Setup Time Field, Routing Line Table

Specifies the setup time of the operation.

The setup time is handled per lot size of the produced item and according to the value in the Setup Time Unit of Measure field on the production order routing line.

Additional Information

The setup time is the time a machine or work center needs to convert from the production of the last good piece of item A to the first good piece of item B.

For each operation (production order routing line), you can define a unit of measure for setup time that is different from the unit of measure of the other time elements, such as run and wait times.

Example

Assume that the item on an operation has a lot size of 2. On the production order routing line, the setup time unit of measure is Minutes, and the run time unit of measure is Hours. If you then enter 15 in the Setup Time field and 5 in the Run Time field, then it means that the setup time of the operation is 30 minutes and the run time is 10 hours.

While you can use different units of measure for the different time elements, the total figures, such as that shown in the Expected Capacity Need field of the routing line or the Capacity Need field in production order statistics, will always be summed in one unit of measure. You select the common unit of measure for capacity sums in the Show Capacity In field in the Manufacturing Setup window.

So, for the example above, the capacity need of the operation would be 10.5 hours or 630 minutes, depending on the common unit of measure you have set up.

The sum of the values in the Setup Time, Run Time, Wait Time, and Move Time fields, plus the Queue Time field on the machine or work center card, combine to make up the production lead time of the item.

Parent Tables

See Also

Reference

Setup Time Unit of Meas. Code
Expected Capacity Need
Show Capacity In
Routing

Other Resources

Lot Size
How to: Create Routings