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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Alternative items</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Alternative item</Level1>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<GeneralSection><Paragraph>Alternative items are items that serve as a substitute for the standard item if the standard item cannot be delivered or is being replaced.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>If several items can be substituted for a standard item, you can assign a priority code to each alternative item.</Paragraph>
		<List><ListIntro>Standard items can be substituted by</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>Alternative items.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Replacement items.</ListItem>
		</List>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Alternative items</SectionTitle>
			<List><ListIntro>A standard item can be substituted by an alternative if both items have the same (technical) properties. Alternative items must be of the following types:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/kitm#purchase" role="enum">Purchased</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
				<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/kitm#manufacture" role="enum">Manufactured</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
				<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/kitm#generic" role="enum">Generic</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
			</List>
		</GeneralSection>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Reversible alternative item</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>The original item is the substitute for the alternative item and vice versa. When you create an alternative item or change an alternative item from non-reversible to reversible, a record will automatically be created for the reversed situation. When you delete a reversible alternative item, SSA ERP also deletes the reversed record or changes it into non-reversible.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>For example, if a red item is a reversible alternative for a green item, then the green item is also a substitute for the red item.</Paragraph>
		</GeneralSection>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Interchangeable alternative item</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>The original and alternative item have similar properties and are completely interchangeable in all situations.</Paragraph>
		</GeneralSection>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Replacement items</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>The alternative item can be used as a replacement for the original item. A replaced item always has different properties than the original item.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>For example, a supplier replaces a cleaning machine, if an engineering change has been made to that machine.</Paragraph>
			<List><ListIntro>Several kinds of replacement exist:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>The item is replaced by another item.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>The item has replaced another item.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>The item has replaced another item, and is replaced by another item itself.</ListItem>
			</List>
		</GeneralSection>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Alternative materials in BOMs</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>For another way to handle alternative items used as material in a <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#BillOfMateri.ti" role="glossary">bill of material (BOM)</Link>, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000422" role="manual">Alternative materials in BOMs</Link>.</Paragraph>
		</GeneralSection>
	</GeneralSection>
	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000398" role="manual">To ship alternative items</Link>
		</RelTopic>
	</RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>
