Field descriptions: Routing

This page describes the fields for the Routing page. The fields in each section are listed in alphabetical order.

The following table also describes the fields for the Duplicate routing panel.

Field Description
Batch quantity

The number of items that will be produced in a single batch run.

The figure should be the optimal size of the production batch. The default Batch quantity is the item-site batch quantity.
Batch time The time it takes to produce a single Batch quantity.
Bill of material

The bill of material name the routing is used to build or maintain.

This can be different from the Item name.
Item The name of the item to build or maintain with the routing.
Name

The routing name.

The name identifies the routing.
Site

The production site name.

Duplicate routing panel: You cannot change the site.
Status

The status on the shop floor of the routing.

In development: The production operations or resources in the routing are not yet ready or complete.

Available to use: The routing is complete and the coherence of the production operations is confirmed.

Suspended: The routing is currently held or obsolete. Choose this status to keep a record of the routing instead of deleting it. You might need to do this if the routing has become obsolete or the item it's used to produce is temporarily outsourced, for example.

A routing can only be assigned to a manufacturing process such as a work order when its status is Available to use.

You can progress existing work orders for a Suspended routing.

Time unit

The unit of time used for the production costs calculations.

The costs involved in building or maintaining the item are costed at per hour. The conversion from the entered time unit to hour is calculated automatically.

Routing cost summary grid

Field Description
Cost The resource type.
Setup The total cost of setting up the active resources used for the operations in the routing.
Run The total cost of running the active resources used for the operations in the routing.
Total The sum of the resource costs for the row/column.

Operations grid

The sequence of shop floor processes required to build or maintain the item or bill of material.

This table also describes the fields for the operations grid in the Duplicate routing panel.

Field Description
Capability level

The level of expertise required to perform the operation represented as a numerical value.

The level reflects the expected behaviors, practices, and processes required to reliably and sustainably perform the operation to produce the finished item.
Capability level name

The level of expertise required to perform the operation.

The level reflects the expected behaviors, practices, and processes required to reliably and sustainably perform the operation to produce the finished item.
Name

The production operation name.

The name could describe what the operation involves.
Operation cost

The total cost of setting up and running the machines, tools, and labor resources used for the operation.

The field is calculated automatically.

Operation number

The sequence number of the operation or the stage of production in the routing.

The Operation number can represent a group of production operations which has been set up then arranged by priority order.
Production step When selected, the step in the production process at which the item can be received into stock.
Resource or resource group number The number of resources assigned to the production operation.
Run time

The actual time the machine, labor resource, or resource group works to complete the Batch quantity.

The field displays the longest Run time from the list of individual resources and resource groups assigned to the Operation number. For example, it displays 30 minutes if there are 2 resource groups assigned to the production operation, both with a Run time of 30 minutes.

The time forms part of the Routing cost summary. It is expressed in the Run time unit defined for the production operation.
Setup time

The actual time it takes to prepare the machine, labor resource, or resource group before production starts.

The field displays the longest Setup time from the list of individual resources and resource groups assigned to the Operation number. For example, it displays 30 minutes if there are 2 resource groups assigned to the production operation, one with a Setup time of 15 minutes and one with a Setup time of 30 minutes.

The time forms part of the Routing cost summary. It is expressed in the Setup time unit defined for the production operation.

New and Edit operation panels

Field Description
Capability level

The level of expertise required to perform the operation.

The level should reflect the expected behaviors, practices, and processes that are required to reliably and sustainably perform the operation to produce the finished item.
Instructions

Use to enter a description of or comprehensive and informative instructions appropriate to the production operation and links to supporting documentation for building the item or bill of material.

Existing work orders are not updated with new or edited instructions.
Name

The production operation name.

The name could describe what the operation involves.
Operation number

The sequence number of the operation or the stage of production in the routing.

The Operation number can represent a group of production operations which has been set up then arranged by priority order.


Edit operation panel: You cannot change the number.
Production step The step in the production process that indicates that the item can be received into stock.
Run time unit

The unit of time used for the production costs calculations.

The default time unit is the Time unit defined for the routing.
Setup time unit

The unit of time used for the production costs calculations.

The default time unit is the Time unit defined for the routing.

Add and Edit resource or resource group panels

Field Description
Operation The production operation Name.
Resource for quantity produced

The switch to turn the resource or resource group on or off.

You might turn an active resource off to use a different resource in the routing when, for example, a machine resource has failed or is undergoing maintenance.

Resource or resource group The individual resource name or the resource group name that will perform the production operation.
Run time

The actual time it takes for the machine, labor resource, or resource group assigned to the operation to produce a single Batch quantity of the Item.

The time is expressed in the Run time unit defined for the production operation.
Setup time

The actual time it takes to prepare the machine, labor resource, or resource group before production starts.

The time is expressed in the Setup time unit defined for the production operation.

Resources grid

Field Description
Active from

The earliest date the resource assigned to the resource group is available to perform the production operation.

The date is defined in the resource record.
Active to

The latest date the resource assigned to the resource group is available to perform the production operation.

The date is defined in the resource record.
Description The description of the resource assigned to the resource group.
ID The resource code assigned to the resource group.
Name The resource name assigned to the resource group.

Resource grid

Field Description
ID The resource code or resource group code that will perform the production operation.
Name The resource name or resource group name that will perform the production operation.
Resource for quantity produced

When the checkbox is selected, the resource is confirmed as ready to perform the production operation.
Resource or resource number

The number of resources in the resource group assigned to the production operation or zero if the resource is not assigned to a resource group.
Run time

The actual time it takes for the resource assigned to the operation to produce a single Batch quantity of the Item.

The time is expressed in the Run time unit defined for the production operation.
Setup time

The actual time it takes to prepare the resource assigned to the operation before production starts.

The time is expressed in the Setup time unit defined for the production operation.
Type The resource type. For example, a machine, a tool, an operator, a resource group.

Resource detail grid

Field Description
Active from

The earliest date the resource is available to perform the production operation.

The date is defined in the resource record.
Active to

The latest date the resource is available to perform the production operation.

The date is defined in the resource record.
Description

The description or role assigned to the resource.

The description is defined in the resource record.
ID The resource code assigned to the resource group.
Name The resource name assigned to the resource group.
Type The resource type. For example, a machine, a tool, an operator.

Business rules block

Field Description
Pregenerate serial number for work order

Indicates if serial numbers need to be generated for an assembly line or production line order that uses the routing in preparation for the start of production.

When selected, serial numbers can be generated as soon as the order is approved for full production as a firm work order.

This checkbox is only displayed if serial numbers are managed for the item to build with the routing.