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   <Header>
      <Title>Function: Product engineering</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1940435">
         <Level1>Product engineering</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>This function defines or modifies product specifications. This
		function can be implemented as part of a product innovation project or, in an
		engineer-to-order environment, as part of a customer-oriented project. The
		product definition is created based on functional specifications of the product
		and the technical constraints.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Included operations</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>The operations include the creation of an E-BOM/ P-BOM and
		generic BOM, codes, groups, drawing locations, and so on. The activities
		performed in this function mainly describe the characteristics and data setup
		of an item.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>Although separate engineering typologies are not defined, the
		manufacturing typologies are used to distinguish the processes because
		engineering is so closely related to the production environment.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>Product engineering is developed for various environments, such
		as Repetitive, Job-Shop, and Mixed model flow. The Repetitive/Job-Shop
		processes are for standard products, whereas the mixed model flow processes are
		for complex products.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Process: Product engineering: Mass BOM changes orders with
		EDM (MJS, MRT) (code: MEN01c)</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>An important issue in this area is the reuse of existing
		components. Keeping track of product specification revisions is also of great
		importance and can be controlled by means of the EDM module. In this flow, both
		simple and more complex change orders are modeled. Mass BOM changes are useful
		for mass updates, such as replacing item A with another item B in all E-BOMs in
		which item A occurs.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>
            <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Assumptions:</GUIRef>
         </ListIntro>
         <ListItem>The product engineering procedure for repetitive production
		  environments does not contain facilities to configure items that contain
		  options.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>
            <GUIRef href="" role="manual">IT support:</GUIRef>
         </ListIntro>
         <ListItem>LN packages Engineering and Manufacturing</ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Process: Product engineering with EDM (MRT, MJS) (code:
		MEN01b)</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>The product engineering procedure for repetitive production or
		job shop production environments does not contain facilities to configure items
		that contain options. This process uses EDM without Mass BOM Changes. Extensive
		approval procedures defined in the Object Data Management package can be used
		to approve the new revisions created in EDM.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>
            <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Assumptions:</GUIRef>
         </ListIntro>
         <ListItem>The product engineering procedure for repetitive production
		  environments does not contain facilities to configure items that contain
		  options.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>
            <GUIRef href="" role="manual">IT support:</GUIRef>
         </ListIntro>
         <ListItem>LN module Common</ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Process: Product engineering without EDM (MRT, MJS) (code:
		MEN01d)</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>If you choose not to use EDM, you can enter item data through
		the item base data flow. Subsequently, you can maintain bills of material
		through the process engineering processes.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>
            <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Assumptions:</GUIRef>
         </ListIntro>
         <ListItem>The product engineering procedure for repetitive production or
		  job shop production environments does not contain facilities to configure items
		  that contain options.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>
            <GUIRef href="" role="manual">IT support:</GUIRef>
         </ListIntro>
         <ListItem>LN module Engineering and Manufacturing</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Configurator (ERP LN 5.1a)</ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Process: Product engineering (PCF) (code:
		MEN01e)</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>The objective of the process is to show all the steps to set up
		generic product data.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>The process includes the following activities:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Maintain product features and variants.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Maintain constrains by generic item.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Maintain generic BOMs and routings.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Maintain generic price list routing.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>
            <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Assumptions:</GUIRef>
         </ListIntro>
         <ListItem>No assumptions apply in this case.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>
            <GUIRef href="" role="manual">IT support:</GUIRef>
         </ListIntro>
         <ListItem>LN Manufacturing and Product Configuration</ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Process: Assembly: product engineering (code:
		MEN01f)</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>The objective of this process is to show all the steps to set up
		a product structure for a generic item that will be produced in a mixed model
		flow production environment</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>
            <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Assumptions:</GUIRef>
         </ListIntro>
         <ListItem>No assumptions apply in this case.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>
            <GUIRef href="" role="manual">IT support:</GUIRef>
         </ListIntro>
         <ListItem>LN Manufacturing and Assembly Planning</ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
</ManualTopic>