Discontinue a part

Sometimes a part is unavailable due to logistic issues or raw material shortages. In such cases, you can remove that part for a finite amount of time and reintroduce into the product later.Example Imagine that you have a released car GPS module which is effective from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2024. Due to a semiconductor shortage, you want to discontinue the part for 6 months, starting June 1, 2023 until December 31, 2023. After December 31, 2023, you want to reintroduce the part into to the product. Procedure Create a change notice with a release effectivity range for the duration of the part discontinuation, and set it as an active change.

Open the engineering BOM and select the released part.

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New

Revise to first revise the part.

Next, in the Part Properties section of the Overview tab, select the Discontinued check box.

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Manage

Submit to Workflow .

In the Submit to Workflow panel, select Part Discontinue in the Template section.

Click Submit.

You can continue this part again by revising it and clearing the Discontinue check box. Note Discontinuing a part does not discontinue its corresponding part usage.