Routing Maintenance | Discrete Manufacturing Software

In conjunction with bills of materials for discrete manufacturers and formulas and recipes for process manufacturers, Enterprise 21’s manufacturing software functionality uses routings to help manage the entire production process. Routings consist of a series of steps which define the sequenced processes and work centers a given product must go through for its production.

Enterprise 21’s material requirements planning (MRP) and production scheduling processes generate work orders and batch runs based on a product’s routings. Individual routing steps define anticipated process standards, and can either be established as the amount of time to produce a given quantity of product, or as the quantity of product which can be produced per unit of time. Routings also include defined standard setup and queue times by process step.

In Enterprise 21, a product can have an infinite number of active routings defined at either the organization or facility level, with a specified rank ordering of routings. In the MRP process, Enterprise 21 uses product routines and other associated data to systemically create tentative production schedules by facility to best meet anticipated customer demand.

Routing Maintenance Highlights

Routings support revision levels, version tracking, and effectivity dates
Supports routing run time by operation step entered as either units per time or time per unit
Supports standard setup and queue times by routing operation step
Support by-products and co-products
Supports the entry of raw materials, components, or ingredients consumed per routing step or operation
Supports unlimited work instructions and notes by routing and individual step
Supports subcontracted and outside third-party processing within routings
Supports entry of labor required per routing step
Multi-level where-used functionality enables rapid access and mass change processing
Supports entry of inspection and packaging processes as operational steps within routings