Plant ApplicationsAbout the Route Editor Application
As a supervisor, you can use Route Editor to manage routes in Plant Applications.
A route defines the process and operations required to manufacture a product. It specifies a list of operations you must perform on the components, and the order in which you must perform these operations.
A route contains the following components:
- Operations: An operation is the main work segment in a route. An operation is a sequence of tasks that you must perform to manufacture the product.
- Bill of materials (BOMs): A BOM contains BOM formulations that define a list of items and the quantity of each BOM item needed to produce a product.
- Properties: A property is an additional attribute that is assigned to a route or an operation to produce a product.
- Documents: A document is a reference material used to perform an operation (for example, standard operating procedure, circuit diagram).
Using Route Editor, you can:
- Define the end-to-end workflow of using a route, which includes the sequence of operations for manufacturing a product.
- Create a work order.
- Release the route for use in a work order.
- Maintain the revision history of each released route.
- Define the bill of material (BOM) items that are required for each operation in a route. You can
also sync the latest changes made to BOM item details (in BOM Editor application) using
icon. - Link reference documents such as standard operating procedures, circuit diagrams, and other documents required to perform each operation.
- Assign properties to a route or an operation, and modify their default values.
- Create, copy, modify, release, archive, revise, and delete a route.
- Create mutually exclusive operations or make two existing operations mutually exclusive.