Conversion Function
What is conversion? Maintaining the inventory levels of: Raw materials Finished (sellable) goods Producing finished goods from raw materials Tracking direct labour & equipment costs Applying overhead costs to include in total cost of the finished goods Sales Buy
Conversion Business Process Model Eg Manufacturing Swimsuits Low stock condition trigger Finished Goods Inventory Raw Material Inventory Bikinis Making Factory +
Work Breakdown Structures Perform Production Work + Setup Prod Batches Issue Cloths Sew Bikinis Inspect Work Discard Errors
Back to Sunset Graphics Case Study Raw Materials Graphic Design Operations Finished Goods Cards Banners Wearables
Business Rules Specified
If Sunset Graphics is to manufacture its own products Inventory Located Raw Material Raw Material Issue Instruction Refers to 0..* Approves 0..* Refers by 1..* Is linked by 0..* Is made by 1..* Links to 1..1 Is approved by 1..1 Finished Goods Production Authorisation Sunset Employee Is approved by 1..1 Approves 0..* Is linked by 0..* Links to 1..1 Is executed by 1..* Makes 0..* Is linked by 0..* Links to 1..1 Inventory Located Finished Goods Manufacturing Labour Operations Produced by 1..* Executes 0..* Produces 0..*
Sunset Graphics outsource to Manufacturing Partners (5) Inventory Located Raw Material Raw Material Issue Instruction Refers 0..* 0..* 1..* (9) 1..1 0..* (1) Refers (6) Notifies 1..* Links 1..1 (10) 1..1 Bill of Material Specification: FG’s RM Mix Finished Goods Production Authorisation Sunset Manufacturing Partner 0..* 0..* Notifies 1..1 1..* uses (7) 1..* 1..1 (11) 1..1 (2) (8) Links 1..1 0..* Executes (1) One RM (Inventory located raw material item) is referred by 1..* Bill of Material Specification/s One Bill of Material Specification refers to 1..1 RM (2) One FG (Inventory located finished goods item) refers to 1..* Bill of Material Specification/s One Bill of Material Specification refers to 1..1 FG (3) One Product Type classifies 0..* FG – the zero means not all predefined PRODUCT TYPE are used to classify FG One FG is classified by 1..1 Product Type (4) One Product type is contracted to be manufactured by 1..1 Partner One Partner contracts to manufacture 0..* Product types One RM refers to 0..* RM Issue (Instruction) One RM Issue is referred by 1..* RM One RM-Issue links to 1..1 FG-Production Authorisation (document) One FG-Production Authorisation is linked by 0..* RM-Issue One FG-Production Authorisation links to 1..1 FG One FG is linked by 0..* FG-Production Authorisation (8) One FG-Production Authorisation links to 0..* Manufacturing Operations (Activity) One Manufacturing Opertaions (Activity) is linked by 1..1 FG-Production Authorisation (9) One RM-Issue notifies 1..1 Partner One Partner is notified by 0..* RM-Issue (10) One FG-Production Authorisation notifies 1..1 Partner One Partner is notified by 0..* FG-Production Authorisation (11) Partner executes Manufacturing Operations One Manufacturing Operations (activity) is executed by 1..* Partners Inventory Located Finished Goods Manufacturing Labour Operations Links to 0..* (is contracted to be manufactured by ) 1..1 0..* (3) classifies 1..1 Product Type 0..* <Contracts> (Contracts to manufacture) (4)