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Kits and BOM's

Kits and BOM's

Kits and BOM's

(OP)
I posted this on the Configuration management forum, but I noticed its not use heavily.

We buy a Canon T3 Camera, in the box it contains the following:
Camera body
lens
CD's
battery & charge
and shoulder strap

Supply chain assigns a part number to the box (kit) purchased from Canon, but not the individual components in the kit. On the engineering design side, we use the camera and lens from the kit and toss the rest. I've assigned two part numbers for the camera and lens and structured those within a BOM. However supply chain wants us to remove those part numbers on the BOM and 3d design and use the one they assigned. So the question I have is how do you deal with kits on BOM's, especially if engineering is only using 2 parts from it? Should I treat a kit as a BOM?

Regards
Frank

RE: Kits and BOM's

We treat something like this here as a kit (12345-KIT).
It would be a document describing the kit. If you have 3D models, they would have maybe a dash number associated with each, then the kit number as the assy.

If you ever need to make a kit of the other parts, and toss the camera/lens, I can send you my address. winky smile

Chris, CSWA
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RE: Kits and BOM's

(OP)
Interesting concept. But that might work adding a dash number. Any down sides on going that route you experienced?

RE: Kits and BOM's

You can buy just bodies and lens without the packaged extras.

"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."

Ben Loosli

RE: Kits and BOM's

(Ah c'mon Londonderry - you know better than to start multiple threads, from my reply over in config management.)

Treat the kit as a single part number.

Add notes at the used on assy to discard the unneeded components e.g. "DISCARD CD's, BATTERY, CHARGER AND SHOULDER STRAP FROM ITEM X, CAMERA KIT, IAW LOCAL PROCEDURES".

The 2 components you do use share the item/find number - but you may want to clarify with notes on the balloons saying 'part of item X' (where X is the ballooned number).

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RE: Kits and BOM's

What do you do when the battery runs out of juice?

One approach might me:

Commercial Item Purchase drawing 1234: Cannon T3 Camera - SKU=nnnnnnn

Kit Drawing: Kit, Photography Drawing #K9876
Make from: 1234
Kit contents: Camera Body, Lense
Scrap: Balance

RE: Kits and BOM's

(OP)
Without getting to much into the battery issue we hardwired the camera.
never done a kit drawings, I assume its not a actual mechanical drawing, but more of a word document?

RE: Kits and BOM's

LONDONDERRY,

We create a specification drawing for the package that comes from the vendor. The specification contains a parts list that provides a tabulated part number for each item in the kit.

Eg: 123-456 CAMERA SLR SPECIFICATION

123-456-001 CAMERA BODY
123-456-002 LENS 50mm
123-456-003 CAMERA CD
123-456-004 CAMERA BATTERY
123-456-005 CAMERA BATTERY CHARGER
123-456-006 CAMERA STRAP

Now, you have stock codes for each and every piece in the box. You can track them back to the original specification. You have an ordering strategy.

Just make sure no one drops $2K on a camera kit just to get a camera strap. smile

--
JHG

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