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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Item ordering data</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Item</Level1>
			<Level2>order policy</Level2>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>Item</Level1>
			<Level2>order method</Level2>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>Item</Level1>
			<Level2>order system</Level2>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>Ordering data</Level1>
			<Level2>of items</Level2>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<GeneralSection><List><ListIntro>You can specify item ordering data for items of the following types:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#000150" role="glossary">Purchased item</Link>.</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#ManufaItem.td" role="glossary">Manufactured item</Link>.</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#GeneriItem.ti" role="glossary">Generic item</Link>.</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/ts/glossary/glossary#000014" role="glossary">Service item</Link>.</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000061" role="glossary">List item</Link>
			</ListItem>
		</List>
		<List><ListIntro>The item ordering data define in which way:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>An item is ordered (the order policy).</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Purchase and production orders for the item are planned (the order system).</ListItem>
			<ListItem>The order quantity is calculated (the order method).</ListItem>
		</List>
		<List><ListIntro>The order policy for the item can be:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#Maketoorder.tc" role="glossary">To-order</Link>.</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000015" role="glossary">Anonymous</Link>.</ListItem>
		</List>
		<List><ListIntro>The order system for the item can be:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000032" role="glossary">SIC</Link>.</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000033" role="glossary">Planned</Link>.</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000018" role="glossary">FAS item</Link>.</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000034" role="glossary">Manual</Link>.</ListItem>
		</List>
		<List><ListIntro>The order method for the item can be:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000345" role="glossary">Lot-for-lot</Link>.</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000060" role="glossary">Economic order quantity</Link>.</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000035" role="glossary">Fixed order quantity</Link>.</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000036" role="glossary">Replenish to maximum quantity</Link>.</ListItem>
		</List>
		<Paragraph>If the order system is <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/osys#mnl" role="enum">Manual</GUIRef> or <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/osys#fas" role="enum">FAS</GUIRef>, the order method must be <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/omth#lfl" role="enum">Lot for Lot</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Details and restrictions</SectionTitle>
		<List><ListIntro>The following additional details and restrictions apply to the various kinds of items:</ListIntro>
			<ListItemHead><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/kitm#purchase" role="enum">Purchased</GUIRef> and <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/kitm#manufacture" role="enum">Manufactured</GUIRef> items</ListItemHead>
			<ListItem>You can select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd0101s000#tcibd001.psiu" role="formfield">Purchase Schedule in Use</GUIRef> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd0101s000" role="session">Item - General (tcibd0101s000)</GUIRef> session only for <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/kitm#purchase" role="enum">Purchased</GUIRef> and <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/kitm#manufacture" role="enum">Manufactured</GUIRef> items. Orders for these items are then issued according to a <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#000000000000011" role="glossary">purchase schedule</Link>. If you use a purchase schedule, the order system must be <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/osys#mps" role="enum">Planned</GUIRef> and the order method must be <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/omth#lfl" role="enum">Lot for Lot</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
			<ListItemHead><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/kitm#generic" role="enum">Generic</GUIRef> items</ListItemHead>
			<ListItem>The order policy of generic items must be <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/opol#on.order" role="enum">To Order</GUIRef>. If you define ordering data for a generic item, the customized items that you derive from the generic item inherit the generic item's ordering data.</ListItem>
			<ListItemHead><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/kitm#list" role="enum">List</GUIRef> items</ListItemHead>
			<ListItem>For list items, you can define ordering data only if the list item type is <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#000247" role="glossary">kit</Link>.</ListItem>
			<ListItemHead><GUIRef href="" role="manual">Tool</GUIRef>
			</ListItemHead>
			<ListItem><List><ListIntro>Purchased items that have the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Tool</GUIRef> item specification in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd0101s000" role="session">Item - General (tcibd0101s000)</GUIRef> session must have the ordering data listed below, independent of whether or not you use a purchase schedule. The order quantity settings define the recommended order quantity for planned orders. For details, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000055" role="manual">Order quantity settings</Link>.</ListIntro>
					<ListItem>Order policy = To order.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>Order system = Manual.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>Order method = Lot for lot.</ListItem>
				</List>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItemHead><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/kitm#service" role="enum">Service</GUIRef>
			</ListItemHead>
			<ListItem><List><ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/kitm#service" role="enum">Service</GUIRef> items are not tangible, physical items like <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/kitm#purchase" role="enum">Purchased</GUIRef> and <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/kitm#manufacture" role="enum">Manufactured</GUIRef> items, but they can represent services or work carried out, for example, by your suppliers or subcontractors. service items are mainly used for cost accounting, in the same way as <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000059" role="glossary">cost item</Link> items. Service items can be used in any Operations Management package. You can define service items that are not used in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts" role="package">Service</GUIRef> at all.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>It is not mandatory to define item ordering data for service items. However, if you want to create purchase orders and register receipts of service items, you must define the warehouse item data for the service items in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd4100s000" role="session">Item - Warehousing (whwmd4100s000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
				</List>
			</ListItem>
		</List>
	</GeneralSection>
	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000055" role="manual">Order quantity settings</Link>
		</RelTopic>
	</RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>
