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   <Header>
      <Title>Exchanging Configurations</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2040407">
         <Level1>Exchanging</Level1>
         <Level2>configurations</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2040412">
         <Level1>Configurations</Level1>
         <Level2>exchanging</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>An item is exchangeable
		with another item at a particular point on the assembly line, if, at that
		point, the two items have the same specifications. During the exchange, the
		physical products are exchanged.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>This means that the WIP
		that was assigned to one assembly order is now linked to the other assembly
		order. When the configurations for the assembly orders are interchanged, the
		serial number of the assembly order and serial end item-as built header are
		updated. This changed serial number is communicated to
		Configurator.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>How to use exchangeable configurations</SectionTitle>
      <ProcedureList>
         <ListIntro>An exchange occurs according to the following steps. These
		  steps are explained in the paragraphs that follow.</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Define exchangeable configurations.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>If you want to exchange two orders, LN first checks whether
		  the configurations are exchangeable, that is, whether the options combinations
		  of these orders are the same.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Then, if the configurations are exchangeable, LN checks whether the
		  order content of the orders is the same up to this point.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>If also the order content is the same, the exchange is
		  performed.</ListItem>
      </ProcedureList>
      <Paragraph>Define the exhangeable
		configurations, using a code, in Line Assembly Control (LAC). The code is
		linked to a line segment. Options are linked to the exchangeable
		configurations.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>When an assembly order
		on the specified line segment has the same options as those options linked to
		the exchangeable configurations, the order is exchanged with another assembly
		order, also with the same options as those options linked to the exchangeable
		configurations, on this segment. Any orders with the same options that are
		linked to the exchangeable configurations can be exchanged on this line
		segment.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>LN first checks whether the two assembly orders
		that you want to switch have the same exchangeable configurations. Two assembly
		orders can only be qualified as exchangeable if the options that are linked to
		the exchangeable configuration are the same. This does not mean that the
		assembly orders that have those options are the same up until the specified
		line segment.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>If the orders do not have
		the same exchangeable configurations, LN stops the process and the exchange does not
		occur. If the orders do have the same exchangeable configurations, LN checks the actual
		assembly order content up to the point of exchange. If the order content is the
		same, LN performs the
		exchange. By first matching these exchangeable configurations, you can be
		reasonably sure that the assembly orders are identical before going to the
		extra time and effort of comparing the actual order content.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>LN can also exchange assembly orders in a
		buffer or at a line station. To exchange orders in a buffer can prevent
		bottlenecks from occuring when an order is scheduled to exit the buffer at a
		point when the necessary materials are not available. The configurations of two
		assembly orders that are identical at this point in time can be switched, so
		the orders emerge at the time when the necessary materials are available. To
		exchange assembly orders on a line station involves supplying assembly lines
		and main assembly lines.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <ExampleSection>
      <SectionTitle>Example</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>You produce doors on the
		supplying line. On this line, you have a spare door that does not flow into the
		main assembly line order. On your main line, you produce a product that uses
		doors in the end product. However, a door is damaged and cannot be used. Now
		you can substitute the spare door from your supplying assembly line for the
		door that has been damaged in the main assembly line, and delete the spare door
		from the supplying line.</Paragraph>
   </ExampleSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000306" role="manual">Assembly orders</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>