| Business DEX (UK_Defence051):— product_location | Date: 2010/03/15 15:15:36 Revision: 1.10 |
The business objects introduced in the Business Information Overview section are modelled in PLCS through a set of business templates. Most business templates are based upon one or more generic PLCS templates. They may be specializations of a PLCS template using one or more classifications or characterizations to capture the required information, whilst some rename and use restricted parameters.
This section summarizes the mappings of the business objects to the corresponding templates.
|
Business Object |
Business Object Definition |
Business Templates |
|---|---|---|
| Message | This information object represents a communicated statement of events, activities, or outcomes that have taken place. | UK_Defence.message |
| Record | This information object represents a permanent statement for preserving the memory or knowledge of facts, activities or events. | UK_Defence.record |
| Activity | This information object represents an actual activity that is performed on specific dates. The method for carrying out an activity may be defined by a related task definition. | UK_Defence.activity |
| Location | This information object represents a geographical position. | UK_Defence.location |
| Nato Item of Supply Specification | This information object represents a specification for a codified item of supply, identified by its Nato Stock Number (NSN). The specification includes the information required to configure and manage the MoD supply chain. | UK_Defence.nato_item_of_supply_specification |
| Product | This information object represents the information about a physical instance of a Product Design. Individual products are typically identified by a serial number. | UK_Defence.product |
| Product Design | This information object represents the identification of the aggregated set of information that constitutes the detailed design
of a product.
Product designs can be of any "level" of product, from individual nuts and bolts, up to complete equipments, systems
and platforms.
Product designs are typically identified by a design authority part number, and when fully specified, will have
a detailed drawing/product model
associated with them that contain the level of detail that enables instances of the physical elements of the design
to be manufactured and/or assembled.
Those physical elements will be fully specified by their own Product Design.
Product designs will typically also have associated performance specifications, physical characteristics
(such as dimensions, weight and material specifications), and other charateristics such as cost.
Prior to this level of detail being defined, the product design process may involve specification of functions,
conceptual physical design/general
layout design and identification of spatial zones within the design.
NOTE This information object is not meant to contain the detailed design information objects themselves (the goemetry, topology, dimensions, tolerances, material specification, surface finishes etc). It is meant to act as the single reference point to which all that other information relates. |
UK_Defence.product_design |
| Product Location | This information object represents a record of the geographical location of a product between specific dates. | UK_Defence.product_location |
| Product Location Change | This information object represents a relationship between two product locations where one location of the product is subsequent to the prior location of the product. The activity that caused the change of location is optionally referenced. | UK_Defence.product_location_change |
| Transportation | This information object represents the record of a transportation activity (of consignments) between two locations. | UK_Defence.transportation |
Table 2 — Business Objects to Template Mapping table
The key templates that this DEX comprises and the interrelations between those templates are illustrated below:
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