Structuring Routings

This chapter provides an overview of routings and discusses how to:

Maintain routings.
Define and view master routings.
Copy routings.
Delete routings.
View manufacturing routing comparisons.

Understanding Routings

You can create and maintain routings by using PeopleSoft Enterprise Manufacturing. Creating a routing includes defining the routing code, operations, scheduling options, routing times, conversion costs, routing text, attachments, and the associated tasks, count points, work centers, and resources. You can specify a routing by business unit for any manufactured or purchased item.

When you add a new routing, or when you change any attribute in an existing routing, the system optionally sends a workflow notification to the selected roles defined by you—such as engineering manager or cost accountant.

You can also maintain routings for consigned items that you manufacture.

If you have enabled PeopleSoft Enterprise Workflow, when a change is made to a routing, the system uses the Routing Change workflow to notify the manufacturing engineer (or other defined role) that a change has been made to a routing.

Understanding Yield by Operation in PeopleSoft Enterprise Manufacturing

In many manufacturing processes, some parent items (such as subassemblies, primary items, or final assemblies) are lost during manufacturing. This loss manifests itself as assembly scrap, which can result from breakage, poor quality, or nonconformance to specifications. Operation yield enables you to specify the quantity of goods expected to make it through the process. The expected lost can then be incorporated into the cost of the usable end items. Additionally, planning can take into account process yield and increment the demand by the expected loss so that demand is still met once the manufacturing process has been completed. This function enables you to specify a yield percentage on the routing operation step and calculates the additional resources necessary to meet the scheduled quantity with the anticipated yield loss.

The system calculates the quantities required at the beginning of each operation sequence based on the yield percentage. When you create new production, you can enter either the beginning or ending quantities, and the system calculates the other quantity automatically.

Determining Order Quantities Using PeopleSoft Enterprise Supply Planning

When you use yield by operation and you want to ensure that the demand quantity is met, use an inflated production quantity. This enables the ending production quantity to fulfill the demand should a standard yield loss occur.

Determining Operation Yield Percentages

You can specify a yield percentage at each routing operation by using the Define Routings - Summary page.

Note. You do not have to use yield by operation. If you do not anticipate any yield loss during the production phase, you'll accept the default yield percentage value of 100 percent yield (or accept the default values) at all operation sequences.

Defining Routing Operations

Prerequisites

Before creating and maintaining routings you must, at a minimum:

Define work centers where jobs or tasks are performed.
Define conversion codes, if you want to calculate conversion costs.
Define conversion rates (such as labor, machine, and overhead rates or costs), if you want to calculate conversion costs.

When defining routings, you have several options regarding information that you can associate with a routing. These steps are optional:

Define resources.

Resources can be crews (people), machines, or tools. You can associate resources with a work center. If you are scheduling using PeopleSoft Enterprise Supply Planning, you must define at least one crew or machine for each operation.
Define the master list of tasks to be performed in the manufacturing process.

Tasks are useful if the same task is performed when manufacturing several items. You need to define the processing information only once on the task and then assign the task to the routings of those items.
Define count points.

Count points are an automated way to predefine when in the item's routing you want to record completions and scrap costs. If an operation is designated as a count point, assembly completions must be recorded at that operation. Material is only consumed—and labor and overhead are only earned—from the previous count point.

Note. Count points can be used only on production IDs.

See Also

Defining Work Centers

Defining the Cost Foundation for Makeable Items

Recording End Item Completions Using Count Points

Common Elements Used in This Chapter

Routing Type

Select the type of routing. The options are:

Production: This is the default routing type. Production routings are used for standard manufacturing processes.
Rework: Create rework routings when you have a standard rework process. Rework routings list the routing steps that are commonly used for reworking an assembly.
Teardown: Use for breaking down an assembly into its component parts and returning the components back to inventory. Teardown routings can differ from the production routing, but they can use any of the existing tasks or work centers defined for production. Teardown outputs can be produced at any operation. Operations that produce teardown outputs cannot be subcontracted.

Note. Rework and teardown routings are used with production IDs only.

Cumulative Yield

This display-only field indicates the percentage of beginning quantity for the manufactured end item that is expected at the end of the production process as defined on the item's routing.

The cumulative yield is the compounded yield across the entire routing. This yield is applied to determine order quantities,

Op Seq (operation sequence)

Enter a value to sequence operations on a routing. It is advisable to increment operation sequence numbers by a set amount—for example, 5 or 10—in case you need to add operations at a later date.

Maintaining Routings

To create and maintain routings, use the Routing Definition component. Use the EN_ROUTING_CI component interface to load data into the tables for this component.

This section discusses how to:

Define routing operations.
Define routing header information.
Specify routing header attachments.
Define routing resources.
Set routing scheduling options.
Define routing operation times and rates.
Associate conversion cost codes with an operation.
Specify routing operation attachments.

