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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Item data</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>item data</Level1>
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	<GeneralSection><Paragraph>SSA ERP item data consists of general item data and package-specific item data. You enter the general item data in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ibd" role="module">Item Base Data</GUIRef> module of <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc" role="package">Common Data</GUIRef>. You enter the package-specific item data in the various SSA ERP packages.</Paragraph>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>General item data</SectionTitle>
			<List><ListIntro>The general item data consists of:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>The item code, which identifies the item.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Item data that determine the way SSA ERP processes the item, such as the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000006" role="glossary">item type</Link> and the item's <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000337" role="glossary">inventory unit</Link>.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Item data for your information, such as the item grouping data that is described in <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000003" role="manual">Item grouping data</Link>.</ListItem>
			</List>
			<Paragraph>For details about how to set up the general item data, see <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000330" role="manual">To set up the item data</Link>.</Paragraph>
		</GeneralSection>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Package-specific item data</SectionTitle>
			<List><ListIntro>To start the sessions in which you can specify default data and item data for the various SSA ERP packages, you can use the buttons on the last tab pages of the following sessions:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd0102s000" role="session">Item - General Defaults (tcibd0102s000)</GUIRef>, to specify the default data.</ListItem>
				<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd0101s000" role="session">Item - General (tcibd0101s000)</GUIRef>, to specify item specific data.</ListItem>
			</List>
		</GeneralSection>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Mass change of item assignments</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>You can use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd0204m000" role="session">Mass Change Item Assignments (tcibd0204m000)</GUIRef> session to define or change assignments for a large number of items at once. For example, you can reassign a range of items from buyer A to buyer B, or you can assign all the items that are not assigned to a buyer to buyer B.</Paragraph>
			<List><ListIntro>For ranges of item groups and items you can define or change the following assignments:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>The <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#Buyer.td" role="glossary">buyer</Link>.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>The <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#000018" role="glossary">planner</Link>.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>The <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000329" role="glossary">shop floor panner</Link>.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>The <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000314" role="glossary">routing group</Link>.</ListItem>
			</List>
		</GeneralSection>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Serialized items</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>If the item is a <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000302" role="glossary">serialized item</Link>, you can use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd4501m000" role="session">Serialized Items (tcibd4501m000)</GUIRef> session to view serial numbers and enter serial numbers manually. For details, see <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000304" role="manual">Overview of serialized items</Link>.</Paragraph>
		</GeneralSection>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Date-effective item data</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>You can use the Mask sessions to define the masks that SSA ERP uses to generate serial numbers. The item type that you select in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd0101s000" role="session">Item - General (tcibd0101s000)</GUIRef> session is the item's default item type. You can temporarily change the item type of purchased and manufactured items in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd0510m000" role="session">Date-Effective Item Data (tcibd0510m000)</GUIRef> session. For details, see <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000322" role="manual">Date-effective item data</Link>.</Paragraph>
		</GeneralSection>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Alternative items</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>Some types of items can easily be replaced by similar items with a different item code, for example, if an item is not immediately available. You can use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd0505m000" role="session">Alternative Items (tcibd0505m000)</GUIRef> session to specify which items can replace other items when this is necessary. For details, see <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000049" role="manual">Alternative items</Link>.</Paragraph>
		</GeneralSection>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Alternative manufacturers</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>You can set up the item data in so that you can buy items that can be manufactured by alternative manufacturers. For details, see <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000320" role="manual">To buy items from alternative manufacturers</Link>.</Paragraph>
		</GeneralSection>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Item code systems</SectionTitle>
			<List><ListIntro>In addition to your company's item codes, you can identify items by other item codes, for example, the item codes that your business partners use. Use the following sessions to specify the other item codes and link them to your items:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd0106m000" role="session">Item Code Systems (tcibd0106m000)</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
				<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd0504m000" role="session">Item Codes by Item Code System (tcibd0504m000)</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
			</List>
		</GeneralSection>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>List data</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>You can set up <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000061" role="glossary">list items</Link> to speed up order processing and order entry of repetitive sales orders. You can use product lists to define the composition of a product in terms of other products and/or lists. For details, see <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000331" role="manual">List items</Link>.</Paragraph>
		</GeneralSection>
	</GeneralSection>
	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000330" role="manual">To set up the item data</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000322" role="manual">Date-effective item data</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000049" role="manual">Alternative items</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000320" role="manual">To buy items from alternative manufacturers</Link>
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		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000331" role="manual">List items</Link>
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