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   <Header>
      <Title>Assembly control overview</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2063652">
         <Level1>ASC</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2063655">
         <Level1>ASL</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2063658">
         <Level1>Overview of assembly control</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2063661">
         <Level1>Assembly line control</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc" role="module">Assembly Control</GUIRef> module
		in LN is used to
		control processes on the shop floor when producing <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000018" role="glossary">FAS items</Link>.</Paragraph>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Assembly Lines</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>Assembly lines consist
		  of a set of consecutive line stations. The items are manufactured by passing
		  them from line station to line station and by carrying out operations at each
		  line station. An assembly line is subdivided into a number of line segments
		  separated by buffers. You must define this structure in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc" role="module">Assembly Control</GUIRef> module.
		  An assembly line can be either a main line or a supplying line.</Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Assembly Orders</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>Assembly orders can
		  either be generated from sales orders (demand), or by your configurator. They
		  pass through a series of statuses, in an analogous manner to SFC production
		  orders. Before you can carry out the order, assembly parts are allocated to the
		  shop-floor warehouses of the line stations. When you have completed the order
		  you can backflush the materials and hours.</Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Line-Station Variants</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>When an assembly order
		  is transferred to the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc" role="module">Assembly Control</GUIRef> module, <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000311" role="glossary">line-station orders</Link>, <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000306" role="glossary">line-station variants</Link> (LSVs)
		  and <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000310" role="glossary">exchangeable configurations</Link> are generated. LSVs are used to reduce data, by combining all the operations
		  and materials with the same specifications for a particular line station.</Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Line Sequencing</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>The orders that come
		  from your configurator have an initial sequence (that is, the order in which
		  they are processed on the assembly line). In <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc" role="module">Assembly Control</GUIRef> you use
		  a set of rules to place these orders and the demand orders in a final sequence.
		  The rules include priority (for example, sold orders have a higher priority
		  than stock orders) and operational considerations (for example, place orders
		  with the same paint color next to each other, to avoid time wasted in changing
		  paint nozzles).</Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Assembly line costing</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>There are a number of
		  important differences in the financial calculations carried out for assembly
		  orders compared with SFC production orders. For example, results are not split
		  into <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#PriceVarian_ti" role="glossary">price variances</Link> and <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#EfficiVarian_ti" role="glossary">efficiency variances</Link> and there is no
		  calculation of end-item unit costs.</Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
   </GeneralSection>
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