proe bom to mapics

[tiffats]

Does any one use the proe bom and excel capability to transfer information into their mapics system? Can anything like that be done?

Thanks

Tom

 

[mmead0ws]

I've never heard of using excel to migrate BOM information from Pro/ENGINEER to an MRP/ERP system. If companies are going to the trouble to automate the BOM entry process, they go all the way and try to remove any human intervention.



Pro/ENGINEER can export a text file of the BOM in any desired format.



Mapics would have to listen to a directory for incoming BOM text files. Once it discovers a file, it must read it, parse it, and enter it. The format of the text BOM is customizable in Pro/ENGINEER.



Are you running Pro/INTRALINK? If so, a trigger can be created that generates a text file of the BOM from Pro/ENGINEER and places it in a pre-determined directory. This trigger is usually activated based on a specified event like releasing a product to production.



You don't have to run Pro/INTRALINK! You can manually export the BOM from Pro/ENGINEER to the desired location.



Hope this explination helps.