The separately licensed Wire Harness and PCBA Process Groups are implemented as special Digital Factories that must be imported and configured for your users. The components necessary to cost Wire Harnesses and PCBAs (such as Digital Factory, UDAs, Batch File scripts, etc.) are typically not shipped with the general aPriori release. Please contact Customer Support to acquire these components.
Note: It is likely that aPriori Customer Support or Services will initially perform these tasks for you. Before attempting any of the procedures in this section, make sure to communicate with aPriori to check if these steps have already been performed for you.
Some configuration procedures are performed by an aPriori System Administrator, while most are handled by an aPriori Digital Factory Administrator. Procedures for System Administrators are documented in the System Administration Guide. Procedures for Digital Factory Administrators are documented below. (For end user information about Wire Harness and PCBA Costing, see the "Wire Harness Process Group" and “PCBA Process Group” sections of the aPriori Professional Cost Model Guide.)
Note: Depending on the size of your site, the roles of System Administrator and Digital Factory Administrator might be filled by the same person or by different individuals. Also, as mentioned above, some or all of these configuration steps may be performed by aPriori Professional Services when you purchase Wire Harness and/or PCBA Process Group functionality. If you have any questions as to what steps need to be performed, or who should perform them, please contact aPriori Customer Support.
The basic steps for configuring Wire Harness and/or PCBA Costing include:
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System Admin: Import or Add User Defined Attributes (see the System Administration Guide).
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Digital Factory Admin: Import the Wire Harness and/or PCBA Digital Factory.
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System Admin or Digital Factory Admin: Define the Wire Harness and/or PCBA BOM Loader Mappings/
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aPriori Professional Services: Wire Harness ONLY: Create XML tables for the Transformation Utility.
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System Admin: Install the Wire Harness and/or PCBA Costing Macro files (see the System Administration Guide).
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aPriori Professional Services and/or designated employee(s) at your company: Compile Component Library information.
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Digital Factory Admin: Update the Wire Harness and/or PCBA Digital Factory with the Component Library.