Maybe! Can your systems can handle "alternative" and "preferred" part numbers? If they can, choose your favourites of the various part numbers and establish them as "preferred", then label all the others as "alternative". Any time an alternative part number is called up, the request can be routed to pick the preferred part number instead. Then you do the QA bit to inspect the stocks of "alternative" parts against the "preferred part" spec and put all the passes into a common bin under the preferred part number. Then you raise a few production permits for each product/project to use part number X in place of part numbers Y, Z and A, with appropriate proof that the two are identical. And Bob's your Auntie as they say .... somewhere .... strange. Any use? Peter "Smith, Richard" <[log in to unmask]> 29/08/2002 11:47 PM Sent by: TechNet <[log in to unmask]> Please respond to "TechNet E-Mail Forum."; Please respond to "Smith, Richard" To: [log in to unmask] cc: (bcc: DUNCAN Peter/Asst Prin Engr/ST Aero/ST Group) Subject: [TN] Part Consolidation Folks, As a result of mergers we now have many duplicate and triplicate parts with different part numbers in our ERP (ORacle) system. For example 3 resistors part numbers - 123, 456 and 789, all are 1K, 5%, 1/8W, 0805. The apparent solution (to maximize buying power and drive MRP) would be to assign a common part number. But, if all the duplicate and triplicate parts (thousands) are changed to a common part number at least 66% of the schematics, CAD data, libraries, etc. will require changes. Hopefully there's a less costly solution. Is there anyone out there that can provide some insight? Thanks, Rick Richard G. Smith CAD Services Manager C-COR Broadband Communications 999 Research Parkway [log in to unmask] Meriden, Ct. 06450 PH: 203-639-7670 FX: 203-317-4421 www.c-cor.net --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [This e-mail is confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it and notify us immediately; you should not copy or use it for any purpose, nor disclose its contents to any other person. Thank you.] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------