When you add a new product, you must first decide the hierarchy level of the product. You can add products at any level of your hierarchy groups within a company. Then you can add a helpful description and image to describe the product.
Next, determine which processes are used to make the product. You can only add processes that have already been defined. For more information, go to Add a new process. You can arrange the process steps in a process flow or list view.
Once you have assigned processes to products, you can specify process targets and specification limits, sampling plans, and control charts.
Example of adding a new product
The Flavorful Fruit Company adds new products at the division level.
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Open the Components
page and select your company folder.
- Select the appropriate folder to add the product. For this example, we add the product to the Fruit Spread Division.
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Select
New
then select
Product.
- Enter a name for the new product and then select OK. For this example, we add the Strawberry Fruit Spread product.
- Open the product template that you created.
- In the Description section of the template, select Edit to enter a description. Upload an image and add tags, if you like. For more information on using process tags, go to Tags.
- Save your changes.
Example of adding process steps to the product
The production of the Strawberry Fruit Spread product involves 7 process steps.
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Select
Add
. Select
Process.
- Select an existing process and then select the position in the process flow. You can add process steps to the beginning or end of the flow. Once added, you can use the Previous and Next buttons to rearrange the process steps.
- Select OK.
- Continue for all process steps.
- Save your changes.
Flow View
Select the View button and select Flow to arrange the process steps in a process flow view.
List View
Select the View button and select List to arrange the process steps in a process list view.
