Yield = Batch Size by Weight / Comp Sum by Weight

If the Enter by is either Weight Share or Qty per Assembly, the available adjustment options are:

• Adjust Proportionally: the percentage deviation from 100% for the total weight share of the alternate will be distributed to all components proportionally depending on each component's share of the recipe.
• Adjust Largest Share: the percentage deviation from 100% for the total weight share of the alternate will be distributed to the component with the greatest percentage in the recipe.
  

If the Enter by is Parts by Weight, there is no need to adjust the recipe; the total weight share is always 100%.

Prerequisites

This activity requires,

• Parent part with Part Type set to Manufactured Recipe
• Components must have been defined on the Inventory Part page
• If the component should be a part of recipe breakdowns and calculations of physical properties, the component must have unit of measure in weight or volume, and the component must have defined density

System Effects

As a result of this activity,

• The system creates a structure alternate in status Tentative connecting the components to a recipe part.
• The structure will be broken down to display the gross content for component parts and substances. The physical properties of the recipe part will also be calculated.
• It is also possible to save an archive version of the recipe part.
• Components that have the Exclude from Calculations option enabled will not be a part of recipe breakdowns and calculations, but except from that the component will be seen as a part of the structure in other calculations, for example, MRP, Costing

Pages

Manufacturing Structure
Recipe Structure

Activity Diagrams

Create Structure Manually