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<Session ID="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou1111m000" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>Operation (Step) - Process Variables (tirou1111m000)</Title>
   </Header>
   <HelpTopic>
      <AimSection>
         <Paragraph>Use this session to link one or more <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000366" role="glossary">process variables</Link> directly
		  to an <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000000000000052" role="glossary">operation</Link>, or to an <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000365" role="glossary">operation step</Link> of a <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000364" role="glossary">microrouting</Link>.</Paragraph>
      </AimSection>
      <RelatedTopics>
         <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
         <RelTopic>
            <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000334" role="manual">Microrouting</Link>
         </RelTopic>
      </RelatedTopics>
   </HelpTopic>
   <Fields>
      <FieldHelp ID="tirou111.mitm">
         <Header>
            <Title>Item</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>An item that occurs in any module of <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti" role="package">Manufacturing</GUIRef>. It is a
		purchased, manufactured, or generic item that is used in a generic/production
		bill of material or in a generic/production routing.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tirou111.opro">
         <Header>
            <Title>Routing</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The sequence of operations required to manufacture an item.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>For each operation, the task, machine, and work center are
		  specified, as well as information about setup time and cycle time.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tirou111.opno">
         <Header>
            <Title>Operation</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>One of a series of steps in a routing that are carried out
		successively to produce an item.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <List>
               <ListIntro>The following data is collected during a routing operation:</ListIntro>
               <ListItem>The task. For example, sawing.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>The machine used to carry out the task (optional). For
			 example, sawing machine.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>The place where the task is carried out (work center). For
			 example, woodwork.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>The number of employees required to carry out the task.</ListItem>
            </List>
            <Paragraph>This data is used to compute order lead times, to plan
		  production orders and to calculate cost prices.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tirou111.seqn">
         <Header>
            <Title>/</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The sequence number of the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000000000000052" role="glossary">operation</Link>. This number is
		  based on the effective/expiry dates, and is used to distinguish between
		  operations.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <List>
               <ListIntro>The effectivity and expiry date for operations are used
				in:</ListIntro>
               <ListItem> 
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef>
               </ListItem>
               <ListItem> 
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/cpr" role="module">Cost Price Calculation</GUIRef>
               </ListItem>
               <ListItem> 
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/sfc" role="module">Shop Floor Control</GUIRef>
               </ListItem>
            </List>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tirou111.ostp">
         <Header>
            <Title>Operation Step</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>A suboperation connected to a routing operation.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>An operation step can contain information such as,
		  instructions, process information, and tools information.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tirou111.pvar">
         <Header>
            <Title>Process Variable</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>A setting or an input value related to a machine, a tool, or to
		process quality that is relevant to carry out an operation or an operation
		step. For example, cutting depth, cutting speed, and temperature.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tirou111.upcl">
         <Header>
            <Title>Upper Control Limit</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The process variable's upper control limit that is expressed as
		  an absolute value or as a percentage.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <SectionTitle>Absolute</SectionTitle>
         </SimpleSection>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>If the upper control
			 limit is expressed as an absolute value, define the maximum target value of the
			 process variable.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
         <SimpleSection>
            <SectionTitle>Example</SectionTitle>
         </SimpleSection>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>If the target value
			 is 30 and you do not want the upper control limit to exceed 33, enter 33 in
			 this field.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
         <SimpleSection>
            <SectionTitle>Percentage</SectionTitle>
         </SimpleSection>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>If the upper control
			 limit is expressed as a percentage, define the percentage with which the
			 process variable's target value can be exceeded.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
         <SimpleSection>
            <SectionTitle>Example</SectionTitle>
         </SimpleSection>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>If the target value
			 is 30 and you do not want the upper control limit to exceed 33, enter 10% in
			 this field.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tirou111.lwcl">
         <Header>
            <Title>Lower Control Limit</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The process variable's lower control limit, which is expressed
		  as an absolute value or as a percentage.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <SectionTitle>Absolute</SectionTitle>
         </SimpleSection>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>If the lower control
			 limit is expressed as an absolute value, you must define the minimum value that
			 the process variable's input value can be lower than the target
			 value.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
         <SimpleSection>
            <SectionTitle>Example</SectionTitle>
         </SimpleSection>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>If the target value
			 is 30 and you do not want the lower control limit to be lower than 27, enter 27
			 in this field.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
         <SimpleSection>
            <SectionTitle>Percentage</SectionTitle>
         </SimpleSection>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>If the lower control
			 limit is expressed as a percentage, define the percentage that the process
			 variable's input value can be lower than the target value.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
         <SimpleSection>
            <SectionTitle>Example</SectionTitle>
         </SimpleSection>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>If the target value
			 is 30 and you do not want the lower control limit to be lower than 27, enter
			 10% in this field.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tirou111.tval">
         <Header>
            <Title>Target Value</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The process variable's target value.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tirou005.exde">
         <Header>
            <Title>Deviation Expressed In</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The expression of the measurement deviation.</FuncDesc>
         <DefaultValue>
            <SectionTitle>Default value</SectionTitle>
            <Paragraph>This field is
			 defaulted from the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou1111m000#tirou005.exde" role="manual">Deviation Expressed In</GUIRef> field in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou0105m000" role="session">Process Variables (tirou0105m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
         </DefaultValue>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="limit.unit">
         <Header>
            <Title>Upper Control Limit</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#Units_tc" role="glossary">unit</Link> in which the deviation
		  is expressed.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tirou102.tano">
         <Header>
            <Title>Task</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>An activity to manufacture or repair an item. For example,
		sawing, drilling, or painting.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>A task is carried out on a work center, and can be related to
		  a machine.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tirou102.cwoc">
         <Header>
            <Title>Work Center</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The default <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000000000000036" role="glossary">work center</Link> where the task
		  is carried out.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tirou102.mcno">
         <Header>
            <Title>Machine</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#Machines_ti" role="glossary">machine</Link> on which the
		  operation is performed.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
   </Fields>
</Session>