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<ManualTopic ID="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/cl000220" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>Local production and purchasing</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e158293">
         <Level1>Clusters</Level1>
         <Level2>Local production and purchasing</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>The plan items in the clusters can be supplied not only by
		distribution, but also through purchase and production. In this way, you can,
		for example, plan local purchasing in a cluster (geographical area). You can
		also plan supply from multiple sources.</Paragraph>
      <ExampleSection>
         <SectionTitle>Example</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>Eighty percent of an item’s required quantity is supplied by
		  distribution from the central warehouse to the cluster (regional distribution
		  center), and twenty percent of the item’s required quantity is purchased
		  locally by the cluster.</Paragraph>
         <Figure space-and-orientation="indented-estimated">
            <FigIntro>The following figure shows the sourcing possibilities for
			 clustered plan items:</FigIntro>
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                      SRC="../images/tr_graph_cl_clusters_multi_sourcing_clustered_items.png"
                      alt="[...]"/>
         </Figure>
      </ExampleSection>
      <Paragraph>You cannot use the source production for more than one of the
		clustered and nonclustered items, because only one bill of material and routing
		for each item is available.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
</ManualTopic>