Routing Methods - Intergraph Smart Materials - Version 2020 (10.0) - Training - Hexagon

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A routing method is a list of destinations describing the journey that material will travel on its way from the supplier to the construction site. Supplier shipments can take any number of different routes to their final destination at the job site. Each route requires a routing method to be identified for accurate calculation of ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival) times. A routing method is made up of one or more destinations and the number of days required to arrive at the current destination from the previous one.

In this function, the destinations defined on P.10.52 as well as the amount of time material spends at a destination and needs to arrive at the next destination are maintained.

Routing methods are used to calculate expediting dates.

Routing methods with their destinations and transit days are defined on the P.10.53 Routing Methods screen.

First, select the delivery type and delivery designation of the new routing method in the first (Delivery Designations) block. The delivery types and designations are defined on the A.10.39 Delivery Designations screen. For more information, see Delivery Designations.

To define a routing method in the second (Routing Methods) block, enter the name in the Routing Method field and the descriptions in the Short Desc and Description fields.

The Transit Days field shows the total of transit days of the associated routing method schedules. In the third (Routing Method Schedules) block, you define the destinations of the selected routing method with their transit days. Enter a unique sequence number in the Seq field. This sequence is used to order the material destinations. Then select a destination from the LOV in the Destination field.

Enter the number of days that are required to deliver the material from the previous to the current destination in the Transit Days field. We recommend that you enter 0 (zero) in the Transit Days field for the last destination in the supply chain to avoid any confusion. Because the final destination has been reached, another value for the transit days is not necessary, but a value must be entered because it is a mandatory field.

When item shipments are created and a routing method is assigned, the transit days of the routing method are used to calculate some of the dates on item shipments.

In the Date Type field, you specify the type of date this destination represents.