Item Coding

Abstract

The topic of this thesis is to make one profile item coding at Profile Vehicles Oy. The aim was to make a new item codes for all the items of the company with the definitions and in the end give an instructions guideline for how to make a new item code of the updated items in the future.

The thesis was started by getting familiar with the project proposal, product description and the company. For the theoretical part ERP, PDM, PIM, PLM were familiarized with. Studying literature related to PLM helped to understand how the item codes are used through these systems and how the company's items can be replaced with the new item codes.

This practical part of the thesis follows PDM and ERP tools in order to get ideas about the original groups and sub-groups. Translated all the groups and subgroups from PDM. Used MS Excel file to collect and merged all the item’s list from different productions and removed duplicates. Used the recently purchased item list as a reference to form item code beginnings. Moreover, made defeminations for the new item code beginnings in Finnish and English for making understandable to the company’s employees.

As a result of the thesis, all the items which were able to work was ready with item code beginnings in English form. And instructions guideline template had been made to understand the items and easy to make order or pur-chase or even add new item in the PDM and ERP system.