Pages Used to Maintain Routings

Page Name	Object Name	Navigation	Usage
Define Routings - Summary	EN_RTG_SUMMARY	Manufacturing Definitions, Resources and Routings, Routings, Define Routings, Summary	Assign item operations and attach tasks and work centers to a routing.
Define Routings - Header: Description	EN_RTG_HEADER	Manufacturing Definitions, Resources and Routings, Routings, Define Routings, Header, Description	Define header information such as the routing type and code.
Define Routings - Header: Documents	EN_RTG_HEADER_DC	Manufacturing Definitions, Resources and Routings, Routings, Define Routings, Header, Documents	Associate, access, and manage pertinent routing header documents in the embedded document management system. Note. You must have PeopleSoft Enterprise Engineering installed to access this page.
Define Routings - Header: Attachments	EN_RTG_HEADER_ATT	Manufacturing Definitions, Resources and Routings, Routings, Define Routings, Header, Attachments	Attach files to the routing header information.
Define Routings - Operations: Resources	EN_RTG_RESOURCE	Manufacturing Definitions, Resources and Routings, Routings, Define Routings, Operations, Resources	Define routing resources.
Define Routings - Operations: Scheduling	EN_RTG_SCHED	Manufacturing Definitions, Resources and Routings, Routings, Define Routings, Operations, Scheduling	Select operation scheduling options for routings.
Define Routings - Operations: Times	EN_RTG_TIME	Manufacturing Definitions, Resources and Routings, Routings, Define Routings, Operations, Times	Define routing operation times and rates for an operation.
Define Routings - Operations: Conv Cost Codes (conversion cost codes)	EN_RTG_CONCOST	Manufacturing Definitions, Resources and Routings, Routings, Define Routings, Operations, Conv Cost Codes	Associate routing conversion cost codes with an operation. Conversion rates and costs are associated with each code. The system uses these rates and costs to determine the labor, machine, and overhead cost of the operation.
Define Routings - Operations: Text	EN_RTG_OP_TXT	Manufacturing Definitions, Resources and Routings, Routings, Define Routings, Operations, Text	Attach text to an operation.
Define Routings - Operations: Documents	EN_RTG_OP_DC	Manufacturing Definitions, Resources and Routings, Routings, Define Routings, Operations, Documents	Associate, access, and manage pertinent routing operation documents in the embedded document management system. Note. You must have PeopleSoft Enterprise Engineering installed to access this page.
Define Routings - Operations: Attachments	EN_RTG_OP_ATT	Manufacturing Definitions, Resources and Routings, Routings, Define Routings, Operations, Attachments	Specify routing operation attachments.
Routing Report	RUN_ENS1001	Manufacturing Definitions, Resources and Routings, Routings, Routing Report	View the routing information for manufacturing or engineering routings.

See Also

Setting Up Document Management Options

Managing Documents

ENS1001 - Routing Report

Defining Routing Operations

Access the Define Routings - Summary page.

The operation sequences defined here correspond to the operation sequences that you specify for components on the item's BOM. If you have not assigned operation sequences to the item's BOM and you want to issue a component to the operation's WIP location, return to the BOM Maintenance component after you have added the item's routing.

Task Code	(Optional) Enter this code to copy to the operation all related task and resource data— including whether the task is subcontracted— work center, queue, setup, run, and post-production time information. If you have not predefined tasks, examine all succeeding pages and links to ensure that you set up the correct data for the designated item operation. If you do not enter a task code, you need to manually enter extensive task data, including work center, routing time, resource, scheduling options, text attachments, and conversion rate code data on the subsequent pages. Note. If you change the task code, the system deletes the old task information and copies the associated new task information into the item's routing. After you specify the task on the routing, this page does not reflect changes you make to the task in the Define Tasks component.
Sub (subcontracted)	This check box is selected if the task is a subcontracted operation. You can change whether the task is subcontracted on this routing without affecting the default task information.
Work Center	If you enter a task code, the page displays the work center associated with the task. If you haven't entered a task, you must enter a valid work center for the operation. You can change the work center for this task on this routing without affecting the default task information. If you change the work center, the system deletes the resources defined for the old work center and then adds the resources associated with the new work center. Also, if you are maintaining conversion costs by work center, the system adds the new conversion rates and deletes the old rates. Note. Changing either task information or the work center after the item's cost has been calculated and updated in PeopleSoft Enterprise Cost Management can result in process change variances for the item on any production subsequent to the change. These variances continue until the item's cost is recalculated and updated.
Yield %	Indicates the percentage of manufacturing items expected at the end of the operation sequence. The default value comes from the routing; you can change the value here.
Count Point	(Optional) Select to define an operation step as an operation count point. Count points can be used only on production IDs. You can predefine the count point operations by selecting the Count Point check box on the Define Task page, the Define Routings page, and the Operation List Maintenance page. By default, this check box shows the count point setting from the Task Definition page. Important! If you are using count points, the last operation step and any subcontracted operations must be defined as count points.

Defining Routing Header Information

Access the Define Routings - Header: Description page.

Unit, Item ID, Routing Type, and Routing Code

Enter information about a routing to add or maintain the routing for an owned item.

