Routing is the core data guiding workshop production. Dmmsys PLM Process Management Edition provides complete routing design capabilities.

1)     Supports multi-operation routing, can define any number of operation steps, each operation contains work center, hours, preparation time and other data.

2)     Supports parallel operations and alternative operations, can define operations that can execute in parallel and routing alternatives.

3)     Supports routing branches, automatically selects different routing branches based on product attributes or order requirements.

4)     Operations support management and association of process resources such as fixtures, inspection requirements, and work instructions.

5)     Routing supports version management, automatically generates new versions for each modification, retaining complete change history.

6)     Routing supports visual editing, quickly creates and modifies routing through graphical drag-and-drop interface.

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Work centers are the basic resources of routing. Dmmsys PLM Process Management Edition provides complete work center management capabilities.

1)     Work centers bind equipment resources and human resources, can define equipment and workers for each work center.

2)     Work centers support capacity management, can define calendar, shifts, capacity efficiency and other capacity parameters.

3)     Work centers support cost management, can define machine rate and labor rate for operation cost calculation.

4)     Work centers support location management, can define workshop and section where work center is located.

5)     Work centers support status management, can mark available, maintenance, disabled and other statuses.

6)     Work centers support load analysis, can view operation load and capacity utilization of each work center.

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Operation scheduling is key to workshop production execution. Dmmsys PLM Process Management Edition provides operation scheduling management.

1)     Supports forward scheduling and backward scheduling, can schedule operations based on order delivery or start time.

2)     Supports finite capacity scheduling and infinite capacity scheduling, with or without work center capacity constraints.

3)     Supports operation priority management, can define operation priorities, high-priority operations are scheduled first.

4)     Supports operation splitting and overlapping, can split large-batch operations into smaller batches, supports overlapping execution.

5)     Scheduling supports Gantt chart visualization, intuitively views scheduling results and work center load through Gantt chart.

6)     Scheduling supports manual adjustment, can manually adjust operation sequence and time on top of automatic scheduling.

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Working hour quota is the basis for operation cost and wage calculation. Dmmsys PLM Process Management Edition provides hour quota management.

1)     Supports different types of hour quotas including preparation time, processing time, and post-processing time.

2)     Hour quotas support segmented definition by quantity, different batch ranges can have different hour quotas.

3)     Hour quotas support efficiency coefficients, can adjust quotas based on worker skill level or equipment status.

4)     Hour quotas support historical records, records reason and approval process for each modification, ensuring traceability.

5)     Hour quotas support actual hour comparison, can compare actual reported hours with quota hours for efficiency analysis.

6)     Hour quotas support batch update, can batch update hour quota data through Excel import.

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Routing templates are important tools for improving process design efficiency. Dmmsys PLM Process Management Edition provides routing template management.

1)     Can create general machining, sheet metal, assembly routing templates as design basis for new routing.

2)     Routing templates can be preset by product category, automatically applied when creating new products.

3)     Templates support parameterized definition, can quickly generate routing for different specifications through parameter substitution.

4)     Templates support inheritance and extension, can inherit operations from base template and add product-specific operations.

5)     Templates support version management, can update product routing after template modification.

6)     Templates support sharing and permission control, can define sharing scope and usage permissions.

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Process change management ensures standardized process data changes. Dmmsys PLM Process Management Edition provides process change management.

1)     Supports process change requests, can initiate changes to routing, operation parameters, work centers and other process data.

2)     Process changes support impact analysis, analyzing affected work orders, schedules, cost calculations and other impact scopes.

3)     Process changes support electronic approval, configures multi-level approval nodes for standardized change approval.

4)     Process changes support change execution, automatically updates routing after approval, records execution status.

5)     Process changes support change notifications, automatically notifies affected workshop and production management personnel.

6)     Process changes support change traceability, completely records process change history for problem tracing and audit.

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