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   <Header>
      <Title>Clusters summary</Title>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>Clusters represent one or more warehouses in a particular
		geographical area. Therefore, you can think of cluster as separate entities in
		a company, such as a production site, a regional distribution center, or a
		local sales office.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>You can set up plan items for each cluster, called clustered
		plan items. These plan items allow you to plan per item-cluster combination.
		The clustered plan item can be supplied via distribution, purchase, and
		production. However, for purchase and production the functionality is
		limited.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>The planning process is always performed on the aggregated level
		of the default warehouse of the cluster. You must use the available supply
		systems in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh.full" role="package">Infor10 ERP Enterprise (LN) Warehousing</GUIRef> to control the replenishment of the other warehouses in
		the cluster.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>For order acceptance of clustered items, you can apply standard
		ATP, component and <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000092" role="glossary">capacity CTP</Link>, family CTP, and channel CTP. However, the use of component and <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000092" role="glossary">capacity CTP</Link> is limited, because a clustered item does not have a unique bill of
		(critical) materials and capacities.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
</ManualTopic>