Create Routing Manually
Explanation
Use this activity to create a routing with the operations needed to manufacture the
part. When you enter operations, you specify the work center that will perform each
operation, enter their manufacturing factors (how long manufacturing is expected to take),
and define the unit of measure (in which you specify the manufacturing lead time by
changing the factor unit). You can also enter routing serial ranges and connect
tool IDs to operations. These procedures are described in separate activities.
For outside work center operations, you can specify how much of the outside operation reporting process will be handled automatically as well as the default supply type.
Prerequisites
This activity has the following prerequisites:
- A work center must have been defined in Work Center.
- The part must be defined in Inventory Part
with the part type set as manufactured or manufactured recipe. This
automatically creates a routing record for the part.
- If you work with labor operations,
labor classes must be defined in Manufacturing Labor
Class.
System Effects
As a result of this activity:
- The system creates a routing with operations for a part.
- All time information you enter for operations, such as setup time, move time, and
efficiency, affect both the operation scheduling and the setup and unit times of the part.
Window
Routing
Routing Operations
Related Window Descriptions
Routing/Routings
Routing/Routing
Serials
Routing/Routing
Tools
Routing
Routing Operations
Create Outside Operation Item
Procedure
- Display the part for which you want to enter operations by populating or by making a selective query in the
Routing window.
- In the Alternate Description field on the
Routings
tab, enter a description of the alternate.
- Create a new operation record in the
Routings tab.
- Enter a suitable sequence number for the operation.
- Enter a description of the operation.
- Select a work center where the operation will be
performed.
Use the List of Values to select from available work centers.
- Specify machine time and/or labor time.
- Fixed Resource Share is by default 1,
meaning that the full resource capacity is utilized for the duration of the
operation. If the operation utilizes part of the resource capacity, define
the share in Fixed Resource Share field or specify how much of the
total capacity one unit will utilize in the Resource Share per Unit
field.
- Enter the unit of measure for the manufacturing time in the Factor Unit column.
- If you are specifying labor setup time, select Setup Labor Class
and Setup Crew Size. Use List of Values to select from available
labor classes. You can also enter an employee setup
qualification profile in the Emp Setup Comp Profile field.
- If you are specifying labor run time, select Labor Class and
Crew Size. Use the List of Values to select from available labor classes.
You can also enter an employee qualification profile in
the
Emp Comp Profile field.
- If specifying overlap, enter the required value in the Overlap field and select the applicable unit in the Overlap Unit
field.
- Select the Setup Inside Overlap check box if you want the setup time to be included in the overlap.
Note: The meaning of operation overlap is how early a succeeding
operation is allowed to start in relation to its latest scheduled preceding
operation start time. (For more details refer to Operation Overlap topic about
description).
- If you are specifying an outside operation, enter an
outside operation item in the Outside Op Item field. Use the List of Values to select from available parts.
This part must be defined as a non-inventory purchase part. The outside operation item shall have the same supplier as the outside work center,
or if the outside work center is not connected to a supplier, a valid supplier can be any active supplier connected to the purchase part.
- If the operation is for an outside work center,
select the Outside Op Supply
Type and Outside Op Rpt Level from the respective list boxes.
- If you are specifying an outside operation, you have the option to select the Send to Next Supplier check box.
Note: When this check box is selected it indicates that the outside operation items should be sent
directly from the supplier connected to the outside operation to the supplier connected to the consecutive
operation, assuming that the consecutive operation is also defined as an
outside operation.
(For more details see the
Outside Operations topic).
- Optionally, enter a reference number in the
Reference Number field and use the List of Values to select a reference
type in the Reference Type field.
- Repeat steps 4-17 for each operation.
- To be able to plan or to use the routing, the alternate status must be changed from
Tentative to Plannable or Buildable. Do this by using the
appropriate right mouse button
option in
the Routings tab.
- Save the record.
- If no outside operation item has been entered for an outside operation,
the Create Outside Operation Item and Connect to Supplier dialog box
will open. Enter part number, description and unit of measure in Purchase Part No,
Part Description and UoM fields respectively. If you know the supplier and price information, enter the
Supplier ID, Price and UoM fields respectively.
Note: Currency will get the default value from the supplier. The
UoM field will get the default value from unit of measure of the routing part. If supplier is related to the outside work center, it will also get the default value from the work center