About Genealogy
- Last UpdatedMar 06, 2025
- 2 minute read
Genealogy extracts the relationships between lots so that you can determine the origin or destination of lots.
In family history, genealogy is the study of families and the tracing of their lineages and history. A similar thing is done in AVEVA™ Production Management, when the relationship information between lots is analyzed, so that we can determine the lot lineage and history.
As material moves through the supply chain, it is merged, split, and merged again with other material, before it is shipped to the customer. Throughout this process, AVEVA™ Production Management automatically captures the links between material movements. With this information, AVEVA™ Production Management can determine the path of a particular lot or lots.
How does AVEVA Production Management determine Genealogy data?
AVEVA Production Management determines Genealogy data with the following Inventory elements.
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These items represent locations where Inventory information is required, and they represent process types. They also define how material lots (lots) behave when they enter or leave a work center. |
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These items represent the raw materials, work-in-process, and finished goods that the plant uses, produces, and stores. |
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These items represent the movement of materials to, between, and from work centers. |
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A Lot reporting point automatically creates records upon lot creation, as determined by material movements for that work center. |
Upstream and downstream history
Genealogy enables you to track production history in two directions: upstream (forward) and downstream (backward).
Genealogy, using a simple wizard, enables the user to find answers to various questions about shipments. For example, a user can ask:
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What vendors batches ultimately were shipped to a customer?
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What Ramp/Strip/Block from the Mine was loaded onto a train?
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What customers were shipped material, that was processed at location A and between the times of 01/01/2010 9AM and 02/01/2010 3AM
Genealogy provides the answer to these questions, as well as a visual overview of the path that material traveled.
