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   <Header>
      <Title>Network routings</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2382528">
         <Level1>Network routings</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2382531">
         <Level1>Routing networks</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2382534">
         <Level1>Operations</Level1>
         <Level2>networks</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>A simple <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#Routing_ti" role="glossary">routing</Link> contains only sequentially ordered <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000000000000052" role="glossary">operations</Link>. A network routing can contain sequentially
		ordered operations and parallel operations.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>ERP Enterprise offers three methods to define parallel operations:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Manually, in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/sfc/tisfc1102m000" role="session">Operation Relationships by Order (tisfc1102m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>By inserting <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#Phantom_ti" role="glossary">phantom</Link> components that have a routing.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>By defining parallel operations in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou1102m000" role="session">Routing Operations (tirou1102m000)</GUIRef> or <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcf/tipcf3120m000" role="session">Generic Routing (tipcf3120m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Note>
         <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>Only converging
		  network routings are supported: two operations can a common succeeding
		  operation, but they cannot have a common preceding operation. Every network
		  routing has one final operation.</Paragraph>
      </Note>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>To manually define parallel operations</SectionTitle>
      <ProcedureList>
         <ListIntro>To manually define parallel operations in the production order
		  planning, complete the following steps:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Create a production order with a sequentially-ordered
		  routing.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Start the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/sfc/tisfc1102m000" role="session">Operation Relationships by Order (tisfc1102m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>For each operation, enter the number of the next operation in
		  the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/sfc/tisfc1102m000#next.operation" role="formfield">Next Operation</Link>. Enter 0 in the production order's final
		  operation.</ListItem>
      </ProcedureList>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>To define parallel operations using phantom
		components</SectionTitle>
      <ProcedureList>
         <ListIntro>To define a routing that has a secondary branch that joins the
		  main routing halfway, complete the following steps:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Define a <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#Phantom_ti" role="glossary">phantom</Link> item that represents the subassembly created in
		  the secondary routing branch.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Define the phantom item's routing, which is the secondary
		  branch.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Add the phantom to the <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000323" role="glossary">bill of material</Link> (BOM) of the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#MainItem_ti" role="glossary">main item</Link>.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/bom/tibom1110m000" role="session">Bill of Material (tibom1110m000)</GUIRef> session, link the phantom to the operation that
			 follows the secondary branch of the routing.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>Alternatively, you can link the phantom to a specific
			 operation for each routing in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/bom/tibom0140m000" role="session">BOM Line - Material-Routing Relationships (tibom0140m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
      </ProcedureList>
      <Paragraph>ERP Enterprise connects the routing of the
		phantom item to the main item routing immediately before the main item
		operation that is linked to the phantom. For more information, see <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000041" role="manual">Example network routing</Link>.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>To link an operation to
		phantom for a specific production order, in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/cst/ticst0101m000" role="session">Estimated Materials (ticst0101m000)</GUIRef> session, specify that operation in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/cst/ticst0101m000#ticst001.opno" role="manual">Operation</GUIRef> field.
		For an example, see <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000041" role="manual">Example network routing</Link>.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>To define parallel operations in a routing</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>If the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou0100m000#tirou000.apop" role="manual">Allow Parallel Operations in Routing</GUIRef> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou0100m000" role="session">Routing Parameters (tirou0100m000)</GUIRef> session is selected, you can define parallel routings
		in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou1102m000" role="session">Routing Operations (tirou1102m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
      <ProcedureList>
         <ListIntro>To define parallel operations in a routing, complete the
		  following steps:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Before you enter the operations, roughly order the operations
		  from first to last. Ensure no operation is followed by an operation that must
		  be performed earlier.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Start the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou1102m000" role="session">Routing Operations (tirou1102m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Define all routing operations. At first, leave the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou1102m000#tirou102.nopr" role="manual">Next Operation</GUIRef> field at the default value, 0
		  (zero).</ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>For each operation, in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou1102m000#tirou102.nopr" role="manual">Next Operation</GUIRef> field, enter the operation that is
			 performed next.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>The operation number of the next operation must be greater
			 than the number of the current operation. For example, operation 40 cannot
			 follow operation 50.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>For the final operation, enter 0 (zero) in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou1102m000#tirou102.nopr" role="manual">Next Operation</GUIRef> field.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
      </ProcedureList>
      <Paragraph>After you complete the routing, validate the routing and correct
		any errors. To validate the routing, on the <GUIRef href="" role="manual" Update="No">appropriate</GUIRef> menu, click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou1102m000#validate.sequence" role="command">Validate Sequence</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
      <Note>
         <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>When a production order is created, ERP Enterprise validates the
		  routing and stops the process if the routing is incorrect.</Paragraph>
      </Note>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>To define parallel operations in a generic routing</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>The procedure to define parallel operations in a generic
		routing is almost the same as that for regular routings. Instead of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou1102m000" role="session">Routing Operations (tirou1102m000)</GUIRef> session, you must use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcf/tipcf3120m000" role="session">Generic Routing (tipcf3120m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
      <Caution>
         <SectionTitle>Caution!</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>If you specified an operation in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcf/tipcf3120m000#tipcf320.nopr" role="manual">Next Operation</GUIRef> field, and that operation is skipped
		  for a particular <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#ProducVarian_td" role="glossary">product variant</Link>, ERP Enterprise does not
		  automatically replace that operation with the correct operation. Instead of the
		  operation that follows the skipped operation, ERP Enterprise selects the
		  operation with next higher operation number. After ERP Enterprise generated the
		  routing for the product variant, correct the operation sequence for the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#CustomItem_ti" role="glossary">customized item</Link> or configured standard item in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou1102m000" role="session">Routing Operations (tirou1102m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
      </Caution>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000006" role="manual">Phantoms</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000400" role="manual">Adding and exploding phantoms in a production order</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000041" role="manual">Example network routing</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000039" role="manual">Renumbering phantom operations</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000017" role="manual">Link materials to operations</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>