The system reserves a routing code of 1 for an item's primary production routing and uses it as the default routing for planning and costing (in PeopleSoft Enterprise Supply Planning, PeopleSoft Enterprise Cost Management, and PeopleSoft Enterprise Manufacturing), including production conversion cost calculations. You can specify up to 98 alternate routings for production, rework, or teardown routing types by entering additional routing codes (greater than 1) for the same routing type.

Note. You can add routings only for assembly items that are both owned and approved. Also, you can maintain routings only for those items whose business unit item attribute Used in Manufacturing is set to Yes.

Although you can add a routing for both manufactured and purchased items, you cannot add a routing for floor stock, planning, expensed, or configured items. If you add a routing for an item that references another item for its routing information, you receive a warning message. The item's own routing is never considered unless you change its reference routing information on the Define Business Unit Item - Manufacturing page.

Note. When adding a routing for an item with an item status of Hold or Discontinue, you receive a warning message. Similarly, when updating a routing for an item with an item status of Hold or Discontinue, you receive a warning message at save time. However, these warning messages do not prevent you from performing the action.

Routing Code

Enter a value to give the routing a unique numeric identifier.

Copy Routing to Production

Select this check box to copy the routing to operation lists for production IDs or production schedules. This enables you to track operation details and record completions of specified operations.

If you do no copy the routing to production, the system still uses the routing to calculate costs and calculate planning start or end order and schedule dates. If a rework routing is specified, the check box is automatically selected and is unavailable for selection.

Copy Routing to Planning

If you use PeopleSoft Enterprise Supply Planning, select this check box to schedule at the operation level while optimizing resources. This check box is unavailable for rework and teardown routings.

However, if a rework or teardown routing has been copied to production for a specific production ID, that routing becomes the operation list used as the production option for the production ID.

Priority

If you use PeopleSoft Enterprise Supply Planning, enter a routing priority to specify the order in which PeopleSoft Enterprise Supply Planning uses alternate routings when planning production. The lower the priority number, the higher the priority.

Rework and teardown routings have no priority numbers.

MR (master routing)

If the item's routing is a master (or reference) routing currently used by another item, an MR button appears on all the pages in this component. Click this button to display the Master Routing Where Used inquiry page. Use that inquiry to determine whether the changes made to a routing are applicable to all items for which it's a reference routing.

Note. You receive a warning if you modify an item's routing that is used by another item.

Engineering Considerations

ECO

If you are using PeopleSoft Enterprise Engineering and there are outstanding engineering change orders (ECOs) pending for the item—and you have selected the ECO Pending Alert check box on the ECO Item Status page—the system displays the ECO button next to the assembly Item ID field in this entire component. Click the ECO button to see information about pending ECOs associated with the item.

See Also

Defining Master Routings

Defining and Maintaining Revisions

Specifying Routing Header Attachments

Access the Define Routings - Header: Attachments page.

File Ext (file extension)

Select the type of media to attach.

Note. You must set up file extensions in advance on the File Locations page.

Document ID

Enter the file name.

Click the Attachments button to launch the multimedia object attached to the routing header.

See Also

Defining File Locations

Defining Routing Resources

Access the Define Routings - Operations: Resources page.

Operations

Op Seq, Task Code, and Work Center	These values appear by default from the Define Routings - Summary page, but they can be changed here.
Continuous Scheduling	Select to indicate that the operation is continuous, cannot be stopped once started, and must be completed in one run.
Crew Size	Specifies the number of people at the work center. This value appears by default from the specified task or, if no task has been specified, from the work center. If you change the crew size after the item's cost has been calculated and updated, the change results in process change variances for the item on any production subsequent to the change. These variances continue until the item's cost is recalculated and updated.
Machine Resources	Specifies the number of machines at the work center. This value appears by default from a specified task or, if no task has been specified, from the work center.
Ignore Capacity	Select to indicate that Planning should not check a work center's available capacity.

Note. Specifying resources on the routing operation is optional. You can delete existing resources if they are not appropriate for use with the manufactured item.

Resources

Resource Type	The resource must have been previously associated with the work center. Select to designate the type of resource. Options are: Primary Crew Primary Machine Primary Tool Alternate Crew Alternate Machine Alternate Tool Note. You can have only one of each primary resource type. You can have unlimited alternate crews, machines, and tools.
Crew/Machine/Tool	Specify the code for the resource.
Qty Used (quantity used)	If the resource changed or added is a tool, enter the quantity used.
Priority	(Optional) Manually specify a priority for the routing resource. The priority is an integer that ranges from 1 to 999. Using the priority factor, you can choose between a crew and a machine, regardless of the resource types.

Note. You cannot associate crew and machine resources with subcontracted tasks and operations, and you cannot associate resources that have a Pending status with a production routing.

Setting Routing Schedule Options

Access the Define Routings - Operations: Scheduling page.

