Routing

❑Definition
❑Routing procedure including bills of
materials route sheet
❑Route file
❑Routing for two or more items
❑Standard route chart and recent
techniques of routing.
Advantages:
o Routing gives a very systematic method of converting raw materials
into finished goods.
o It leads to smooth and efficient work.
o It leads to optimum utilization of resources; namely, men, machines,
materials, etc.
o It leads to division of labor.
o It ensures a continuous flow of materials without any backtracking.
o It saves time and space.
o It makes the work easy for the production engineers and foremen.
o It has a great influence on design of factory's building and installed
machines
TECHNIQUES OF ROUTING
➢ Bill of Material
➢ Route card
➢ Work sheet
➢ Route sheet
 A bill of materials (BOM) is a comprehensive inventory of the raw materials,
assemblies, subassemblies, parts and components, as well as the
quantities of each needed to manufacture a product. In a nutshell, it is the
complete list of all the items that are required to build a product.

A bill of materials shows the relationship between the finished product and its
components. It's useful for estimating the cost of materials, planning purchases,
ensuring availability of parts, and avoiding delays in production.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
➢ A bill of materials (BOM) is a centralized source of
information containing a list of items used to manufacture
a product and the instructions on how to do so.
➢ Often shown in a hierarchical way, a bill of materials lists
the finished product at the top, followed by individual
components and materials.
➢ Bills of materials can be presented as an explosion
display or an implosion display.
➢ The two main types of bills of materials are
manufacturing bills of materials and engineering bills of
materials.
Bills of Materials Displays
A BOM displays its information in one of two ways: an explosion
display or an implosion display.
A bill of materials (BOM) explosion display shows an assembly at the
highest level broken down into its individual components and parts at
the lowest level.
A BOM implosion display links individual parts at the lower level to an
assembly at the higher level.
For example, a computer is exploded into hard drives, computer chips,
random access memory panels, and processors. Each processor is
exploded into an arithmetic unit, a control unit, and a register. The
requirements for the arithmetic unit, control unit, and register are
imploded into the requirements for the processor, which are imploded
into the requirements for the entire computer.
There are different types of bills of materials. Engineering BOMs are specific to
engineering used in the design process; manufacturing BOMs are specific to the
manufacturing used in the assembly process.

Engineering BOM
An engineering bill of materials defines the design of the finished
product. It includes all alternative and substitute part numbers
and parts contained in the drawing notes.
Every line of the bill of materials includes the product code, part
name, part number, part revision, description, quantity, unit of
measure, size, length, weight, and specifications or features of the
product.
The engineering BOM is often organized by engineers based on a
computer-aided design (CAD) drawing. For a finished product,
there may be more than one engineering BOM created. This is a
part of product lifecycle management.
Manufacturing BOM
A manufacturing bill of materials (BOM) comprises all the assemblies
and parts required to construct a finished item ready to be shipped. It
also incorporates the packaging materials required to send the product
to the customer. It contains processes that require execution on the
product prior to completion and stores all the information required
for manufacturing activities.
When creating a bill of materials, include the following key
components:
➢ Name of product or assembly
➢ BOM level
➢ Raw materials used, including quantity and unit of measure
➢ Sub-assemblies used
➢ Part number, name, and description for each part
➢ Unit cost
➢ Quantity