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Procedure

  1. On the initial screen of Dynamic Routing Maintenance, enter the SFC number you want to create or maintain the dynamic routing for.

  2. Retrieve an existing record based on the SFC number you have entered.

  3. On the Main tab page, enter the required data and make the required settings to provide general information about the dynamic routing. The following table describes fields requiring explanation:

    Field

    Description

    Status

    Releasable: Allows users to release SFC numbers to the routing

    Frozen: Allows users to release SFC numbers to the routing. Users should not change the routing record

    Obsolete: Prevents users from releasing SFC numbers to the routing. The routing is no longer used.

    Hold: Prevents users from releasing SFC numbers to the routing. The status is temporary. When the hold issue is resolved, users can change the status of the record. Note that if the SFC Place Hold activity was used to place a hold on the routing, the field is read-only and the hold ID is displayed next to this field. Use the SFC Release Hold activity to release it.

    New: The routing is in a newly-created state and not ready for releasing SFC numbers against it.

    Note Note

    The following statuses are not applicable for Dynamic Routing Maintenance and should not be used:

    • Hold Consec NC

    • Hold SPC Viol

    • Hold SPC Warn

    • Hold Yield Rate

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    Current Version

    If selected, the version of the routing is a current version.

    Tabular Routing

    Selected: Creates routing steps in the tabular mode

    Deselected: Creates routing steps in the graphical mode

    Archive Routing after SFC is Archived

    If selected, the routing is marked for archiving as soon as the last SFC number on this routing is completed and archived.

    Document

    Prints the document when an SFC number is processed on the routing

    Note Note

    Documents are defined in Document Maintenance.

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    Disposition Group

    The group of disposition functions displayed to the operator at the end of a routing if no routings (such as Done) have been assigned to the last step of the routing

  4. Enter the required data and make required settings on other tab pages.

    For more information, see Creating Routing Steps in the Graphical Mode and the Routing Tab in the Graphical Mode table in Routing Maintenance.

  5. Save your entries.

    The SFC Disposition screen appears.

  6. On the SFC Disposition screen, enter the required data and make required settings to specify the location for the SFC number on a new routing.

    Field

    Description

    New Routing/Version

    The routing and version to which the specified SFC number will be changed

    Number Future Holds will be lost with routing change

    The number of future holds that will be lost because operations on the current routing are not on the new routing

    Note Note

    This field appears only if there are SFC numbers with future holds that will be lost.

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    Choose Routing Operation placement for SFC(s)

    Place in queue at operation: The operation at which you want to place the SFC numbers on the new routing

    Place in queue at first operation: The SFC numbers are placed at the first operation on the new routing.

    Place in queue at first uncompleted operation: The SFC numbers are placed in queue at the first uncompleted operation on the new routing.

    Place in queue at current operation: The SFC numbers are placed in queue at the current operation on the new routing.

    Note Note

    If the current operation does not exist on the new routing, the SFC number is placed in queue at the first operation on the new routing.

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  7. Choose Change SFC Routings.