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   <Header>
      <Title>Configuration Data Setup</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2432178">
         <Level1>Configuration Data Setup</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <AimSection>
      <Paragraph>Before you can define service items, Service BOMs, objects and
	  configurations, you must enter the data that can be used for creating the
	  service items. Because configuration data is used throughout LN, all data
	  must be entered as completely as possible.</Paragraph>
   </AimSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>Functions of the other LN modules in relationship with
	  Configuration Control:</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListItem>Master Data Management (MDM) is used for and consists of
		service item groups and service items, which help define item breakdowns ,
		serialized items and clusters.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Item-Based Data (IBD) contains data about each item that must
		exist before you can create service items.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Routing (ROU), which is used to maintain machines and work
		centers, can also be used when you define objects and
		configurations.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Service Planning and Concepts (SPC) enables you to predict
		activities for each model, as well as generate maintenance plans for each
		configuration and the objects in the configuration.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Call Management (CLM) tracks service calls on objects and
		configurations.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Contract Management (CTM) keeps track of the contracts linked
		to objects and configuartions.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Service Order Control (SOC) creates service orders for objects
		and configurations.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>History and Statistics (HST) records historical and statistical
		information for objects and configurations.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Configuration setup sessions</SectionTitle>
         <ProcedureList>
            <ListIntro>Enter the configuration data in the following
		  sessions:</ListIntro>
            <ListItem>Set configuration management parameters in the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Configuration Management Parameters (tscfg0100s000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Define Serialized item groups in the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Serialized Item Groups (tscfg0110m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Define usage classes in the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Usage Classes (tsspc0130m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Define service item groups in the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Service Item Groups (tsmdm2110m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
         </ProcedureList>
      </GeneralSection>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Configuration management parameters
	  (tscfg0100m000)</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>The settings in the Configuration Management Parameters
	  (tscfg0100s000) session affect the way the Configuration management (CFG)
	  module operates.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Serialized item groups (tscfg0110m000)</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>Use the Serialized Item Groups (tscfg0110m000) session to define
	  serialized item groups. A serialized item group is a group of objects with
	  similar features. Serialized item groups can be used when you plan a service
	  order. For example, you can select a service engineer on the basis of skill
	  that the service engineer has for an serialized item group. The creation of the
	  serialized item group is user defined, but generally relates to a group of
	  similar objects.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Usage classes (tsspc0130m000)</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>The usage class is a categorization of usage based on
	  environmental factors. Usage classes are attached to the models, configuration
	  or objects. You can use usage classes to define more than one maintenance
	  concept for an object or a model.</Paragraph>
      <ExampleSection>
         <SectionTitle>Example</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>Depending on the usage of a truck and the resulting specific
		maintenance requirements, the truck’s usage class can be either National or
		International.</Paragraph>
      </ExampleSection>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Service-item groups (tsmdm2110m000)</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>Service item groups are groups of items with common
	  characteristics. The benefit of grouping service items is that grouping enables
	  easier assignment of multiple items to a contract, quote, or warranty. For
	  example, if you want to cover all your gaskets in a contract, assign the
	  gaskets to the same service item group, then just include that item group in
	  the contract. Before you can enter the data, you must define service item
	  groups.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection/>
</ManualTopic>