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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Line station variants</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Variant</Level1>
			<Level2>line station</Level2>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>Assembly variant</Level1>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<GeneralSection><Paragraph>A set of operations and materials which, for a particular line station, have the same specifications.</Paragraph>
		<ExampleSection><SectionTitle>Example</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>You are making cars with many different features, including two types of wheels (broad and narrow). For the line station where the wheels are fitted, all cars with broad wheels are one line station variant, all cars with narrow wheels are another LSV, no matter what other specifications they have, because the other specifications are not relevant to the wheel line station.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>An LSV can be shared by a number of assembly orders. That means that operations and material usage on that line station is the same of all of those assembly orders.</Paragraph>
		</ExampleSection>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Purpose</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>An LSV is a device to reduce unnecessary data, and so enhance performance. If you have one thousand orders for products, and the operations and materials at the first line station of the line are all identical, there is no point in storing identical information one thousand times. SSA ERP determines that the orders are all identical, and makes one LSV. When a new assembly order is generated, SSA ERP check the materials and operations for the order. If these are the different from exisiting LSVs, a new LSV is created.</Paragraph>
		</GeneralSection>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Sessions</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>You can display LSVs in the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2520m000" role="session">Line Station Variants (tiasc2520m000)</Link> session and print them in the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2420m000" role="session">Print Line Station Variants (tiasc2420m000)</Link> session. You can display and update the materials linked to LSVs in the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2121m000" role="session">Line Station Variant - Assembly Parts (tiasc2121m000)</Link> session, and display and update the operations in the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2122m000" role="session">Line Station Variant - Operations (tiasc2122m000)</Link> session (if the LSVs are order specific).</Paragraph>
		</GeneralSection>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Order-specific LSVs</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>LSVs are automatically generated by SSA ERP. If you want to alter the operations or components of an LSV, you must make the LSV order specific, by carrying out the following procedure:</Paragraph>
			<ProcedureList><ListItem>In the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2510m000" role="session">Assembly Order - Line Station Orders (tiasc2510m000)</Link> session, select the LSV. The <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000311" role="glossary">line station order</Link> must be <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/asc.lsst#frozen" role="enum">Frozen</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>On the <GUIRef href="" role="menu">Specific</GUIRef> menu, click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2510m000#make.order.specific" role="form command">Make Order Specific</GUIRef>. SSA ERP makes a unique line station variant, which you can see in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2510m000" role="session">Assembly Order - Line Station Orders (tiasc2510m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>On the <GUIRef href="" role="menu">Specific</GUIRef> menu, click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2510m000#line.station.variants" role="form command">Line Station Variants</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2520m000" role="session">Line Station Variants (tiasc2520m000)</GUIRef> session starts.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Select the LSV.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>On the <GUIRef href="" role="menu">Specific</GUIRef> menu, click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2520m000#operations" role="form command">Operations</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2122m000" role="session">Line Station Variant - Operations (tiasc2122m000)</GUIRef> session starts. Modify the operations as required.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>You can modify the assembly parts linked to the operations from the <GUIRef href="" role="menu">Specific</GUIRef> menu of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2122m000" role="session">Line Station Variant - Operations (tiasc2122m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
			</ProcedureList>
			<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph>Once an order-specific LSV has been created, you cannot exchange it with a general LSV, in the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/asl/tiasl2530m000" role="session">Line Segment - Exchangeable Configurations (tiasl2530m000)</Link> session.</Paragraph>
			</Note>
		</GeneralSection>
	</GeneralSection>
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