Understanding Routing Instruction Creation
After you enter a bill of material, you must define the routing instruction information for each item and for each branch/plant. Use routing instructions to define the sequence of operations necessary to manufacture an item. Routing instruction information is stored in the Routing Master table.
If you want to include an alternate routing step for any routing instructions, you must complete the Operation Type field on the grid. If you manually link the routing instruction to a work order, the system includes alternate routing steps with the work order routing instructions. If you use the Order Processing program (R31410) to link the routing instruction to the work order, the system does not include alternate routing steps.
For an operation that is to be performed on an item by an external supplier, you can define an outside routing operation. For an outside operation, a purchase order is required. You can generate the purchase order when you run the Order Processing program. You can also enter a purchase order interactively after you have attached the routing to the work order.
If you are using activity-based costing, you can enter an activity code for each operation sequence to indicate how you want the system to account for the operation. To activate the Activity Code field, you must select activity-based costing in the Advanced Cost Accounting Constants program (P1609).
You can print all routing instruction operations for an item by generating the Standard Routing Information report (R30430).
To support JD Edwards EnterpriseOne DFM, a process map is imported to an JD Edwards EnterpriseOne routing. A single-level routing may be imported from DFM that reflects process map times and processes for each end product. The routing imported from DFM is stored in the F3003 table with the relationship between processes maintained for the operation steps.