Work guidelines are instructions or notes associated with the manufacturing process, either through the product structure or the routing of the part being built. Used with structures, they allow you to create an artificial routing (if you do not use routings). They also give specific or additional information to the assembler or stockroom manager when he/she picks material for an order. Work guidelines warn you about the hazards or special handling properties of the material being used. Used with routings, they allow you to give step by step instructions about performing an operation. Additionally, they provide a standard location to store inspection and safety notes.
Work guidelines can either be created manually or from a work guideline template. Work guidelines are associated with structure line items or routing operations. When a shop order is created, the work guidelines for the structure used on the order are copied to the order’s allocations. The work guidelines for the routing used on the order are copied to the order’s operations. You can modify these allocation and operation guidelines without affecting the structure or routing guidelines that generated them. The structure and routing guidelines can be modified without affecting the work guideline templates that created them.