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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Critical items</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Items</Level1>
			<Level2>critical</Level2>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>planning</Level1>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<GeneralSection><Paragraph>An item that you define as critical is one that can cause a bottleneck in a production process, such as an item with a long or uncertain lead time.</Paragraph>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>How to define a critical item</SectionTitle>
			<List><ListIntro></ListIntro>
				<ListItem>Create an item in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd0101s000" role="session">Item - General (tcibd0101s000)</GUIRef> session. You can also create the item using <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000088" role="manual">Engineering data management summary</Link>.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Define the item as a <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#PlanItems.ti" role="glossary">plan item</Link> in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000" role="session">Items - Planning (cprpd1100m000)</GUIRef> session. You can zoom to the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000" role="session">Items - Planning (cprpd1100m000)</GUIRef> session from the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd0101s000" role="session">Item - General (tcibd0101s000)</GUIRef> session. You must define an item as a plan item, before you can define it as a critical item. Note the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#PlanLevel.ti" role="glossary">plan level</Link> of the plan item. You must use the same plan level for the critical item.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd2500m000" role="session">Items - Ordering (tcibd2500m000)</GUIRef> session, select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd2100s000#tcibd200.crmp" role="formfield">Critical in Planning</GUIRef> check box.</ListItem>
			</List>
			<Paragraph>A critical item can be either manufactured or purchased.</Paragraph>
		</GeneralSection>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>How to use a critical item</SectionTitle>
			<List><ListIntro>To define relationships between plan items and critical items:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>Use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd3120m000" role="session">Bill of Critical Materials (cprpd3120m000)</GUIRef> session to define the relationship structure. The structure is similar to that of a <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000125" role="manual">Structure of a multilevel BOM</Link>.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Generate the structure (that is, the critical bill of material) in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd3220m000" role="session">Generate BCM or BCC (cprpd3220m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
			</List>
		</GeneralSection>
		<Paragraph>You can print the relationships you have defined in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd3420m000" role="session">Print Bill of Critical Materials (cprpd3420m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>You can use <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000059" role="glossary">master planning</Link> to plan the requirements of critical items.</Paragraph>
	</GeneralSection>
	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000105" role="manual">Aggregated planning</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000020" role="manual">Master planning, an overview</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000149" role="manual">Plan levels and product families</Link>
		</RelTopic>
	</RelatedTopics>
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