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Part List ..................................................................................................................5-26
Part and Assembly Cost File ..................................................................................5-27
Part Cost File .........................................................................................................5-27
Profile File ..............................................................................................................5-28
The Prototype Differences File ...............................................................................5-28
New SAP Upload File .............................................................................................5-30
Schematic Output ...................................................................................................5-31
Summary Overview of BOM Files ................................................................................5-32
Chapter 6
Generating PCNs and Uploading BOMs
Understanding What a PCN Is .......................................................................................6-1
Design Purpose of PCNs .........................................................................................6-2
How PCNs Affect Other Groups ...............................................................................6-2
Commodity Supplier Management and PPM ....................................................6-2
Component Engineering ....................................................................................6-3
Frequency of PCNs ..................................................................................................6-3
Pre-Upload Checklist ...............................................................................................6-3
Running bom_upload .....................................................................................................6-6
Getting the PCN Number .........................................................................................6-7
Confirming that the BOM Is Uploaded into SAP ......................................................6-8
Appendix A
Computer Infrastructure and Tools
Computer Infrastructure ................................................................................................. A-1
Tools .............................................................................................................................. A-3
Appendix B
Behind the Scenes
Beginning a New Project ............................................................................................... B-1
Processing of the Programmable Parts Directory ......................................................... B-2
Timing and cron Scripts ................................................................................................. B-3
cron Scripts ............................................................................................................. B-3
Scripts Run Manually .............................................................................................. B-3
Scheduled Processes ............................................................................................. B-4
....................................................................................................................................... B-4