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<Session ID="/baanerp/ti/cst/ticst0216m000" xml:lang="en">
	<Header>
		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Generate Alternatives for Estimated Materials (ticst0216m000)</Title>
	</Header>
	<HelpTopic><AimSection><Paragraph>Use this session to check the inventory position of the estimated materials and use <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000376" role="glossary" Update="No">alternative materials</Link> or <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000375" role="glossary" Update="No">use-up materials</Link>, where appropriate.</Paragraph>
		</AimSection>
		<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>This functionality is available only if the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom0100s000#tccom000.altm" role="formfield">Use Up and Alternative Materials</GUIRef> check box is selected in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom0100s000" role="session">Implemented Software Components (tccom0100s000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
		</Note>
		<GeneralSection><Paragraph>After the estimated costs are frozen, you can no longer generate alternatives for those estimated materials. The estimated costs are frozen if the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/sfc/tisfc0101s000#tisfc001.fres" role="fieldhelp">Estimated Costs Frozen</Link> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/sfc/tisfc0501m000" role="session">Production Orders (tisfc0501m000)</GUIRef> session is selected.</Paragraph>
		</GeneralSection>
		<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000420" role="manual">To use up remaining stock of outdated items</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000422" role="manual">Alternative materials in BOMs</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000425" role="manual">The search for alternative materials</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/basictasks/000006" role="manual">To use From and To fields</Link>
			</RelTopic>
		</RelatedTopics>
	</HelpTopic>
	<Fields><FieldHelp ID="f.prod.order.from" OtherIDs="f.prod.order.to"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Production Order</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc><Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000022" role="glossary">Production order</Link>
			</FuncDesc>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="f.project.from" OtherIDs="f.project.to"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Project</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc><Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000023" role="glossary">Project</Link>
			</FuncDesc>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="f.pl.del.dat.from" OtherIDs="f.pl.del.dat.to"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Planned Delivery Date</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The date on which the production order's end item is planned to be delivered.</FuncDesc>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="f.sfc.plannr.from" OtherIDs="f.sfc.plannr.to"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Shop Floor Planner</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc><Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000329" role="glossary">Shop floor planner</Link>
			</FuncDesc>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="f.main.item.from" OtherIDs="f.main.item.to"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Item</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc><Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#MainItem.ti" role="glossary">Main item</Link>
			</FuncDesc>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="f.group.selection"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Grouping Selection</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, you can enter an <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000401" role="glossary">order group</Link> in the next field.</FuncDesc>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="f.sfc.order.group"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">SFC Order Group</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc><Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000401" role="glossary">Order group</Link>
			</FuncDesc>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="f.sort.mat.lines"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Sort Material Lines based on</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>This field determines the order by which SSA ERP processes the estimated-material lines of all production orders in order to generates alternatives.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph>This sort order determines for which estimated-material line SSA ERP allocates the standard material, as specified in the BOM, and for which estimated-material line SSA ERP must choose an alternative material.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
			<SimpleSection ID="sort.material.lines"><SectionTitle>Example</SectionTitle>
				<List><ListIntro>Suppose you have two production orders, PR001 and PR002, as shown in the following figure. Both production orders require component C as material.</ListIntro>
					<ListItemHead>PR001</ListItemHead>
					<ListItem>You need a quantity of material C in operation 15 and another quantity of C for operation 20.</ListItem>
					<ListItemHead>PR002</ListItemHead>
					<ListItem>Material C is required in operation 12.</ListItem>
				</List>
				<Figure><HTML:IMG SRC="../images/graph_ticst0216m000_Sort.gif" alt="Diagram of production orders PR001 and PR002" width="727" height="268" xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"/><FigCaption>Two production orders that use the same material C</FigCaption>
				</Figure>
				<ProcedureList><ListIntro>If you set this field to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/cst.sema#alloc.date" role="enum">Material Allocation Date</GUIRef>, this session processes the estimated materials in the order by which the materials are allocated:</ListIntro>
					<ListItem>The materials for PR001, operation 15</ListItem>
					<ListItem>The materials for PR002, operation 12</ListItem>
					<ListItem>The materials for PR001, operation 20</ListItem>
				</ProcedureList>
				<ProcedureList><ListIntro>If you set this field to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/cst.sema#order.stdt" role="enum">Production Order Start Date</GUIRef>, this session processes the estimated materials in the following order:</ListIntro>
					<ListItem>All materials for PR001, because this production order is started first. These materials are ordered by estimated-material position, including the lines linked to operations 15 and 20.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>All materials for PR002, also ordered by estimated-material position, including the lines linked to operation12.</ListItem>
				</ProcedureList>
			</SimpleSection>
		</FieldHelp>
	</Fields>
	<FormCommands><CommandHelp ID="generate.alternatives"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Generate</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>Starts the generation process.</FuncDesc>
		</CommandHelp>
	</FormCommands>
</Session>