Scheduling

Op Seq, Task Code, and Work Center	These values appear by default from the Define Routings - Summary page, but they can be changed here.
Count Point	The check box is selected if the operation sequence is a count point. This display-only field appears by default from the Define Routings - Summary page.
Simultaneous Setup and Queue	Select this check box if setup can occur during the queue time of an operation. If selected, the system uses the longer of the two times when determining production start and end dates. Note. You cannot select this check box for the first operation in a routing. You also cannot select it if you are using PeopleSoft Enterprise Supply Planning.
Intensity	Use this field to determine the basis of the scheduling. Base the start and end date of the operation on labor time, machine time, or both. Options are: Labor Time: Use for labor intensive operations. Machine Time: Use for machine intensive operations. Longest: Use to base scheduling on the longer of the two times, evaluated for each time type within the operation. Cumulative: Use to base scheduling on the sum of the machine time and labor time.

Operation Overlap

Op Overlap (operation overlap)

Select to indicate whether a subsequent operation can begin before the completion of the preceding operation. Options are:

No Overlap: The subsequent operation does not overlap.
Percentage: The subsequent operation overlaps by a percentage of elapsed run time completed.

If you select this option, the Overlap % (overlap percentage) field appears.
Send Ahead: The subsequent operation begins when a specified number of units are accumulated or finished.

If you select this option, the Send Ahead field appears.

Overlap % (overlap percentage)

An overlap percentage of 100 means that the next operation can begin setup at the same time as the current operation's start of run. An overlap percentage of 5 means that 95 percent of the operation run must be completed before the next one can start.

Note. This value cannot be less than 0 or more than 100, and there can be no overlap on the last routing operation sequence. Do not define operation overlap on an operation before a subcontracted operation because all assemblies and subassemblies must be sent out to the subcontractor as a batch. Because the vendor can send the item back in multiple batches, the system allows, on a subcontracted operation, operation overlap for send-ahead quantity and percentage.

Send Ahead

Specify the number of units that need to be accumulated or finished before they can be sent to the next operation and the next operation can begin. The quantity must be a positive number.

Important! If an operation has a fixed run rate assigned to it, the preceding operation cannot have a send-ahead quantity because fixed run operations require that the entire quantity is available at the beginning of the run. For example, operation 1 cannot have a send-ahead quantity assigned if operation 2 has a fixed run time.

Note. For multiple output batch items (where at least one co-product exists), the send-ahead quantity or percentage overlap is specified in terms of the BOM quantity, as defined on the primary item's BOM.

Note. To provide greater flexibility when defining BOMs, PeopleSoft Enterprise Manufacturing does not require the Quantity field to follow the quantity precision rules defined for the item. A warning is issued if you define a decimal quantity value for an item whose quantity precision value is a whole number. For example, if one B0004 component is required to make two assembly A0001s, then when defining the BOM, the quantity per assembly (QPA) for B0004 would be 0.5. If PeopleSoft Enterprise Manufacturing applied the rounding rules to the QPA, then it would round the QPA for B0004 to 1, and thereby inflate the production costs.

Defining Routing Operation Times and Rates

Access the Define Routings - Operations: Times page.

Operations

You can insert a new operation in the same manner as on the Define Routings - Summary page.

Op Seq, Task Code, and Work Center

These values appear by default from the Define Routings - Summary page, but they can be changed here. You can change the task associated with any added or existing operation.

If you have already associated a task code with an operation, and you change the task, the system deletes the existing task information, including work center, resources, task times, and scheduling options and adds the new task information for the specific operation. Also, if you define the conversion rates at the task level, the system deletes the old task rates and adds the new rates.

If you change the work center, the system deletes the resources associated with the old work center and adds the new work center's resources. If you maintain conversion rates at the work center level, the system deletes the old rates and adds the new rates.

Sub (subcontracted)

If the task is subcontracted, this check box is selected and the Vendor ID field appears. You can specify only labor times for a subcontracted operation.

Operation Times

In the Operation Times group box, the times or run rates appear by default from the task information, if defined. You can modify the manufacturing times or rates for fixed run, post production, run, and setup for the task. Changing the times and run rates here has no effect on the default master task information. If you did not specify a task, you can enter the times necessary to complete this operation.

If you are changing the operation costing times and run rates after the item's cost has been calculated and updated, the change results in process change variances for the item on any production subsequent to the change. These variances continue until the item's cost is recalculated and updated. If you are changing the operation from a regular task to a subcontracted one, you cannot select machine times or rates for the operation.

Type	Specify the type of operation time, and then enter an operation time or rate.
Op Time (operation time)	Enter the operation time.
Time Unit	If you enter an operation time, this field has the following options Days, Hours, and Minutes. For example, if you enter 5 in the Op Time field and Days in the Time Unit field, one unit is completed every five days for the operation. The system determines the number of hours in a day by the work center's average daily hours as defined in the Work Center Definition page.
Op Rate	Enter the operation rate. You can specify operation rates only for planning or costing run times.
Rate Unit	If you enter an operation time, you can select Units/Day, Units/Hour, or Units/Minute. For example, if you enter 3 in the Op Rate field and Units/Day in the Rate Unit field, three units are completed every day for the operation.
Inc Setup (include setup)	Select to include setup in the operation lead time calculation. You can only select this check box for Planning Labor Setup and Planning Machine Setup operation types. If you do not select include setup, setup can begin before any production units arrive at the work center. Setup can occur at any time after the start of production, and the system does not include it as part of the item's lead time, except at the first operation. If you include setup, the setup time is factored into the task or operation's lead time. The system always uses setup in the lead time calculation of the first operation, if setup is specified, regardless of the check box setting.
	Click the Planning to Costing Rate Copy button if you've entered or modified the planning times and want to copy the planning-related types to the costing rates.
	Click the Costing Rate to Planning Copy button if you've entered or modified the costing times and want to copy the costing-related types to the planning rates.

