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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Engineering Data Management (EDM)</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Engineering Data Management (EDM)</Level1>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<AimSection><Paragraph>You can use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/edm" role="module">Engineering Data Management</GUIRef> module to create and modify data for items in development, and change that data into actual production data.</Paragraph>
	</AimSection>
	<GeneralSection><List><ListIntro>Engineering data mainly consists of:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#EngineItem.ti" role="glossary">Engineering items (E-items)</Link>.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Engineering item <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#Revision.ti" role="glossary">revisions</Link>.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Engineering BOMs (EBOMs).</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Relationships between engineering items and manufactured items.</ListItem>
		</List>
		<Paragraph>You can either copy individual engineering items to actual items, or carry out multiple changes simultaneously using <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000326" role="glossary">mass BOM changes (MBCs)</Link>.</Paragraph>
		<List><ListIntro>The following online manual topics are available:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000088" role="manual">Engineering data management summary</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000114" role="manual">Engineering items</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000117" role="manual">Engineering BOMs</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000107" role="manual">To change EBOMs - Manual procedure</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000118" role="manual">To change EBOMs - Automatic procedure</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000121" role="manual">To change EBOMs - Semi-automatic procedure</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000115" role="manual">Copying E-items to items</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000116" role="manual">Finalizing engineering data</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000311" role="manual">Unit effectivity in EDM</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000119" role="manual">Import CAD application data with the BAAN Exchange module (BAAN Utilities)</Link>
			</ListItem>
		</List>
	</GeneralSection>
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