Understanding Operation Lists

When the system releases production to the shop floor, it freezes the item's routing for the production quantity specified and copies it to the operation list. In addition, you can also modify the operation list to take into account known capacity constraints for machines that may be unavailable.

The operation list documents the operations necessary to manufacture, rework, or teardown the assembled item. The system creates the operation list by copying the routing to production. During the manufacturing process, it may be necessary to add operations, delete operations, or change an operation's work center, queue time, intransit time, production time, or the actual start and end date of the operation.

You can create operation lists for both production IDs and production schedules using PeopleSoft Manufacturing. Operation lists are automatically created for regular production. For rework production, the system creates an operation list using a rework routing if one exists. If you have not created rework routings, you have the option to manually create an operation list. For teardown production, you can base the operation list on a teardown routing or optionally, manually create an operation list.