Integration Workflow - Data Transfer from AVEVA ERM_Allocated Material

The integration workflow for allocating materials from AVEVA ERM to AVEVA Marine is as follows:

1. Allocate materials to hull unit in AVEVA ERM.

2. Publish hull unit material list in AVEVA ERM.

3. Import the materials in AVEVA Marine.

4. Verify data in AVEVA Marine.

5. Provide feedback on data consumption in AVEVA Marine.

6. Process the feedback in AVEVA ERM.

Allocate materials to hull unit in AVEVA ERM

In AVEVA ERM, the list of hull materials required to build a hull unit is defined and maintained in the s30000 Hull Unit Material List screen. The purpose of a hull unit material list is same as that of a part list. Materials of type hull profile (PR) and hull plate (PL) can be used on a hull unit material list. Only one hull unit material list can be defined for a hull unit.

The s30000 Hull Unit Material List screen consists of two data grids: Hull Material List Header and Hull Unit Material List Items. The header holds the reference to the hull unit which acts as a container holding the material list line items. The materials placed as line items forms the basis for material requirement which can be viewed through the s50022 Material Status screen.

For more information, refer to s30000 Hull Unit Material List user document.

When allocation is done for a hull unit, the following should be checked before publishing the Hull Unit Material list information to AVEVA Marine:

• Quantity, system and activity should be added on a line item. Activity information is not transferred to AVEVA Marine, but it is required for the next step of the integration, when delivery request lists (DRLs) are created in AVEVA ERM.

• Change the status of the Hull Material Unit using one of the following:

  • Workflow > Issue or

  • Planning > Totally Planned and Technical > Ready for Production

Publish hull unit material list in AVEVA ERM

To publish the hull unit material list to AVEVA Marine:

• Select the hull unit in the s30000 Hull Unit Material List screen and click Data Management > Publish Hull Material List to Design.

  Note: Information published will overwrite any proposed allocation done in AVEVA Marine earlier.

The Material List information is available in a view shared with AVEVA Marine.

Along with this an ‘Update’ message is sent to AVEVA Marine with context PlatesProfilesOnHullUnit.

Import the materials

In AVEVA Marine, an FMTRPO element must be created in Hull design to switch from nesting mode into material handling mode to integrate with AVEVA ERM.

AVEVA ERM sends an ‘Update’ message with context “PlatesProfilesOnHullUnit” when the hull material list is published. On the AVEVA Marine side, this information can be imported through the Notifications dialog box.

To import data, select the Update message and click Update Database.

Verify data

After the import of data is successful, the following can be checked in AVEVA Marine:

• Hull unit that corresponds to a manufacturing package in AVEVA Marine (MANPKG) is created.

• For each manufacturing package, a folder is created (MPKGFL), containing the allocated raw material .

• For each material Id, a corresponding specification object is created (FPRJPR for steel plate or FPRJPL for profile).

• Under the specification object, x number of plate or profile instances (FPRJIN or FPLJIN) objects are created, where x corresponds to the quantity in this record. For each of the FPxJIN objects, the attribute “Avbity” is set to “Available”.

Provide feedback on data consumption

After the data transferred is imported in AVEVA Marine, feedback on data consumption is sent to AVEVA ERM. This means an ‘Acknowledgement’ or ‘Error’ notification is sent from AVEVA Marine to AVEVA ERM using the notification workflow.

View the feedback in AVEVA ERM

The ‘Acknowledgement’ and ‘Error’ messages are displayed in the s14002 Integrated Messages screen of AVEVA ERM.