Standard Routing

The Standard Routing defines the non-material resources needed to support the production of items. Each produced item can be defined with one or more Routing Steps, identifying the types and amounts of production resources required. These steps identify setup and run hours required, as well as work centers, machines, departments, teams and employees to be used.

In addition, the module defines initial capacities of company resources. These capacities are used by other Fitrix modules to highlight situations where resources are over or under-utilized.

• Production Scheduling - analyzes load vs. capacity for open production orders
• Capacity Requirements Planning - analyzes load vs. capacity for open production orders, and longer term planned production orders

Features/Function Highlights

• Routing Maintenance
  • User-Defined routing sequence
  • Links to standard operations
  • 30-character base description
  • Unlimited routing step notes
  • Inside or outside process
  • Resource definitions for Work Center, Machine, Team, Department
  • Primary and alternate steps
  • Scheduling based on labor hours or machine hours
• Work Center Maintenance
  • Direct, indirect, or outside process types
  • Optional grouping by department
  • Shift-based capacity in hours per day
  • Standard and average queue times
  • Standard labor and overhead rates
• Machine Maintenance
  • Optional grouping by work center or department
  • Shift-based capacity in hours per day
  • Standard and average queue times
  • Major and minor service intervals
• Department Maintenance
  • Shift-based capacity in hours per day
  • Accounting information for interface to General Ledger
  • Tracks production costs for period and year-to-date
• Operation Maintenance
  • Standard template for easier routing maintenance
  • Operation notes
  • Standards for: Setup hours, Run hours, Machine hours, Machine, Department, Team, Work Center
• Alternate Resources
  • Work Centers
  • Departments
  • Teams
  • Department
• Inquiries
  • Routing steps ; summary and detail
  • Where-used by Machine, Work Center, Department, Team, Operation
• Reports
  • Routing step details
  • Where-used by Machine, Work Center, Department, Team, Operation