Note. If you are defining routing times for a batch item (a multiple output item with at least one co-product), then both the routing times and rates for costing and planning must relate to the in-process batch item's BOM quantity. The routing times and rates are not related to the individual outputs. For example, if the BOM quantity for item ID 10001 is 1000, and the BOM's primary output quantity for 10001 is 500—this is, for every batch of 1000, you anticipate receiving 500—the routing times and rates must be defined in terms of the 1000 and not 500.

Note. You can change any production times or rates for the task for the specific item routing without affecting the master task information. If you make a change here, and you want to make the task data identical, you need to also make the change in the Task Time page. The reverse is also true. Once you have associated times or rates with an operation, changing the task's master data will not affect this data on this page.

The system allows only these times for subcontracted tasks and operations:

Queue.
In-transit.
Planning and costing labor setup, run, fixed run, and post-production.

You cannot specify machine times for subcontracted tasks and operations.

Costing Considerations

Here are some costing considerations when defining operation times and rates:

To calculate costs for a given item, operation, or time type, you must have a corresponding costing rate type defined for a particular cost version.

For example, if you have a costing fixed run time of five hours defined on the task, you should also have defined within PeopleSoft Enterprise Cost Management a fixed run conversion rate (for example, 100.00 per hour) associated with the cost version and conversion code combination.
If you intend to cost the operation using a fixed amount per unit (as opposed to a rate per hour), you must include a corresponding costing operation time type.

The costing operation time can represent the amount of time to complete the task, and the system uses it to calculate earned hours. However, the system uses the amount per unit in calculating the cost, regardless of the time specified. If you don't specify a costing time, the system does not include the per-unit cost even if there's a rate defined for the code assigned to the task.

PeopleSoft Enterprise Supply Planning Considerations

If you are using PeopleSoft Enterprise Supply Planning, you need to be aware that:

If, in the item planning attributes, you elected to maintain rates based on routings and resources (as opposed to a lead time), you must define labor or machine planning times (setup, run, or fixed run) in order for PeopleSoft Enterprise Supply Planning to schedule operations and determine work center or resource capacity.
PeopleSoft Enterprise Supply Planning uses labor or machine post-production time as a requirement on the work center or the work centers resources.
PeopleSoft Enterprise Supply Planning uses queue and in-transit times, if they are specified for the task.
If you have indicated that setup isn't included for scheduling purposes (that is, setup can begin at any time after the start of production), the system does not use it for capacity planning purposes.

See Also

Maintaining Tasks

Associating Conversion Cost Codes With an Operation

Access the Define Routings - Operations: Conv Cost Codes page.

Op Seq, Task Code, and Work Center

These values appear by default from the Define Routings - Summary page, but they can be changed here. If you maintain conversion rates at the work center level, the system displays the conversion codes that are associated with the operation's work center.

If you maintain conversion rates at the task level and entered a task code, the system displays the conversion codes that are associated with the operation's task.

Conversion Code

Select a value to change the labor, machine, or overhead cost for a specific operation on a routing.

To view the labor, machine, and overhead rates or costs assigned to the code, see the Conversion Code page and the Conversion Overhead Code page for the task or work center.

Note. Changing conversion codes creates variances until the item cost is recalculated and updated.

First Conversion Ovhd Code (first conversion overhead code), Second Conversion Ovhd Code, Third Conversion Ovhd Code, and Fourth Conversion Ovhd Code

Select up to four conversion overhead codes in these fields. The codes are used to calculate the overhead costs associated with the operation.

Note. If you specify the labor or machine rate in cost per unit and you want to include the cost in the cost roll-up calculation, you must also define the corresponding costing rate type. For example, if the labor run rate is 0.50 per unit, the task (or the routing) needs an entry for costing labor run time so that the 0.50 is included in the operation's cost.

Note. The rates displayed are the current rates used in production to calculate earned labor, machine, and overhead costs. These costs are copied into a frozen production rate record during the production cost update and inventory revaluation process and are based on the rates associated with the cost type and version used to calculate the new production costs.

Specifying Routing Operation Attachments

Access the Define Routings - Operations: Attachments page.

Op Seq, Task Code, and Work Center

These values appear by default from the Define Routings - Summary page, but they can be changed here. Specify the operation with which you want to associate the attachment.

File Ext (file extension)

Select the type of media you want to attach.

Note. You must set up file extensions in advance on the File Locations page.

Document ID

Enter the file name.

See Also

Defining File Locations

Defining and Viewing Master Routings

This section provides an overview of master routings and discusses how to:

Define master routings.
View manufacturing master routings where-used information.

