Laura,
I may be missing the question, but here is what we do to copy a item and routing to a similar part.
Enter a new item in inventory -
Copy from old item to the new item in inventory -
Edit the the new item (description or whatever) -
In routing, call up the old item and copy to the new -
Edit changes in the new -
Go in to the BOM and add and edit this info. -
This works for us and saves us alot of typing or selecting routing templates and then editing.
Rick