Maintaining Task Lists

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to maintain a Task List and perform the necessary settings for VC.

Task List

The upcoming video explains the definition of a Super Task List for a configurable material.

Keep in Mind

  • The operations for a specific variant are selected by object dependencies.

  • The routing is exploded according to the characteristic values you assign.

  • You can create a routing by copying the configuration simulation. You can do this for a specific sales order.

Task List

The following figure shows the standard structure of a routing. In this case, next to the standard sequence a parallel and alternative sequence exist.

Diagram showing material, group and group counter, with sequence categories including standard, parallel, and alternative sequences. Operations are listed with arrows indicating PRTs and suboperations.

Alternative Sequence

An alternative sequence allows you to select alternative operations for a sequence of operations. This can be useful to deal with either different production processes for different lot sizes, or capacity problems.

Parallel Sequence

A parallel sequence allows you to process operations simultaneously with operations in the standard sequence of the routing.

Suboperations are a more detailed definition of the operational activity. The suboperations comprise a hierarchy below the main operation for which they define additional details in costing and capacity planning.

The control key setting also plays an important role here.

Scheduling is always done at operation level.

The standard values for suboperations can be summarized per operation, with the same dimension and unit.

You can assign PRTs to any operation. The PRT must have a master record.

Perform Routing Maintenance (Without Dependencies)

In the modeling of the forklift configuration task, you have to create the routing for your forklift truck. The accessory assembly has been defined as a dummy assembly so that its components are provided directly to the production order of the forklift.

Watch the simulation, which shows the creation of a routing for your forklift.