Understanding Master Routings

You can define master or reference routings in PeopleSoft Enterprise Inventory on the Manufacturing page within the Define Business Unit Item component. If many items have the same processing steps, you can create a master routing that many items can use as their individual routing.

You have four options:

An item can have its own set of routings.
You can directly link an item to the routings of another item.
You can link the routings of a particular item to an inventory item group.

This option indicates that the item uses the set of routings assigned to its inventory item group.

Note. Before creating this link, you need to define an item group and assign that item group to a reference routing item in PeopleSoft Enterprise Inventory.
You can link the routings of a particular item to an inventory item family.

This option indicates that the item uses the set of routings assigned to its inventory item family.

Note. Before creating this link, you need to define an item family and assign that item family to a reference routing item in PeopleSoft Enterprise Inventory.

Note. Cost roll-ups, PeopleSoft Enterprise Supply Planning, and PeopleSoft Enterprise Manufacturing always use the routing indicated—the item's own routing, the referenced item's routing, or the routing assigned to its group or family. Items use the reference routing item's rework and teardown routings in addition to the production routing. Also, in PeopleSoft Enterprise Manufacturing, the reference or master routing is displayed everywhere that a routing code is displayed.

Changing the reference item's routing does not affect current production that has a production status of Firmed, Released, or In Process, because the routing has already been copied into the operation list. However, subsequent production of the listed items are affected by the master routing item changes.

See Also

Defining Item Control Values

Pages Used to Define and View Master Routings

Page Name	Object Name	Navigation	Usage
Manufacturing: General	MFB_ATTRIB	Items, Define Items and Attributes, Define Business Unit Item, Manufacturing, General	Define a master routing for an item.
Master Routing Where Used	EN_RTG_MST_WH_USED	Manufacturing Definitions, Resources and Routings, Routings, Review Master Rtg Where Used, Master Routing Where Used	Display the items that reference an item as its reference routing. You can display master routing where-used information for an item.
Master Rtg Where Used Report	RUN_ENS1003	Manufacturing Definitions, Resources and Routings, Routings, Master Rtg Where Used Report, Master Rtg Where Used Report	Generate the Master Routing Where Used report.

Defining a Master Routing

Access the Manufacturing: General page.

Master Routing Option

Item	Select to link an item directly to the routing of the item that you select in the Reference Routing Item field. The default is the item itself.
Item Group	Select to link the routings of a reference routing Item to an item group. To use this option you must first define item group routings on the Group Rtg Assignment page.
Item Family	Select this option to link the routings of a reference routing item to an item family. To use this option, you must first define item group routings on the Family Rtg Assignment page.

See Also

Defining Item Control Values

Viewing Manufacturing Master Routings Where-Used Information

Access the Master Routing Where Used page.

Item and Desc (description)

The page displays basic information about the item.

Click the Production for an Item button next to the Master Routing Item field to view all production that is using the referenced (master) routing.

Click the Production for an Item button next to the item ID to access the Production Item List page to view item where-used production information for the specified item.

Copying Routings

This section discusses how to:

Copy routings.
Copy routing details.

Pages Used to Copy Routings

Page Name	Object Name	Navigation	Usage
Copy Routing	EN_RTG_COPY	Manufacturing Definitions, Resources and Routings, Routings, Copy Routings, Copy Routings	Copy routing data from one item to another within a business unit or, optionally, across business units.
Copy Routing: Detail	EN_RTG_COPY_DET	Manufacturing Definitions, Resources and Routings, Routings, Copy Routings, Copy Routing Detail	Review the data to be copied.

Copying Routings

Access the Copy Routing page.

Source Routing

Routing Code	Select the code for the desired source business unit and item ID combination.
Routing Type	Select for the source routing. After you select a routing type for the source routing, the system uses the same routing type by default for the target routing.
Search	Click to display the routing information associated with source business unit and item.
Cumulative Yield	Displays the cumulative yield that will be copied if all operations are copied.

Target Routing

Routing Code	Select the code for the desired target business unit and item ID combination. You cannot specify as the target an item that has a source code of floor stock, expense, or planning. If you want to use one item's routing as the basis for the routing of another item with similar processing, enter the same business unit for both the source and the target.
Routing Type	The target routing type is the same as for the source.

Operations

Copy	Select to copy any specific row of data.
Sub (subcontracted)	If the task is subcontracted, this check box is selected.
Count Point	If the source routing or target routing contains an operation sequence that is a count point, this check box is selected.

Copying Routing Details

Access the Copy Routing Detail page.

You can copy the associated routing operation times, resources, text, attachments, and documents, as well as assembly text, attachments, and documents. If you don't want to copy routing attributes, clear the attributes by clearing the appropriate check boxes.

Note. You can copy documents only if you have selected identical item IDs for both the source routing and target routing.

