This activity is used to manually create a new alternate for a recipe structure header. When a recipe structure header is created, the system automatically creates the default alternate with ID set to *. Additional alternates can be created representing slightly different ways to manufacture or prototype the same recipe part. The differences might be based on the amount of the parent recipe part being produced, use of acceptable alternate ingredients, or another nonstandard condition that indicates a different recipe. A structure alternate also defines how the recipe is entered.
To create a new recipe structure alternate, create a new line in the Alternate section, enter an ID, optionally a description and select the desired Enter by value. Default value for Enter by is defined on Site/Manufacturing page in section Structure/Routing Settings.
This activity requires that a recipe structure header must exist.
As a result of this activity, a new alternate in status Tentative is added to a recipe structure header.