User’s Guide

Parts-in-Place is an online system for managing parts inventory and Bills of Materials (BOMs) for small electronics OEMs . Although you could potentially use this system for managing BOMs and inventory for any kind of physical product, you’ll find it...

Parts-in-Place is based on several key concepts, which are discussed in this chapter. Documents Documents in Parts-in-Place reflect actions in the assembly-related workflow . There are the following types of documents in the program: Assembly...

Setting up Parts-in-Place for the first use boils down to importing your data. You’ll probably want to import your current inventory, as well as your parts library (some call it the Master BOM) and the Bills of Materials for individual boards that you i...

The sections that follow demonstrate how the process of planning and manufacturing electronic boards is accomplished with the Parts-in-Place system.

The primary goal of planning builds, from the Parts-in-Place system perspective, is to come up with a list of parts that need to be ordered to complete these builds. Of course, the list must take into account the quantities of parts that you already have...

In order for Parts-in-Place to calculate the quantities of parts that you need to order for upcoming builds, the system has to know the quantities of parts you already have in your inventory. You can convey this information to the system by entering...

So, you have ordered the parts, shipped them off to your Contract Manufacturer (CM), and now the CM is completing the build for you. For the purpose of tracking inventory, you need to record in the system the use of these parts for the build. This is...

Parts-in-Place provides several functions to facilitate managing Bills of Materials. They are described in the sections that follow. Identifying New Parts When you receive a new BOM from an engineer, you typically want to identify new parts in...

Verifying Part Numbers Parts-in-Place lets you quickly verify whether all the Company Part Numbers in your library are unique as well as whether there are any parts that are missing a Company P/N in the first place. To do this verification, simply...

Parts-in-Place allows multiple users – such as colleagues within an organization – to share their data in the system. This is done by inviting other users into your Parts-in-Place account. Inviting Other Users To invite another user into your acc...

Designator List of reference designators for a BOM item. E.g. “R20, R21, R22”, or “U2”, etc. Identifier How your electronic component is shown on a schematic. E.g. “22uF” or “430R” or “SMBT2222,” etc. The Identifier value of “DNI” has a special...