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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Configuration Management (CFG)</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Configuration Management (CFG)</Level1>
		</Keyword>
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	<AimSection><List><ListIntro>Use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts/cfg" role="module">Configuration Control</GUIRef> module to define and maintain:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/ts/glossary/glossary#ObjectGroup.ts" role="glossary">Serialized-item groups</Link>. Serialized-item groups are used at the planning of service orders and act as a planning constraint when selecting service engineers based on skills defined for a specific serialized-item group.</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/ts/glossary/glossary#000350" role="glossary">Functional elements</Link>.</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/ts/glossary/glossary#000306" role="glossary">Clusters</Link>.</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/ts/glossary/glossary#000307" role="glossary">Cluster configurations</Link>.</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/ts/glossary/glossary#000300" role="glossary">Item breakdowns</Link>. Item breakdowns can be used to create physical breakdowns. Furthermore, you can look up where (child) items are used in an item breakdown, copy <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#ProducBom.ti" role="glossary">standard production BOMs</Link> to item breakdowns, and replace/delete items in item breakdowns.</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/ts/glossary/glossary#Objects.ts" role="glossary">Serialized items</Link>. Serialized items can be used to create physical breakdowns.</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/ts/glossary/glossary#000310" role="glossary">Physical breakdowns</Link>. A physical breakdown is defined for a cluster configuration, and enables you to view the configuration's <Link href="/baanerp/ts/glossary/glossary#000311" role="glossary">as-built structure</Link> and as-maintained structure.</ListItem>
		</List>
	</AimSection>
	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ts/onlinemanual/000010" role="manual">To define serialized items</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ts/onlinemanual/000011" role="manual">To use serialized item groups</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ts/onlinemanual/000324" role="manual">To use functional elements</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ts/onlinemanual/000034" role="manual">To create an item breakdown from a standard production BOM</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ts/onlinemanual/000039" role="manual">To modify an item breakdown</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ts/onlinemanual/000307" role="manual">To create a physical breakdown from an as-built structure</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ts/onlinemanual/000308" role="manual">To create a physical breakdown from an item breakdown</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ts/onlinemanual/000309" role="manual">To create a physical breakdown from a sales order (line)</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ts/onlinemanual/000310" role="manual">To create a physical breakdown from an ASCII file</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ts/onlinemanual/000311" role="manual">To create a physical breakdown from a project-breakdown structure</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ts/onlinemanual/000300" role="manual">To maintain physical breakdowns</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ts/onlinemanual/000012" role="manual">Cluster layout example</Link>
		</RelTopic>
	</RelatedTopics>
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