Viewing Supersession Chain

The View chain function displays the graphical presentation for a part supersession chain.

The left side of the screen shows the details of the requested, suggested and alternative part numbers. The right side of the screen shows a graphical presentation of the complete supersession chain for the requested part.

What do you want to do?

Supersessions Chain Form

This form is displayed when you click Manufacturer systems (Module) and MB. Mercedes-Benz (Company) > Menu - Parts > Supersession creation > View chain xeyes.gif toolbar button.

Menu Bar and Toolbar:

Menu bar Toolbar Action
File > Exit Exit.gif Exit the view supersession chain function.
Supersessions > Requested

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 Use requested supersession part function.
Supersessions > Suggested

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 Use suggested supersession part function.
Supersessions > Alternative

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 Use alternative supersession part function.
Tools > Quantity CreateNewLetterTemplate.gif Change the required supersession quantity.
Tools > Auto suggest parts

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 Automatically suggest parts.
Help > Help Help2.gif Displays this help topic in a web browser.
Help > About — Displays version and copyright information.

Details

The left hand side of the Details area can contain up to 3 parts groupings

Requested parts:

Suggested parts:

Short list of alternatives:

With each group detailing the

Part number

requested quantity (Qty)

Quantity on stock (St)

Quantity on purchase order (Po)

Quantity on back orders (Bo)

The right hand side of the Details area displays all the information of the superseded parts.

Note: Depending on the Supersession code type in use parameter, the Standard Autoline condition code or the Mercedes-Benz condition code is displayed for the parts. The concerning code is also displayed in the description of the part on the WIP.

Text Colours

A part with Bold text indicates that the part is requested by the user.

A part with Blue text indicates that the part is a suggested part.

A part with Red text and a description of Unknown is not found in the stock and price file.

A part with Grey text indicates that this part could not be chosen because it is not an alternative for the requested part.

A part with Red background indicates that this part has conflicts.

Use requested supersession part

  1. Clicking the Requested toolbar button loads the part shown in the requested parts details area.

Use suggested supersession part

  1. Clicking the Suggested toolbar button loads the suggested part from the parts details area.

Use alternative supersession part

  1. Clicking the Alternatives toolbar button loads the selected alternative part from the parts details area.

Change required supersession quantity

  1. Clicking the Quantity CreateNewLetterTemplate.gif toolbar button enables the change to the required quantity.