Compare Manufacturing Structures

[To MFG Standard]

Usage

Use this window to compare manufacturing structures. The different revisions, termed as the Comparator and Comparatee, are displayed simultaneously in a split window where you can view either the entire structure or just the part that has changed. You cannot add, update, or delete information in this window, and you can compare only one level of the structures at a time. There are four options enabling you to view different aspects of the comparison: All to compare parts of both structures, Equal to compare those parts of both structures that are the same, Difference to compare those parts of both structures that are different, and Tree to compare structures in their entirety. You can close and open levels, but you cannot drag and drop.

This window provides a quick check on significant differences based on component part/site and quantity per assembly only and not to consider other differences such as Line item no, component scrap, scrap factor, or Drawing Position. This was to keep the comparison simple, especially when checking differences between different parent parts. It is still possible to see the multiple lines for the same component when the quantity per assembly is different. It is not possible to see differences for values other than site, part, or quantity per assembly from this window.

Activity Diagrams

Product structures
Planning structures

Activities

Compare manufacturing structures