Operations
In a workflow sense, they are implementations of operation templates on specific machines with specific particular parameters.
Each routing operation is carried out by a single machine that can be defined as part of the routing or it can be assigned during a production order scheduling operation.
Operation templates
Operation templates are typically common manufacturing operations that draw together phases in a logical flow to take the operator through the required steps to fulfil the operation. The creation of an operation templates enables many routings can pull up this library element to quickly integrate the operation into the routing.
An operation template has a single Start point and a single End point that might have many phases with several paths and loops.
Operation transitions
Operation transitions encode the logical links between operations in a workflow.