Routing Maintenance

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You use this activity to create and maintain routings in the system (see Routing).

This activity allows you to do the following:

Use graphical and tabular modes for creating routings (see Creating Routing Steps in the Graphical Mode)
Draw lines between operations to define the manufacturing sequence of operations in the routing record
Associate a coded script with any branch in a routing
Configure nested routings
Configure disposition routings
Enter custom data values (see Custom Data)
Assign a routing to one or more materials for use with Production shop orders ( see Material Assignment to Routing)

Rules

The following table describes rules and settings that you can change for this activity in Activity Maintenance:

Rule	Setting
ERP_REP_STEP_STARTSEQ_INCR	010,10 (default): Sets the starting step ID to 010 and the increment value to 10 for the ERP reporting step Note The starting sequence value must be a positive integer. The increment value must be a positive integer. A comma is the only valid separator. End of the note. If not defined, the existing system-generated defaults are used.
STEP_START_SEQ_INCREMENT	010,10 (default): Sets the starting step ID to 010 and the increment value to 10 for the routing steps Note The starting sequence value must be a positive integer. The increment value must be a positive integer. A comma is the only valid separator. End of the note. If not defined, the existing system-generated defaults are used.
USE_STEP_ID_FOR_SEQUENCE	This rule allows you to use step IDs as sequence numbers for routing steps of complex routings with a lot of loops. YES: Parses the Step ID field value to a number and uses it as the Sequence field value for the routing step. NO (default): Assigns the sequence number to the routing steps when routing steps are sorted in a logical order. The sequence starts at 1 and is increased by 1.

Rule

Setting

ERP_REP_STEP_STARTSEQ_INCR

010,10 (default): Sets the starting step ID to 010 and the increment value to 10 for the ERP reporting step

Note Note

The starting sequence value must be a positive integer. The increment value must be a positive integer. A comma is the only valid separator.

End of the note.

If not defined, the existing system-generated defaults are used.

STEP_START_SEQ_INCREMENT

010,10 (default): Sets the starting step ID to 010 and the increment value to 10 for the routing steps

Note Note

The starting sequence value must be a positive integer. The increment value must be a positive integer. A comma is the only valid separator.

End of the note.

If not defined, the existing system-generated defaults are used.

USE_STEP_ID_FOR_SEQUENCE

This rule allows you to use step IDs as sequence numbers for routing steps of complex routings with a lot of loops.

YES: Parses the Step ID field value to a number and uses it as the Sequence field value for the routing step.

NO (default): Assigns the sequence number to the routing steps when routing steps are sorted in a logical order. The sequence starts at 1 and is increased by 1.

Fields

The following tables describe fields requiring explanation:

Main Tab
Field	Description
Routing Type	The type of routing being defined Production Routing: The routing used to produce a material Note You can release SFC numbers only to the routing of the Production type. End of the note. Special Routing: The routing containing at least one special operation. Only a Special routing can contain a special operation. The first step on a special routing must be a special operation. You assign a special routing to operations in Operation Maintenance. Disposition Function Routing: The routing used by the system to represent a disposition function. SFC-Specific Routing: The routing used specially for a selected SFC number. This routing type is created in Dynamic Routing Maintenance. Sample Routing: The routing used by the system to process SFC numbers selected for sampling (see Sample Plan Maintenance). Note The system abbreviates the routing type as follows: Production routing – U, NC routing – N, and Special routing – C. End of the note.
Copied from Routing/Version	These fields appear if this routing record was initially created by retrieving an existing routing record and saving it with a different name or version.
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 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. End of the note. New: The routing is in a newly-created state and not ready for releasing SFC numbers against it. Note The following statuses are not applicable for the Routing Maintenance and should not be used: Hold Consec NC Hold SPC Viol Hold SPC Warn Hold Yield Rate End of the note.
Tabular Routing	Selected: Creates routing steps in the tabular mode Deselected: Creates routing steps in the graphical mode
Effective Start Date	The validity start date of the routing Note This field is visible only when the system rule Enable Replication of ME Routing to ERP is set to Yes or Yes, with Change Management (see ERP Integration Rules) and the routing type is Production Routing. End of the note.
Effective End Date	The validity end date of the routing Note This field is visible only when the system rule Enable Replication of ME Routing to ERP is set to Yes or Yes, with Change Management (see ERP Integration Rules) and the routing type is Production Routing. End of the note.
Document	Prints the document when an SFC number is processed on the routing Note Documents are defined in Document Maintenance (see Document Maintenance). End of the note.
Disposition Group	The group of disposition functions displayed to the operator at the end of a routing if no routings (such as Scrap or Done) have been assigned to the last step of the routing

Routing Tab in the Graphical Mode
Field	Description
Step ID	The step sequence assigned to the routing step
Operation	The operation assigned to the routing step
Work Center	The reporting work center for the step
Step Type	The step type assigned to the routing step
Details	Opens the Routing Step Properties screen (see Routing Step Properties)