There are business process in which component are not be readily available at the start of the production process, routing code is used to define the specific operation or stage in the manufacturing process at which this component must be available to it. Holding back availability of this component until it is needed can be particularly beneficial in some circumstances.
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Sage X3 provides a feature of Routing which is used to define the sequence processes required to produce, or process, a particular product. This helps in manufacturing process by managing availability of components product.
Every routing is a sequence of operations and tools that are involved in producing (manufacturing) or processing a particular product or assembly (bill of materials). Each routing is associated with the stock item that is being made or processed. Routings enable you to define and reference information for many of the shop floor processes in your business, providing shop floor control when used with Work orders.
Multiple routings can be defined for a single product. Each routing code can be assigned specific management features. These include restriction of the routing to a specific site and to specific areas of functionality (for use in a manufacturing environment, for costing or for capacity planning).
Path: All>Manufacturing>Technical data>Routings
The Routings function contains one section per feature of the requirement let’s see in detail below:
Home section. The Home section provides key tracking information. It contains the key field – Use status – which indicates the current status on the shop floor of the preparation of the operations and tools.
Header. This is the main section for this function. You use it to define management controls.
The Home section provides key tracking information. The critical field in the Home section is the Use status field. This field indicates the current status on the shop floor of the preparation of the operations and tools in the routing. You can pin the Home section to stop it scrolling off the screen.
Routings. Use this section to define the operations that are used in the routing.
Every routing is a sequence of operations and tools that are involved in producing (manufacturing) or processing a particular product or assembly (bill of materials). You define the details of the resources and operations to be assembled into each stage of your routing.
Scheduling. Use this section to provide the scheduling details for each operation.
Scheduling details include the sequence in which the operations are performed. Validation of the scheduling grid checks the coherence of the routing operations. For example, it checks the last operation does not have a next operation, the schedule does not loop and at least one production operation has been declared.
This routing code is defines against the BOM components product and this routing code helps to calculate and schedule the availability date of the components which in later stage user in the work order. In work order user can easily view the start date and end date and plan in advance
Routing helps us to largely manage and plan the manufacturing process in which multi-level production of a product is involved by providing function to user to easily manage availability of the component for production.
Hope this blog helps you in using routing functionality and ease your shop floor production process!