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Contents of the Configure Routings Settings Screen

Use the fields and options to configure the Configure Routings Settings screen.

Equipment Numbering

Field Description
Auto-Number Equipment IDs

Select this check box to have the system assign IDs to new pieces of equipment, or clear this check box if you want to create unique equipment IDs for new equipment. If you select this check box, you still have the option of entering your own unique equipment ID instead of accepting a system-assigned equipment ID.

Last ID Used

If you selected the Auto Number Equipment IDs check box, enter the starting point for auto-assigning new equipment IDs. You can enter up to 12 alphanumeric characters. The system will start with the number of the last equipment ID and add one.

To have equipment ID numbers assigned sequentially, you must select a ceiling number that does not exceed 10 digits.

For example, if the highest number desired is 9999999999, enter zero as 0000000000; or if the highest number desired is EQUIP-9999, and the last equipment ID number used was EQUIP-124, that number should be entered as EQUIP-0124.

The Last ID Used field always increments from the right and only if the rightmost character is numeric (rather than alpha).

For example: EQIP594123 becomes EQIP594124; EQUIPABCD9 becomes EQUIPABCD0; 9999999999 becomes 0000000000; EQ9999999A is not incremented. You should assign enough numeric characters to the right to ensure that duplicates do not occur.

Allow PLC assignment in Labor Operations

Select this check box to allow default Project Labor Categories (PLC) to be set up for labor operations.

Use Operationalized Bills of Material

If selected, this check box indicates that the MO requirements are segregated by MO routing operations.

Release Control

Use this block to prevent routings from being released and to designate the initial default status of routings in the Manage Routings screen.

Field Description
Use Separate Routing Release Function

Select this check box to prevent routings from being released in the Manage Routings screen. If you do not select this check box, you will have to release routings in the Release Routings screen.

Default Operation Status in Routing

Use this group box to designate the initial operation status of a routing in the Manage Routings screen.

Field Description
Released

Select the Released option to give new routings in the Manage Routings screen a status of Released.

Unreleased

Select the Unreleased option to give new routings in the Manage Routings screen a status of Unreleased.

Routing Line User-Defined Labels

Use this block to add up to three columns to the Manage Routings and Release Routings screens. These three fields will not appear in those screens unless they have been set up here. These may be useful if you require additional information in those screens.

Field Description
Label 1

Enter the column label for the first user-defined field.

Label 2

Enter the column label for the second user-defined field.

Label 3

Enter the column label for the third user-defined field.

Default Shift Hours

Field Description
First Shift

Enter the number of hours generally allotted to the first shift.

Second Shift

Enter the number of hours generally allotted to the second shift.

Others Shift

Enter the number of hours generally allotted to the third shift.

Routing Primary Default Source

Use this group box to specify which labor classifications will default into the Labor subtasks within Costpoint Routings.

Field Description
Work Center

Select this option to have work center data loaded as the default for new routing lines.

Operation

Select this option to have operation data loaded as the default for new routing lines.

Hours Unit of Measure

Enter, or click to select, the unit of measure that is used to represent hours in your company.

Default Target Burden Rates

Use this group box to specify the default labor and subcontract burden rates for work center labor operations and subcontract operations.

Field Description
Labor

Enter the default labor target burden rate for work centers and labor operations.

Subcontract

Enter the default target burden rate for subcontract operations.