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   <Header>
      <Title>Function: Product management</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1941043">
         <Level1>Product management</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>Product management handles the selection and introduction of new
		products into the assortment. This function also for cleans the assortment
		database, if assortment monitoring has come to the conclusion that particular
		items no longer have to be part of the assortment.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Process: Manage product (code: MPA01a)</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>The objective of this business process is to manage product
		information for new and existing products. Based on supplier information or
		trends, you can add new products to the assortment. As a result of periodic
		screenings, assortment monitoring can decide that a product will not be further
		maintained and must be removed from the assortment. This process handles the
		administrative removal of the item from the database.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>
            <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Assumptions:</GUIRef>
         </ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Most basic information on items that are more or less company
		  specific, such as units, conversion factors, and so on, is maintained through
		  the general master data flows. These flows handle basic set-up
		  information.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>The setting of prices is maintained through the process flows
		  in the major business functions account management and supplier management.
		  However, these functions set their prices in close cooperation with product
		  management to make sure that the appropriate margins are achieved.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>
            <GUIRef href="" role="manual">IT support:</GUIRef>
         </ListIntro>
         <ListItem>LN Common Data, Item Base Data</ListItem>
         <ListItem>LN Common Data, Product Catalog</ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
</ManualTopic>