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<ManualTopic ID="/baanerp/ts/onlinemanual/tscfg" xml:lang="en" TopicType="Overview">
   <Header>
      <Title>Configuration Management (CFG)</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2434989">
         <Level1>Configuration Management (CFG)</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <AimSection>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>Use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts/cfg" role="module">Configuration Control</GUIRef> module to define
		  and maintain:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem> 
            <Link href="/baanerp/ts/glossary/glossary#ObjectGroup_ts" role="glossary">Serialized-item groups</Link>. Serialized-item
		  groups are used at the planning of service orders and act as a planning
		  constraint when selecting service engineers based on skills defined for a
		  specific serialized-item group.</ListItem>
         <ListItem> 
            <Link href="/baanerp/ts/glossary/glossary#000350" role="glossary">Functional elements</Link>.</ListItem>
         <ListItem> 
            <Link href="/baanerp/ts/glossary/glossary#000306" role="glossary">Clusters</Link>.</ListItem>
         <ListItem> 
            <Link href="/baanerp/ts/glossary/glossary#000307" role="glossary">Cluster configurations</Link>.</ListItem>
         <ListItem> 
            <Link href="/baanerp/ts/glossary/glossary#000300" role="glossary">Item breakdowns</Link>. Item
		  breakdowns can be used to create physical breakdowns. Furthermore, you can look
		  up where (child) items are used in an item breakdown, copy <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#ProducBom_ti" role="glossary">standard production BOMs</Link> to
		  item breakdowns, and replace/delete items in item breakdowns.</ListItem>
         <ListItem> 
            <Link href="/baanerp/ts/glossary/glossary#Objects_ts" role="glossary">Serialized items</Link>. Serialized
		  items can be used to create physical breakdowns.</ListItem>
         <ListItem> 
            <Link href="/baanerp/ts/glossary/glossary#000310" role="glossary">Physical breakdowns</Link>. A
		  physical breakdown is defined for a cluster configuration, and enables you to
		  view the configuration's <Link href="/baanerp/ts/glossary/glossary#000311" role="glossary">as-built structure</Link> and
		  as-maintained structure.</ListItem>
      </List>
   </AimSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/ts/onlinemanual/000010" role="manual">To define serialized items</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/ts/onlinemanual/000011" role="manual">To use serialized item groups</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/ts/onlinemanual/000324" role="manual">To use functional elements</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/ts/onlinemanual/000034" role="manual">To create an item breakdown from a standard production BOM</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/ts/onlinemanual/000039" role="manual">To modify an item breakdown</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/ts/onlinemanual/000307" role="manual">To create a physical breakdown from an as-built structure</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/ts/onlinemanual/000308" role="manual">To create a physical breakdown from an item breakdown</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/ts/onlinemanual/000309" role="manual">To create a physical breakdown from a sales order (line)</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/ts/onlinemanual/000310" role="manual">To create a physical breakdown from an ASCII file</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/ts/onlinemanual/000311" role="manual">To create a physical breakdown from a project-breakdown structure</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/ts/onlinemanual/000300" role="manual">To maintain physical breakdowns</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/ts/onlinemanual/000012" role="manual">Cluster layout example</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>