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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">To use a PCS project</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Configurator</Level1>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>Generic item</Level1>
			<Level2>customizing</Level2>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<GeneralSection><Paragraph>This topic provides an outline on how to create a PCS project for an item of an element/activity budget line or a PRP warehouse order.</Paragraph>
		<List><ListIntro>A PCS project is created if:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>A configured to-order item needs customization for an element or activity budget line.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>A standard manufactured to-order item needs customization for an element or activity budget line or a PRP warehouse order.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>A generic to-order item needs both configuration and customization for a PRP warehouse order.</ListItem>
		</List>
		<Paragraph>Here, configure means to create a specified item from a generic item combined with various options per product feature. You can configure with the manufacturing (ti) product configurator (PCF) or the configurator of the (CF) package.</Paragraph>
		<List><ListIntro>Here, customize means to generate a project-specific product structure. To customize an item, you can:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>Take a standard item.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Take a configured item.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Copy a previous customer-specific item.</ListItem>
		</List>
		<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
			<List><ListIntro>A fully engineered item starts at the manufacturing site with a PCS project that defines the item from scratch. Later on, you can link this PCS project to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp" role="package">Project</GUIRef>. You can configure and/or customized the to-order item in the following sessions:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/ptc/tpptc1110s000" role="session">Element Budget (Material) (tpptc1110s000)</GUIRef>
				</ListItem>
				<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/ptc/tpptc2110s000" role="session">Activity Budget (Material) (tpptc2110s000)</GUIRef>
				</ListItem>
				<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pss/tppss6115s000" role="session">Planned PRP Warehouse Order (tppss6115s000)</GUIRef>
				</ListItem>
			</List>
		</Note>
		<List><ListIntro>You can customize a budget line item in the following way:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>Click the Customize button and create a new project, or add the customized item to a free PCS project or a PCS project that is linked to the project with which you work. A filter is applied to display the PCS projects relevant to these conditions and specific PCS conditions.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Whether you choose to make a new PCS project or add to an existing PCS project, the items, the bill of material, and the routing are copied.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>You can now calculate the cost price.</ListItem>
		</List>
		<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>For the PRP warehouse-order item, the configured and customized item are generated at the same time. The configured item is not saved if you cancel a PCS project selection.</Paragraph>
		</Note>
	</GeneralSection>
	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/100000" role="manual">Configurator (introduction)</Link>
		</RelTopic>
	</RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>