Copy	Select which operations to copy or not copy by selecting or clearing the appropriate check boxes.
Same as Except	Use to select the operations to copy. The options are: Exclude All: Use this option to clear all the check boxes. You can then select only the operations that you want to copy by selecting their Copy check boxes. Exclude Op Seq Range: Use this option to exclude by ranges. When you select this option, the system displays the From and To Seq Nbr (sequence number) fields. Enter the range of operations that you want to exclude and then click the Apply button. Include All: Use this option to select all the check boxes. You can then clear only the operations that you do not want to copy by clearing the appropriate Copy check boxes. Include Op Seq Range: Use this option to include by ranges. When you select this option, the system displays the From and To Seq Nbr (sequence number) fields. Enter the range of operations that you want to include and then click the Apply button.
Copy Operation Resources	Copy all resources in the source work center to the target work center, along with the resource priorities.
View Source	Click to view the source item's routing and the operations selected to copy.
View Target	Click to preview how the target item's routing will look when it's copied.
Save	Click to complete the copying process. If the exact business unit, item ID, routing type, and routing code combination already exist as the target, the system prompts you to overwrite the existing routing. If you overwrite the routing, the system deletes the target routing and replaces it with the source routing. The Edit Routing button appears so that you can access the Routing Maintenance component to make changes on the copied routing.
Edit Routing	Click to edit the source item's routings with the Define Routings - Summary page.

PeopleSoft Enterprise Engineering and Transferring Routings

If you have PeopleSoft Enterprise Engineering installed, you can also transfer multiple routings at the same time from Engineering to Manufacturing or from Manufacturing to Engineering.

See Also

Transferring BOMs and Routings

Deleting Routings

This section discusses how to delete routings.

Page Used to Delete Routings

Page Name	Object Name	Navigation	Usage
Delete Routings	EG_RTG_DELETE	Manufacturing Definitions, Resources and Routings, Routings, Delete Routings, Delete Routings	Delete routings for a range of items.

Deleting Routings

Access the Delete Routings page.

Routing Type, Routing Code, From Item ID, and To Item ID

Select the values, including the ID range, for the items whose routings you want to delete.

Delete?

Select for every item whose routing you want to delete.

Click the Select All button to select all the Delete? check boxes.

Click the Deselect All button to clear all the Delete? check boxes.

Note. You cannot delete an item's routing code if it's in use in a production area. Also you cannot delete a routing code if firm or released production IDs or production schedules exist.

Viewing Manufacturing Routing Comparisons

This section lists common elements and discusses how to:

Compare manufacturing routings.
Compare manufacturing routing header detail differences.
Compare operational detail differences.
Compare operation resource differences.
Compare operation time differences.

Common Elements Used in This Section

Differences

Displays the differences between two routings. Possible values are:

Added: Indicates an element has been added to the target routing (RTG2) that does not appear on the baseline routing (RTG1).
Deleted: Indicates an element appears on the baseline routing, but doesn't appear on the target routing.
Chg (change): Indicates that the element exists on both routings, but there are differences in the operation attributes.
Chg RTG1: Specifies the attributes of the baseline routing.
Chg RTG2: Specifies the attributes of the target routing.

Pages Used to View Manufacturing Routing Comparisons

Page Name	Object Name	Navigation	Usage
Routing Comparison - RTG Selections	EG_RTG_INQ_CMP	Manufacturing Definitions, Resources and Routings, Routings, Routing Comparison, RTG Selections	Display the comparison of two manufacturing routings or the same manufacturing item based on two different routing codes.
Routing Comparison - Header: Details	EG_RTG_HDR_CMP	Manufacturing Definitions, Resources and Routings, Routings, Routing Comparison, Header, Details	Display header details of the routing comparisons.
Routing Comparison - Header: Documents	EG_RTG_HDC_CMP	Manufacturing Definitions, Resources and Routings, Routings, Routing Comparison, Header, Documents	Display any header document information that is associated with selected routings. Note. You must have PeopleSoft Enterprise Engineering installed to access this page.
Routing Comparison - Header: Attachments	EG_RTG_HATT_CMP	Manufacturing Definitions, Resources and Routings, Routings, Routing Comparison, Header, Attachments	Display header attachment information for the two routings that you've compared.
Routing Comparison - Operations: Details	EG_RTG_OPS_CMP	Manufacturing Definitions, Resources and Routings, Routings, Routing Comparison, Operations, Details	Display the differences in operations for the two routings.
Routing Comparison - Operations: Resources	EG_RTG_RSRC_CMP	Manufacturing Definitions, Resources and Routings, Routings, Routing Comparison, Operations, Resources	Display differences in resources for the two manufacturing routings.
Routing Comparison - Operations: Times	EG_RTG_TIME_CMP	Manufacturing Definitions, Resources and Routings, Routings, Routing Comparison, Operations, Times	Display operation time differences.
Routing Comparison - Operations: Documents	EG_RTG_OPDC_CMP	Manufacturing Definitions, Resources and Routings, Routings, Routing Comparisons, Operations, Documents	Display the routing document differences. Note. You must have PeopleSoft Enterprise Engineering installed to access this page.
Routing Comparison - Operations: Attachments	EG_RTG_OPAT_CMP	Manufacturing Definitions, Resources and Routings, Routings, Routing Comparison, Operations, Attachments	Display differences in operation attachments.
Routing Compare Report	RUN_ENS1002	Manufacturing Definitions, Resources and Routings, Routings, Routing Comparison Report, Routing Compare Report	Generate a hard-copy report that extensively compares an item's primary or alternate routings to another item's routing. Alternatively, you can select the primary or any alternate routing and compare it to any of the item's other routings.

