Menu Tree Structure - Intergraph Smart Materials - Version 10.2 - Help - Hexagon

Administration

Module for administration of the Smart Materials database application and maintenance of basic data.

The screen names start with the letter A.

Smart Reference Data

Smart Reference Data provides materials libraries at the corporate and project levels, and enables materials revision and change management. The library enables corporate (project-independent) material data standardization, especially of bulk material. Data can be organized and reused according to international (ANSI, ISO, DIN) or corporate standards.

The screen names start with the letter S, because of the former module name Standardization.

At the bottom of the Smart Reference Data menu branch, you can find the submenus of the PDS, Intergraph Smart™ 3D, Smart Isometrics, Smart P&ID, and PDMS interfaces.

E&PI (BOM)

E&PI (Req)

The Engineering & Procurement Integration (E&PI) module presents the most recent status of any material item being used within the project, allowing the elimination of surplus materials and delays due to materials shortages. All engineering and design quantities are stored, combined, and change-controlled in highly flexible project structures and bills of material (history and increments). Based on the client's knowledge and experience, rule-driven processes automatically create material requisitions according to the client's operating procedures, translating the project engineering view into the project procurement view.

The names of the E&PI (BOM) screens start with the letter B, and the E&PI (Req) screens start with the letter R.

MSCM

The Material Supply Chain Management (MSCM) module seamlessly integrates the interchange of data with commodity suppliers, manufacturers, fabricators, and freight forwarders. It synchronizes decentralized processes such as supplier management, procurement, progress control, tracking and tracing, and event management as well as supplier performance and history management. All procurement and relevant supply chain information is in the same database allowing paperless integration of supplier performance and history measurement, supplier management, inquiry cycle, bid tabulation, purchase order/award, scheduling, progress/milestone control, and traffic/shipment.

The screen names start with the letter P, because of the former module name Procurement. The Extended Traffic screen names start with the letters PT.

Site

The Site Management module is subdivided into Field Material Control and Subcontract Management. Field Material Control enables balancing of on-site personnel with material availability, assigning material to site inventories. Material receiving, forecasting, reservation, and allocation routines efficiently control and manage materials in the various site warehouses. Availability of all upstream and site inventory data enables sophisticated planning and simulation.

The Field Material Control screen names start with the letter C, because of the former module name Construction.

The Subcontract Management module enables managing subcontracts on various levels. For example, an O/O company may hire an EPC company. This company might then hire a subcontractor for construction, and this subcontractor hires a supplier company as a subcontractor. The Subcontract Management screen names start with the letters SM.

Integrator

Smart Materials interfaces enable data to be fed into design systems such as PDS or PDMS with relevant, standardized project data, eliminating duplicated effort. Smart Materials interfaces with their leading applications include:

• Bulk Material Life Cycle Library with PDS, PDMS, SAP R/3

• Engineering & Procurement Integration with PDS and PDMS

You can find the SAP interface submenu under the Integrator branch, and the others in the Smart Reference Data submenu.

Others

Utilities including Documentation, Graphics, Assessments, Estimates, Accounting, Data Sheets, Work Progress, and Line List.

Guided Tours

Displays a list of user-defined tours, or workflows. The form for each tour, or workflow, shows a sequential list of screens and the actions required for each one.

Discoverer

This sub-menu includes a screen to handle the Discoverer.

Company Menu

Can be used to create a company-specific menu tree containing all company forms and reports. To use this company menu, you must define an appropriate menu structure on A.30.01 Menus.

My Menu

Displays a list of user-defined menus.