Auto-Consumption of Lineside Inventory
Consume non-serial-tracked inventory from inventory location.
Introduction
This automation will speed up your production processes by reducing the manual input of data into your assemblies' as-built records. When you complete either the first or last step of a run, the automation will search for available locations and consume inventory based on the mBOM for that run. Serial-tracked items will not be consumed.
Setup
This manual guides users through setting up an auto consumption system to automatically consume lineside inventory upon completion of a designated run step.
Getting Started
Key Concepts
aBOM (As-Built Record): A digital record of components used in production.
Auto Consumption: Automated consumption of inventory items from predefined locations.
Setup
To ensure the automation runs correctly you need to set up a location hierarchy and locations on the procedures you want to run Auto Consumption for.
Location Hierarchy:
Below is an example of the location hierarchy you will need to set up in order for the automation to run.
Workstation: This is where the run steps are being completed. Can have inventory stored on itself or have child racks/totes under it.
Child: The parent location is a workstation. Tote or rack.
Parent: This is a work cell or work area. Can contain workstations and one lineside rack. Workstations under this parent will pull from the one rack.
Sibling: Lineside rack location. Workstations have access to this location (MOST COMMON METHOD OF CONSUMPTION)
In the above example, the work is being done at the location called "Workstation." Because both "Lineside Rack 1" & "Lineside Rack 2" are siblings of "Workstation," both are candidates for autoconsumption.
Procedure Configuration:
To get the automation to run correctly you will need to specify a location on the procedure step. This will be the workstation location. To do so, use the drop-down in the procedure editor as shown here:
We recommend that you set up a location on every step but at this time only the first or last steps need to have a location specified for the automation to run correctly
Configuring the Automation
Navigate to our integrations page and search for Auto-Consumption. Press configure
Step 1: Configure ion-api Connection
refer to the API key documentation for information on how to get your API keys
input your API keys into the following boxes and select your environment
Step 2: Setup Consumption Methodology
Consumption Method:
First: first step of run (recommended)
Last: last step of run
Consumption Location (see diagram above for more information):
workstation: consume directly from inventory at the workstation where the run step is being worked on
child: consume from child rack or tote of the workstation (limit 1 per workstation)
sibling: consume from the rack that is a sibling of the workstation (has the same parent as the workstation limit 1 per parent). Example: lineside rack
Coming Soon:
Consumption of substitute parts
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