See Also

ENS1002 - Compare Routings Report

Comparing Manufacturing Routings

Access the Routing Comparison - RTG Selections page.

Baseline Routing (RTG1)

Routing State	Appears by default as Manufacturing and is display-only.
Item ID	Select the item ID of the baseline routing to use for the comparison.
Routing Code	Select a routing code that is valid for the specified item ID.

Target Routing (RTG2)

Item ID	Select the item ID of the target routing to use for the comparison.
Routing Code	Select a routing code that is valid for the specified item ID.

Click the Compare Routings button to display the comparison of the two routings.

Comparing Manufacturing Routings Header Detail Differences

Access the Routing Comparisons - Header: Details page.

Routing, Description, Priority, Text, Copy to Prdn (copy to production), and Copy to Planning

These fields display the routing header data for both routings, including whether the routing is to be copied to production and planning.

See Also

Defining Routing Header Information

Comparing Operation Detail Differences

Access the Routing Comparison - Operations: Details page.

This page displays the differences in the operation sequence and other related operation detail information.

Operations Tab

This page displays the differences including information such as task codes, count points, subcontracting status, setup and queue, intensity, operation yield percentages, and send-ahead quantities.

Resources Tab

This page displays resource differences in work centers, crew size, and machines.

Conversion/Overheads Tab

This page displays conversion and overhead differences, including information such as conversion codes and overhead conversion codes associated with the operations.

Comparing Operation Resource Differences

Access the Routing Comparison - Operations: Resources page.

The page displays differences in operation sequence, resource types, crews, machines, tools, quantity used, and priority.

If there is a difference in resource priority between two routing codes for a single item, or between two items, it appears on this page.

Comparing Operation Time Differences

Access the Routing Comparison - Operations: Times page.

This page displays differences in operation sequences, time or resource types, operation times, time units, operation rates, and rate units. It also indicates whether the time is included in the setup.

Unit, Item ID, Routing Type, and Routing Code	Enter information about a routing to add or maintain the routing for an owned item. The system reserves a routing code of 1 for an item's primary production routing and uses it as the default routing for planning and costing (in PeopleSoft Enterprise Supply Planning, PeopleSoft Enterprise Cost Management, and PeopleSoft Enterprise Manufacturing), including production conversion cost calculations. You can specify up to 98 alternate routings for production, rework, or teardown routing types by entering additional routing codes (greater than 1) for the same routing type. Note. You can add routings only for assembly items that are both owned and approved. Also, you can maintain routings only for those items whose business unit item attribute Used in Manufacturing is set to Yes. Although you can add a routing for both manufactured and purchased items, you cannot add a routing for floor stock, planning, expensed, or configured items. If you add a routing for an item that references another item for its routing information, you receive a warning message. The item's own routing is never considered unless you change its reference routing information on the Define Business Unit Item - Manufacturing page. Note. When adding a routing for an item with an item status of Hold or Discontinue, you receive a warning message. Similarly, when updating a routing for an item with an item status of Hold or Discontinue, you receive a warning message at save time. However, these warning messages do not prevent you from performing the action.
Routing Code	Enter a value to give the routing a unique numeric identifier.
Copy Routing to Production	Select this check box to copy the routing to operation lists for production IDs or production schedules. This enables you to track operation details and record completions of specified operations. If you do no copy the routing to production, the system still uses the routing to calculate costs and calculate planning start or end order and schedule dates. If a rework routing is specified, the check box is automatically selected and is unavailable for selection.
Copy Routing to Planning	If you use PeopleSoft Enterprise Supply Planning, select this check box to schedule at the operation level while optimizing resources. This check box is unavailable for rework and teardown routings. However, if a rework or teardown routing has been copied to production for a specific production ID, that routing becomes the operation list used as the production option for the production ID.
Priority	If you use PeopleSoft Enterprise Supply Planning, enter a routing priority to specify the order in which PeopleSoft Enterprise Supply Planning uses alternate routings when planning production. The lower the priority number, the higher the priority. Rework and teardown routings have no priority numbers.
MR (master routing)	If the item's routing is a master (or reference) routing currently used by another item, an MR button appears on all the pages in this component. Click this button to display the Master Routing Where Used inquiry page. Use that inquiry to determine whether the changes made to a routing are applicable to all items for which it's a reference routing. Note. You receive a warning if you modify an item's routing that is used by another item.

Item and Desc (description)	The page displays basic information about the item.
	Click the Production for an Item button next to the Master Routing Item field to view all production that is using the referenced (master) routing.
	Click the Production for an Item button next to the item ID to access the Production Item List page to view item where-used production information for the specified item.

Routing Type, Routing Code, From Item ID, and To Item ID	Select the values, including the ID range, for the items whose routings you want to delete.
Delete?	Select for every item whose routing you want to delete.
	Click the Select All button to select all the Delete? check boxes.
	Click the Deselect All button to clear all the Delete? check boxes.