We are looking for a way in Epicor to ‘kit’ a set of tooling that are listed as material lines in a job.
So we have job for a finished part and that job has a list of tooling in the materials section. Say 20 tools all called out on their own material seq lines.
In our automated mfg line we want to have a tooling kit set up so that when we run this top level mfg part on this line, the machinist just needs to pull the kit box out to do the setup. The intention would be that if a tool is in a tool holder or collet or whatever, they would be left in that device for the machine in the kit box.
My question is this - What would be the best way to track all of the individual tools that go into the “kit” part number if we just use that “kit” part number in the material list of job. So, theoretically, 1 material line on the job but that material line somehow tracks the 20 different tools needed and keeps the individual tooling part number inventories in line?
Any insight on what any of you do or Epicor functionality that I am not aware of would be greatly appreciated
Melissa Hietala