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<ManualTopic ID="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/G00040" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>Process Engineering</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2071443">
         <Level1>Process Engineering</Level1>
         <Level2>parameters</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2071448">
         <Level1>Product Structure</Level1>
         <Level2>Assembly Line Structure</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2071453">
         <Level1>Assembly Line Structure</Level1>
         <Level2>Product Structure</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <AimSection>
      <Paragraph>Process engineering defines the assembly process for end items.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>Process engineering includes processes such as these:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>Defining and assigning the operations to line
			 stations</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>Linking flattened assembly parts to operations</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>Defining assignments and performing line
			 balancing</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>Defining and assigning line rules to line
			 segments</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
      </List>
   </AimSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Buffers and line stations</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>Start <GUIRef>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti" role="package">Manufacturing</GUIRef> &gt; <PathPart>Routing</PathPart> &gt; <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou0101m000" role="session">Work Centers (tirou0101m000)</GUIRef>
         </GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>Use this session to create buffers. Each line segment must start
		with a <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#Buffer_ti" role="glossary">buffer</Link>. At the buffer, the orders wait to be processed
		and can be rescheduled so that they are carried out in a different sequence.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>Next, In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou0101m000#tirou001.stty" role="manual">Station Type</GUIRef> field, create stations of type <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/rou.stty#buffer" role="option">Buffer</GUIRef> or <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/rou.stty#line.station" role="option">Line Station</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Assembly Lines</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>Start <GUIRef>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti" role="package">Manufacturing</GUIRef> &gt;   &gt; <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc" role="module">Assembly Control</GUIRef> &gt; <PathPart>Assembly
		Lines</PathPart> &gt; <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asl/tiasl1530m000" role="session">Assembly Lines (tiasl1530m000)</GUIRef>
         </GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>Use this session to create an <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000000000000055" role="glossary">assembly line</Link>.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>You can view which line segments belong to the assembly line in
		the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asl/tiasl1541m000" role="session">Assembly Line - Line Segments (tiasl1541m000)</GUIRef> session. You can view which lines
		stations belong to the assembly line in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asl/tiasl1550m000" role="session">Line Segment - Stations (tiasl1550m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
</ManualTopic>