Routing tab

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The Routing tab of a bill of materials contains the list of operations to be completed during manufacturing of the finished product.

This tab is only available if Process type is set to Production.

To learn about the Routing tab fields, see the following table:

Field	Description
#	The operation’s line number.
Operation	An operation required for manufacturing a finished product. The list of operations is based on the Operations catalog.
Seq. number	The operation’s sequence number in a chain of production operations. By default, matches the # field but can be edited manually if you want to arrange your operations in a different order.
Followed by	Sequence number of operations that follow this operation.
Standard time	The amount of time planned for an operation. It is required for production planning. The units of time are based on the Time units catalog.
Calculation method	A method for calculating the quantity of components or operations required to produce the specified quantity of finished product units. One of the following: Proportional. Indicates that the quantity of components actually consumed is calculated in exact proportion to the quantity specified in BOM. Example: 1 kg of peaches is required to produce 1 kg of peach jam. Then, 1.7 kg of peaches is required to produce 1.7 kg of peach jam. Multiplier. Indicates that the quantity of components actually consumed is calculated as the nearest greater multiple of the quantity specified in BOM. Example: 1 kg of peaches is required to produce 1 kg of peach jam. Then, 2 kg of peaches is required to produce 1.7 kg of peach jam. Fixed. Only applies to operations. Indicates that the quantity of operations used to manufacture the product is fixed regardless of the quantity of resulting product. Example: 1 mixing operation is required to produce 1 kg of peach jam. Then, 1 mixing operation is required to produce 1.7 kg of peach jam. The resulting quantities are filled in when you populate a work-in-progress or production document from BOM.
Workload	The quantity of units of measure assigned to an operation to calculate manufacturing overheads. The workload’s unit of measure is the cost driver assigned to the operation’s cost pool. For instance, the unit of measure can be labor hours. The workload is automatically filled in from the operation's card. You can edit it.

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