Use this screen to establish a list of substitute parts for any part. A substitute part is similar enough to be interchangeable with another part. Substitute parts are used in the Part Project Data screen for materials planning.
Use this screen after initializing the Basic Part Data and Planning Part Data screens for a part. Return to this screen when you need to make additions or changes to substitute parts.
Enter, or use Lookup to select, the part number to which you plan to assign alternate parts. The part must already have been entered in the Basic Part Data screen. You cannot add or change new parts here. The part description will default in the unnamed field below.
The latest revision number of the selected part will be displayed here but can be changed if necessary.
This field displays the unit of measure assigned to this part in the Basic Part Data screen.
This field displays the Make/Buy ("M"/"B") status assigned to this part in the Planning Part Data or the Basic Part Data screen.
Enter, or use Lookup to select, the substitute part. The substitute part must already have been entered in the Basic Part Data screen.
Enter the revision of the substitute part. If a revision has been assigned to the substitute part, it is displayed here.
Enter "Y" (Yes) or "N" (No) to indicate whether or not this substitute part is completely interchangeable with the specified component.
Enter up to a three-character numeric value to assign the order of preference (or the degree of substitutability) of this part for the specified part. Example: Is this part preferred as 1st substitute, 2nd substitute, 3rd substitute, etc?
This field displays the description for the substitute part.
This field displays the unit of measure assigned to this substitute part in the Planning Part Data or Basic Part Data screens.
This field displays the make/buy status assigned to this substitute part in the Planning Part Data or Basic Part Data screens as "M" (Make) or "B" (Buy).
The PART, SUBST_PART, and ITEM tables store the information for this screen.