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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Defining tools</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Tools</Level1>
			<Level2>defining</Level2>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>Tool numbers</Level1>
			<Level2>defining</Level2>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<GeneralSection><Paragraph>To define a tool, perform the following steps:</Paragraph>
		<ProcedureSection><Steps><Step><StepTitle>Create a tool</StepTitle>
					<Paragraph>Use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd0501m000" role="session">Items - General (tcibd0501m000)</GUIRef> session to create a <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#Tool.ti" role="glossary">tool</Link>. Therefore, you must define an item with the Purchased item type. The item-type specification must be Tool. From the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd0501m000" role="session">Items - General (tcibd0501m000)</GUIRef> session, you must also define subentities, such as, costing data, warehousing data, purchase data, and ordering data. Calculate the the cost price for the newly defined tool.</Paragraph>
				</Step>
			</Steps>
			<GeneralSection><Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
					<Paragraph>Only standard purchased items can be used as a tool. Customized purchased items do not exist as a tool.</Paragraph>
				</Note>
			</GeneralSection>
		</ProcedureSection>
		<ProcedureSection><Steps><Step><StepTitle>Define tool type</StepTitle>
					<Paragraph>Use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/trp/titrp0501m000" role="session">Tool Types (titrp0501m000)</GUIRef> session to define the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#ToolType.ti" role="glossary">tool</Link> type in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/trp" role="module">Tools Requirement Planning</GUIRef> module. Here, you can specify the general and refurbishing details of the tool type.</Paragraph>
				</Step>
			</Steps>
		</ProcedureSection>
		<ProcedureSection><Steps><Step><StepTitle>Set status to Active</StepTitle>
					<Paragraph>Set the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2110s000#whwmd210.iwhs" role="formfield">Item Warehouse Status</GUIRef> field in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2510m000" role="session">Warehouse - Item (whwmd2510m000)</GUIRef> session to Active.</Paragraph>
				</Step>
			</Steps>
		</ProcedureSection>
		<ProcedureSection><Steps><Step><StepTitle>Define tools</StepTitle>
					<Paragraph>Use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/trp/titrp0502m000" role="session">Tools by Tool Type (titrp0502m000)</GUIRef> session to define tools for the tool type. Every tool type gets a <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#ToolNumber.ti" role="glossary">tool serial number</Link>. You can specify the general and refurbishing details of each tool.</Paragraph>
				</Step>
			</Steps>
			<GeneralSection><Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
					<Paragraph>The serial number of a tool is displayed in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd4501m000" role="session">Serialized Items (tcibd4501m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
				</Note>
			</GeneralSection>
		</ProcedureSection>
	</GeneralSection>
	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000014" role="manual">Tool requirements planning</Link>
		</RelTopic>
	</RelatedTopics>
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