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44 MFG/PRO USER GUIDE — MANUFACTURING
Ï See Chapter 3,
“Routings/Work
Centers,” on
page 25.
Fig. 4.1
Formula/Process
Module
Ï See Chapter 5,
“Co-products/
By-products,” on
page 51.
Introduction
A formula (or recipe) is another way to define a product structure. A
process definition is identical to a routing. In fact, there is no difference to
the system between defining a set of operations in Routing Maintenance
(14.13.1) or Process Definition Maintenance (15.13). Before you set up a
process definition, you must set up the shop calendar, departments, and
work centers.
Routings/
Work Centers
Product
Lines
Items/
Products
Formula/
Process
Work
Orders
Product
Structures
But while Routing Maintenance sets up operation run time in hours per
unit, and Routing Maintenance (Rate Based) (14.13.2) in terms of units
per hour, Formula/Process lets you define a formula in terms of batch size
and process it in hours per batch. The batch size is expressed in the parent
item’s unit of measure and represents the quantity in which the item is to
be produced.
In Formula/Process, all definitions reference a specific batch size. You
can specify ingredient quantities as a quantity per batch or as percent of a
batch. Process definitions are always expressed as run times per batch.
Unlike product structures, formulas relate to a particular batch size.
The Formula/Process module also manages processes that create
co-products and by-products, along with the base process that produces
them.