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What are job card and route card in production planning?

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In production planning, a job card tracks the actual work and time involved in a single production, including materials used and inspection reports, and is used for bookkeeping and payroll. A route card outlines the sequence of events and necessary materials for production, acting more as a guide for planning rather than tracking. Both cards are essential for managing and optimizing the production process.

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Quite simply, a job card involves time to completion and a route card involves travel of a certain part.

A job card is all about timing. There are many details involved. What are the materials used? What is the time allowed so that production doesn't run over? What did the current report of inspection say? These are all things that could be found on a job card. A business will have the number of job cards that equal exactly the number of operations that are done in that business.

A route card is very different and involves the "journey" of a certain part during the operations described on the job cards above. Route cards are important in regards to sequencing. The final product does not just magically appear! There may be a number of job cards involved (each with a different operation) that will equal the route or "journey" of...

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this part towards the final product.

In conclusion, it's important to note that both job cards and route cards continually change. Instead of creating entire new sets of cards, the cards can be changed with notations in order to cut down on red tape.

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