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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Project Control (PCS)</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Project Control (PCS)</Level1>
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	<AimSection><Paragraph>You can use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcs" role="module">Project Control</GUIRef> module to manage <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000023" role="glossary">projects</Link>. Projects are used in a <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#Maketoorder.tc" role="glossary">make-to-order</Link> manufacturing strategy.</Paragraph>
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	<GeneralSection><GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Project budget</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>If you follow a make-to-order strategy, it is easiest to start with a <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000082" role="glossary">project budget</Link>. You can analyze multiple budgets that belong to a single <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000042" role="glossary">calculation group</Link>. After the project budget has been established, commercial monitoring takes place in SSA ERP. You can then enter information on competitors, success percentages, the reasons why a potential customer accepts or does not accept a quotation, and so on.</Paragraph>
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		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Project engineering</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>Once the sales order is closed, project engineering starts. For each customer order (project), you can record the appropriate customized bills of material and customized routings. You can also use standard bills of material. <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#GeneriItem.ti" role="glossary">Generic items</Link> can be configured in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cf" role="package">Configurator</GUIRef>. If necessary, engineering changes can be carried out during the course of the project.</Paragraph>
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		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Planning</SectionTitle>
			<List><ListIntro>A <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#NetworPlanni.ti" role="glossary">network planning</Link> is established for each project, which enables you to plan and control the activities of a project. You can link critical materials and capacities to certain activities. You can use this to:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>Plan the purchase of purchased parts with long delivery times.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Calculate rough estimates of the capacity needed for manufactured parts.</ListItem>
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		<Paragraph>The definition of <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000085" role="glossary">modules</Link> allows you to set up detailed material and capacity requirements based on activities. You can plan these requirements in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef> which also generates advices on rescheduling current production or purchase orders, in case the plans are altered during the project.</Paragraph>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Calculation</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>You can calculate the estimated and the actual costs of each order. You can compare the actual costs with the budgeted costs and the estimated costs. You can always display the interim results of current orders.</Paragraph>
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	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000175" role="manual">Project types</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000178" role="manual">Network planning</Link>
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