Add a Package Set Function Manufacturer

Using the Global Project Planning (GPP) wizard, you can add a package set function manufacturer to selected PDSs.

Table 27. Table 1. Rules Determining the PDS Details Available for Selection

PDS detail Rules for available selections
Functions All manufacturing process functions common the to the selected package sets.
Manufacturers
  • Manufacturers with an active association with each of the selected functions in Data Administration > Product Detail Set Maintenance > Manufacturer Values.
  • Manufacturers that do not already exist as a pending or approved manufacturer for any of the selected functions.

Note: This procedure is a continuation of the Update Product Details Sets project in the GPP wizard. The procedure presented in Creating an Update Product Detail Set Project must be initiated first, followed by initiating Adding a Manufacturer PDS Project.To add a package set function manufacturer:

  1. On the Select Flow page of the GPP wizard, select Add Package Set Function Manufacturer.
  2. Click Next.The first Add Package Set Function Manufacturer page opens, listing the approved package set functions for the PDSs previously selected in the wizard.
  3. Select one or more package set functions.
  4. Click Next.The second Add Package Set Function Manufacturer page opens.
  5. On the Add Package Set Function Manufacturer page, do the following:
    1. Select one or more functions.
    2. Select a manufacturer to apply to the selected functions.
  6. Click Next.The Perform Another PDS Action page opens.
  7. On the Perform Another PDS Action page, do one of the following:

    ◦ Click Yes to perform another PDS action.

    ◦ Click No to proceed to the Summary page of the GPP wizard.

  8. Click Next.One of the following occurs:

    ◦ If you selected Yes in step 7, you return to the Select Action page of the GPP wizard.

    ◦ If you selected No in step 7, the Summary page opens. Proceed to step 9.

  9. On the Summary page, do one of the following:

◦ Select the project link on the Summary page to review the new project you created.

◦ Click Finish. You are returned to the view from which you invoked the GPP wizard.

In the PDS tree, the added manufacturer appears as a child node of the package set function node. The status of the added manufacturer is Pending Add and is displayed in parentheses after the name of the manufacturer.