Create a routing

Sequence the operations that make an item, tie each to a resource, then release the routing.

A routing is how a made item is built: the ordered list of operations (the steps), each tied to the resource that runs it. When Production releases a work order, it reads the current released routing to create the work order's operations. Like a BOM, a routing is versioned, so it can be revised after release.

Create the routing

  1. Go to Engineering > Routings and select New routing.
  2. Pick the item the routing makes. The routing starts at version 1 in Draft.
  3. Save to open it for editing.

Add the operations

Each operation is one step in the build, in sequence:

  1. Select Add operation and give it a name (or pick a process to base it on).
  2. Set the setup time (minutes to set up the step) and run time per unit (minutes per unit produced).
  3. Assign the resource the step runs on. You can add alternate resources with a priority order, marking one primary.
  4. Set optional labor rate and overhead rate used for costing, and instructions for the operator.
  5. Turn on inspection required if the step needs a passed inspection before it can complete on the floor.
  6. Reorder steps with the sequence handles.

Release it

  1. Select Release. Workcell checks that the routing has at least one operation and that setup and run times are not negative.
  2. The routing moves to Released and becomes the version Production builds from.

Revise or retire

  1. Revise copies the released routing into a new Draft version with all its operations and resource links, so you can change it without disturbing in-flight work.
  2. Obsolete retires a released routing.
Draft (add operations -> resources) -> Release -> Obsolete
   ^                                      |
   +-------- Revise (new Draft version) --+

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