Split In Routing / Difference Between Alternative And Parallel Seq

The term "Splitting" in SAP means having more than one person or maching working on an operation in a production order. 

SAP assumes that only one person/machine will be working on a job at a time. If it takes one hour to make one, and the order is for 10, the system will schedule the job at that work center to take 10 hours. However, if in the operation in the routing, you select "Required Splitting", then you put in "number of splits" as 2, then the system will assume you are having two people/machines work on the job at the same time, hence it will only schedule the job to take 5 hours, not 10. If you put in splitts as 4, then the system will assume 2.5 hours to get the job done. 

Also, sometimes it might be ridiculous to split the job. For instance, if that previous example order was only for 2 piedes. Having two machines working on it would be dumb, because you would have to do two setups. So the system gives you a Minimum processing time, so if it's less than, say, 5 hours, do not split it. 

What is the difference between alternative and parallel sequence.How these are used?

Generally in routing 3 types of sequence are present which are standard, parellel and alternate sequence.

Alternate sequences are linked to the standard sequence which is the main sequence. The place where alternate sequence starts from the standard sequence is called branch operation and again the place where it joins the standard sequence is called the return operation.

Parellel sequences are set of operation which run parellel to the standard sequence, for example in a chemical industry for analytical processes that occur parellel to the main production process.

Alternate sequence consists of set of operations other than the standard sequence so that either of the sequences can be run for a production process.Generally branch operations in the standard sequence are ingored in this process.

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