Routing Maintenance

Routing Maintenance - Fields

Routing No.

Enter the routing number for the steps involved in the manufacture of the finished product, or click the Lookup button to list all routing numbers. Click the Item List button to list all inventory items and to select the routing number entered in Item Maintenance for the inventory item.

Desc

Type the description of this routing number.

Step No.

Enter the step number for the step, or click the Lookup button to list all step numbers defined for this routing. Click the Next Step button to accept the next automatically incremented step number. If the step number represented by the next incremented value already exists, the difference between the current step number and the step represented by the multiple will be divided by two. If you are entering the first step number for a new routing, clicking the Next Step button will insert step number 0000 automatically. If you issue component material to your work orders as soon as the work orders are released, and the component material is required for the first step of the routing, it is recommended that you create step number 0000 as a material issue step.

Work Center

Enter the work center code for the work center where this step will be performed, or click the Lookup button to list all work center codes.

Note If W/O Entry or None is selected at the Addition of Work Centers and OP Codes field in the Work Order Options window, or if you do not have system security clearance for Work Center Maintenance, you cannot establish new work centers.

Oper Code

Enter the operation code for the work to be performed for this step at the work center entered, or click the Lookup button to list all operation codes for this work center.

Note If W/O Entry or None is selected at the Addition of Work Centers and Op Codes field in the Work Order Options window, or if you do not have system security clearance for Work Center Maintenance, you cannot establish new operation codes.

Ignore Queue Time

Select this check box to ignore any queue time assigned to the current work center for this operation in Work Center Maintenance. Clear this check box to accept the queue time assigned to the current work center for this operation. Queue time is the amount of time that a job waits at a work center before the work actually begins.

Overlap %

Type the percentage of overlap used to determine when this step is scheduled to begin in relation with the previous step. For example, if you type an overlap percentage of 0 for step 0020, step 0020 will not begin until the previous step has been completed. If you type an overlap percentage of 25 for step 0020, step 0020 will begin when the previous step is 75 percent completed.

Note An overlap percentage entry for the first step in a routing has no effect because there is no preceding step.

Step Description

Type the step description. Click the Extended Step Text Maintenance button to display the Step Text Maintenance window and enter or edit the extended description. If an extended step description has been entered for the step, *Ext* appears to the right of the Extended Step Text Maintenance button.

Standard Run Type

Select the calculation method for the standard run time.

Select Hours per Operation to calculate the standard run time in terms of hours per operation.

Select Fixed Time per Lot to calculate the standard run time as a fixed amount of time per lot (for example, a setup operation).

Select Operations per Hour to calculate the standard run time in terms of operations per hour.

Note If it takes more than one hour to complete one operation, select Hours per Operation. If you complete more than one operation per hour, select Operations per Hour. If an operation always takes a fixed amount of time, regardless of the quantity being produced (for example, setup activities), select Fixed Time per Lot.

Hours/Operation / Hours per Lot / Operations/Hour

If you selected Hours per Operation at the Standard Run Type field, type the number of hours required to complete the current operation. If you selected Hours per Lot at the Standard Run Type field, type the number of hours that the operation will be performed, regardless of the quantity being produced (the operation will be performed until the specified time has elapsed). If you selected Operations per Hour at the Standard Run Type field, type the number of operations that can be performed in one hour.

Parent Item Type

Select the parent item type required to indicate whether this operation produces more than one parent item (Parents/Operation) or whether more than one operation is required to produce this parent item (Operations/Parent).

Select Operations/Parent if this operation, in conjunction with the other steps in this routing, must be performed more than once to produce one parent item (finished product or subassembly).

Select Parents/Operation if performing this operation once, in conjunction with the other steps in this routing, will produce more than one parent item.

This field is available only if Hours per Operation or Operations per Hour is selected at the Standard Run Type field.

Factor

If you selected Operations/Parent at the Parent Item Type field, accept 1, or type the number of times that this step must be performed to produce one parent item.

If you selected Parents/Operation at the Parent Item Type field, accept 1, or type the number of parent items that will be produced each time this step is performed.

This field is available only if Hours per Operation or Operations per Hour is selected at the Standard Run Type field.

Required Tooling

Enter the tool number required by this step. The tooling description appears. Click the Lookup button to list all tool numbers.

Line Detail

Select a line item to modify or delete. Enter any new information in the appropriate fields. Click OK to accept the data for a line. Click Undo to cancel changes made to a line. Click Del to delete a line for this entry.