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   <Header>
      <Title>Linking Operation/Operation Step - Tools</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2037298">
         <Level1>Linking</Level1>
         <Level2>operation to tools</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2037303">
         <Level1>Linking</Level1>
         <Level2>operation step to tools</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2037308">
         <Level1>Operation to Tools</Level1>
         <Level2>linking</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2037313">
         <Level1>Operation Step to Tools</Level1>
         <Level2>linking</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <Note>
      <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>You can define tools in
		the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/trp" role="module">Tools Requirement Planning</GUIRef> module, a module that is used to control, track, and plan
		tools.</Paragraph>
   </Note>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>To link tools to an operation</SectionTitle>
      <List>
         <ListItem>If the sequence in which the tools are presented on the
		  production order documents is not important, you can link tools directly to an
		  operation. <List>
               <ListIntro>To link tools to an operation:</ListIntro>
               <ListItem>Select a record in the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou1102m000" role="session">Routing Operations (tirou1102m000)</Link> session.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>On the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu, click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou0102m000#machine.tools" role="command">Tools</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou1110m000" role="session">Operation/Operation Step - Tools (tirou1110m000)</GUIRef> session starts, in which you can link one
				or more tools to an operation.</ListItem>
            </List>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>These tools are presented directly below the operation number
		  on production order documents.</ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>To link tools to an operation step</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>Tools information linked
		to operation steps can indicate, for example, which tools are required to carry
		out a specific operation.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>To add several tools to a specific operation in a specified
		  order, you must link a tool to an operation step. After you defined operation
		  steps for the operation in the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou1105m000" role="session">
               <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou1105m000" role="session">Operation Steps (tirou1105m000)</GUIRef>
            </Link> session,
		  you can link one or more tools to each operation step.</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Select an operation step in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou1105m000" role="session">Operation Steps (tirou1105m000)</GUIRef> session for the correct item/routing/operation
		  combination.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>On the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu, click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou0102m000#machine.tools" role="command">Tools</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou1110m000" role="session">Operation/Operation Step - Tools (tirou1110m000)</GUIRef> session starts, in which you can link one or more
		  tools to an operation step.</ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
   <Note>
      <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>You can either link
		tools to a specific production order's operation or to operation steps.
		However, you cannot link tools to both an operation and operation steps,
		because planning of tools can only be performed on one level.</Paragraph>
   </Note>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Default value</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>If the current session
		is started for an operation that makes use of a task relationship to which
		tools are linked in the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou0115m000" role="session">Task Relationship - Tools (tirou0115m000)</Link> session, the tools from the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou0115m000" role="session">Task Relationship - Tools (tirou0115m000)</GUIRef> session are defaulted to the current session.
		When operation steps are added, these defaults are removed again.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>You can list and define the tools that are required for an
		actual production order's operation in the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/trp/titrp0111m000" role="session">
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/trp/titrp0111m000" role="session">Estimated Tool Requirements (titrp0111m000)</GUIRef>
         </Link> session. Based on the data in the current session, tools information is
		defaulted to the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/trp/titrp0111m000" role="session">Estimated Tool Requirements (titrp0111m000)</GUIRef> session on operation level, or on operation step
		level.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>However, in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/trp/titrp0111m000" role="session">Estimated Tool Requirements (titrp0111m000)</GUIRef> session, you can link additional tools to
		  an operation, or to an operation step of an actual production order in the
		  following ways:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>By inserting a new
		  record</ListItem>
         <ListItem>By starting the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou1110m000" role="session">Operation/Operation Step - Tools (tirou1110m000)</GUIRef> session, in which you can define
		  additional default tools information. To start the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou1110m000" role="session">Operation/Operation Step - Tools (tirou1110m000)</GUIRef> session, select a record in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/trp/titrp0111m000" role="session">Estimated Tool Requirements (titrp0111m000)</GUIRef> session and on the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu, click
		  Operation/Operation Step - Tools.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Note>
         <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>If you add additional
		  tools to the production order by means of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou1110m000" role="session">Operation/Operation Step - Tools (tirou1110m000)</GUIRef> session, the inserted tools are defaulted
		  to future production orders that make use of the relevant operation or the
		  relevant operation step.</Paragraph>
      </Note>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
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      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000042" role="manual">Tool identification</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000014" role="manual">Tool requirements planning</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>