A rate routing is a routing for repetitive manufacturing. It enables you to easily reproduce the lean production process.

In the rate routing, the production rate per operation is defined (production time according to a base quantity). Set-up time is not usually defined, since no changes to setup are planned.

However, you can also use standard routings. A standard routing represents the various steps of production (such as setup, processing, teardown and so on), operation by operation, if necessary with suboperations.

A rate routing does, however, offer all the same functions as a standard routing.

If you use the same standard value key for all the work centers on the line, the system copies the descriptions of the standard values to the routing as the column headings of the operation overview.

If you use different standard value keys for the work centers, the system copies the descriptions into the routing that is entered in the control data for the routing in Customizing.

You can create rate routings from the Line Design menu or the Routings menu.