Questions have one or more answers that in turn:

• Include specific additional component items to be included on the production order
• Include specific additional routing steps to be included on the production order
• Activate/deactivate other related questions
• Activate/deactivate other related answers
• Automatically set answers to other related questions

Features/Function Highlights

Configuration Definition

• Define one or more questions (feature), with expanded text, for clear readability
• For each question, define one or more answers, with expanded text
• For each answer, define one or more responses, as explained above

Configuration Generation

• Automatically accessed when a configurable item is placed on a sales order
• Automatically accessed when a production order is entered for a configurable item
• Prompts the user to answer questions
• Allows user to select a previous configuration to auto-fill default answers to questions

Configuration Inventory Inquiry

• Displays the configuration for an item produced to stock

Configuration Inquiry

• Displays the configuration details for any previously configured item

Configuration Detail Report

• Prints the configuration definition in expanded format, including questions, answers within questions, and responses within answers

Configuration Simulator

• Displays material availability and resource load for a proposed configuration
• Useful in a ‘what-if’ scenario, before an order is placed for a configurable item
• Resources analyzed are Work Centers, Departments, Teams, Machines
• User-defined period intervals

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