Master Work Order Routing Instructions for Style Items
You use the Work Order Routing for Style Items program (PCW52) to create routing instructions for master work orders. You can copy and delete routings at the master work order level using the Work Order Routing for Style Items program. You can also run the Work Order Processing for Style Items program (R31F410) to create the routing instructions. You run the Work Order Processing for Style Items program to protect against performance issues when a master work order contains a significant number of child work orders.
The routing is automatically copied to the master work order when a routing for the ordered quantity, or zero or non-zero batch quantity exists for the Item/Branch Plant/Type of Routing combination. The system automatically creates the routing when you attach a bill of material.
The master work order routing does not have management features similar to master parts lists. For example, after the child style item work orders are created, transactions and changes to the routing on the master work order are not pushed down to individual child style item work orders. You must maintain routing instructions at the child work order level.
The system pushes changes at the child work order level up to the master work order.
The system stores the routing instructions for master work orders in the Style Work Order Routings table (FCW68). The FCW68 table is a workfile and data is present in the table only at the time when the routing is attached.