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<ManualTopic ID="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000562" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>To reuse the standard items</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2034789">
         <Level1>Standard item</Level1>
         <Level2>configurable item</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2034794">
         <Level1>Configurable item</Level1>
         <Level2>standard item</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <AimSection>
      <Paragraph>As a part of inventory management companies must reuse the
		existing items instead of creating a new item.</Paragraph>
   </AimSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>Advantages of creating the standard configuration:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>You avoid creating new items for frequently used
		  configurations.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>You can use the existing inventory more efficiently.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>You can reconfigure the item if necessary.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>You can update the standard item configuration.</ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <ProcedureList>
         <ListIntro>To reuse the standard items, complete the following
		  steps:</ListIntro>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcf/tipcf0100m000" role="session">Product Configuration Parameters (tipcf0100m000)</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>Select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcf/tipcf0100m000#tipcf000.stic" role="manual">Use Standard Item for Configuration</GUIRef> check box, to enable the functionality
		  to create standard item configuration.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcs/tipcs2232m000" role="session">Copy Customized Product Structure to Standard Structure (tipcs2232m000)</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>To create a new standard item, <List>
               <ListItem>Select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcs/tipcs2232m000#orig.item" role="manual">Customized Item</GUIRef> that must be copied to the standard
				product structure</ListItem>
               <ListItem>Specify the new code in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcs/tipcs2232m000#copy.item" role="manual">Standard Item</GUIRef> field.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>Select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcs/tipcs2232m000#copy.to.st.conf" role="manual">Copy to Standard Item Configuration</GUIRef> check
				box.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>Click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcs/tipcs2232m000#continue.process" role="command">Copy</GUIRef> to copy the customized item's product
				structure to the standard item.</ListItem>
            </List>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcf/tipcf5140m000" role="session">Standard Item Configurations (tipcf5140m000)</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>Review the standard item configuration created. To review the
		  standard item configuration options, on the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu, select <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcf/tipcf5140m000#tipcf5160m000" role="command">Standard Item Configurations Options</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/sls/tdsls4100m900" role="session">Sales Order - Lines (tdsls4100m900)</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>Create a sales order line and select the item you want to
		  configure on the sales order line. The product variant is created.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/sls/tdsls4244m000" role="session">Generate (Project) Structure for Sales Orders (tdsls4244m000)</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>To verify the availability and use the inventory of standard
		  item configuration, select <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/sls/tdsls4244m000#check.stock" role="manual">Check Standard Item Inventory</GUIRef> check box.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>LN verifies the features and options of the item selected for the
			 order line with the standard item product structure, if structure matches the
			 existing inventory is used for the order. Otherwise, a new customized item is
			 configured with a new item code.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcf/tipcf5260m000" role="session">Update Standard Item Configurations (tipcf5260m000)</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>Select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcf/tipcf5260m000#update.method" role="manual">Update Method</GUIRef>, and the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcf/tipcf5260m000#generic.item" role="manual">Generic Item</GUIRef> to be updated. You can also update the
		  product feature and options of the item. Click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcf/tipcf5260m000#exec.cont.process" role="manual">Continue</GUIRef> to update the standard item
		  configurations.</ListItem>
      </ProcedureList>
   </GeneralSection>
   <Note>
      <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>Apart from the sales order lines in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/sales" role="package">Sales</GUIRef> package, the
		  product variant can be configured using below sessions:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/sls/tdsls1501m000" role="session">Sales Quotation Lines (tdsls1501m000)</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcf/tipcf5501m000" role="session">Product Variants (tipcf5501m000)</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem> 
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl3500m000" role="session">Product Variants (tiapl3500m000)</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/est/tpest2100m000" role="session">Estimate Lines (tpest2100m000)</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/ptc/tpptc1510m000" role="session">Element Budget (Material Lines) (tpptc1510m000)</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/ptc/tpptc2110m000" role="session">Activity Budget (Material Lines) (tpptc2110m000)</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pss/tppss6815m000" role="session">Planned PRP Warehouse Orders (tppss6815m000)</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
      </List>
   </Note>
</ManualTopic>