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   <Header>
      <Title>Microrouting</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2096497">
         <Level1>Routing</Level1>
         <Level2>micro</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>A <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000364" role="glossary">microrouting</Link> enables you to define stepwise information
		that is related to a routing operation. The defined microrouting information is
		available on production order documents such as operation notes and routing
		sheets. These documents provide the operators on the shop floor with procedures
		and work instructions that support their operations. The availability of
		procedures and work instructions ensures consistency, and can also be important
		for standardization issues (for example, ISO9000).</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>A microrouting consists
		of <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000365" role="glossary">operation steps</Link> that are linked to routing operations. The
		operation steps enable you to determine the sequence in which information is
		presented to the user. You can also enter a <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#100110" role="glossary">reference designator</Link> for the operation step to indicate
		where a specific component item must be mounted on the end item.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>For every operation step, you can define the following types
		  of information:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Instructions.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Tools information.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Process variables.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>The information that must
		be presented first, is linked to the first information step. The information
		that must subsequently be presented, is linked to the second operation step,
		and so on.</Paragraph>
      <Note>
         <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>You can also link
		  information to a routing on the operation level without using operation steps.
		  However, in this way, you cannot determine the sequence in which the
		  information is presented.</Paragraph>
      </Note>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Instructions</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>Instructions are
		  references to external documents. These documents can include container
		  instructions, tooling instructions, machine instructions, work procedures, and
		  so on. A direct integration with a document application ( <GUIRef href="/baanerp/dm" role="package">Data Management</GUIRef>) is provided.
		  If an instruction is related to a document in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/dm" role="package">Data Management</GUIRef>, the corresponding
		  application can be started online to view the document.</Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Tools information</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>On the shop floor,
		  disposal of tools information can often be useful. Tools information linked to
		  operation steps can indicate, for example, which tools are required to carry
		  out a specific operation.</Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
      <Note>
         <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/trp" role="module">Tools Requirement Planning</GUIRef> module enables you to plan tools for a production order. You
		  can even choose to plan tools for a specific production order's operation. In a
		  microrouting, you can also link tools for instruction purposes instead of for
		  planning purposes. You can either link tools to a specific production order's
		  operation or to operation steps. You cannot link tools to both operations and
		  operation steps, because planning of tools can only be performed on one level.</Paragraph>
      </Note>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Process variables</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>A process variable is
		  a setting or an input value related to a machine, a tool, or a process that is
		  relevant to carry out an operation. Examples of process variables are cutting
		  depth, cutting speed, drilling speed, and temperature. Process variable
		  information in a microrouting supports a shop floor operator's job on the work
		  floor regarding process control. Process variables can be related to an
		  operation, or to a combination of a task and a work center/machine. For each
		  process variable, a unit of measure is defined. In addition, the process
		  variable's target value is defined, and the upper limit and the lower limit.</Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000346" role="manual">To set up a microrouting</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000380" role="manual">Overview of reference designators</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>