

PSI Naming Standard for Material Part Number and Description
Author: Wizard Zhang
Translation: As a EMS factory with a low to middle volume but with high-mix of diversification products, at the past 17 years, we had (Pronology Services Inc., abbreviation “PSI”) gotten so many kinds of different products from our Clients, also used a myriad of different specifications of the material too. Both of them which PSI released a Part Number controlling and do the one to one correspondence management between Part Number and actually storage with Tiptop ERP system , so, the Part Number has closely related to our company operation of each working station.
Translation: Early on, it’s without any Standard and Rule for the material naming . So, a disorder description for some material in ERP system at that moment . Both material specification, description and sorting list has depends on the Operator habit when issued the Part Number by Operator.
Translation: After we imported an Automation programming for ERP system and let the procedure to become mature, we found a lot of problems according to the earlier named disorder, a same specification with some different Part Number was the most problem . Also, it’s resulted in more inconvenient to every Department.
Translation: Aiming at this problem, our Marketing Department had reported a solution at the end of 2014, determine a planning for the standardization and naming rules.
Translation: From we submit proposals on end of 2014 to middle of 2016 Year , almost one and a half years, during our Marketing Department and IT work together with a good efforts, finally completed the following goal, it’s a good performance for PSI future development.
- According to the inner rule for each material, to define the standardization and naming rules and do the training on every Monthly meeting.
- Following up above standardization, to improve and modify the common material but with a defective naming within 1 Year range.
- To release a SOP and put the SOP into the important check point list do the training every week.

