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<Session ID="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl0100s000" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>Assembly Planning Parameters (tiapl0100s000)</Title>
   </Header>
   <HelpTopic>
      <AimSection>
         <Paragraph>Use this session to to define parameters for <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl" role="module" Update="No">Assembly Planning</GUIRef>. If you started this session by double-clicking an existing
		  parameter set in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl0500m000" role="session">Assembly Planning Parameters (tiapl0500m000)</GUIRef> overview session, you can only display the
		  values. If you started this session by double-clicking the top line (Actual
		  Set), you can enter new values, if you have the necessary authorization. If you
		  change and then save the current set of parameters, the set is saved as a new
		  set.</Paragraph>
      </AimSection>
      <Note>
         <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>Changing parameters can have widespread effects throughout <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl" role="module" Update="No">Assembly Planning</GUIRef>. For this reason, do not change any value in this session
		  until you know what the effects will be.</Paragraph>
      </Note>
      <RelatedTopics>
         <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
         <RelTopic>
            <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000402" role="manual">Assembly planning overview</Link>
         </RelTopic>
      </RelatedTopics>
   </HelpTopic>
   <Fields>
      <FieldHelp ID="tiapl000.indt">
         <Header>
            <Title>Effective Date</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The date and time that the parameters are valid. The parameters
		  are valid up to the effective date of a more recent parameter setting.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldGroup>
         <Title>Engineering</Title>
         <FieldHelp ID="tiapl000.envm">
            <Header>
               <Title>Environment</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The identification of the environment.</FuncDesc>
            <SimpleSection>
               <Paragraph>LN requires this parameter to distinguish the assembly part requirements of
				multiple environments in the same company.</Paragraph>
            </SimpleSection>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="tiapl000.imcp">
            <Header>
               <Title>Is Master Company</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, your current company is
			 defined as the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000405" role="glossary">master company</Link>. The master company can be one of the
			 companies of the assembly line, or a separate company. The master company is
			 used to store master data, such as product variants, BOMs, and so on.</FuncDesc>
            <SimpleSection>
               <Paragraph>Note that you can only maintain data and run processes if
				you work in the master company. This applies both to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc" role="module">Assembly Control</GUIRef>, where
				you define the assembly line structure, and to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl" role="module" Update="No">Assembly Planning</GUIRef>. In <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl" role="module" Update="No">Assembly Planning</GUIRef>, one exception exists: the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl2500m000" role="session">Generic Item - Assembly Line (tiapl2500m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
            </SimpleSection>
            <SimpleSection>
               <Paragraph>If this check box is cleared, the fields in this session
				are disabled.</Paragraph>
            </SimpleSection>
            <Note>
               <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
               <List>
                  <ListItem>You can only select this check box if no assembly orders
				  are present in this company.</ListItem>
                  <ListItem>You can only clear this check box if no product variants
				  are present in this company.</ListItem>
               </List>
            </Note>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="tiapl000.usow">
            <Header>
               <Title>Use OpenWorld</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, <GUIRef href="/baanerp.integration.long" role="package">Infor Integration</GUIRef> is used for a limited set of integrations to connect to
			 other companies. Other integrations use Switch Company.</FuncDesc>
            <SimpleSection>
               <Paragraph>If this check box is cleared, Switch Company is used to
				connect to other companies.</Paragraph>
               <List>
                  <ListIntro>The following integrations can use <GUIRef href="/baanerp.integration.long" role="package">Infor Integration</GUIRef>:</ListIntro>
                  <ListItem>Calculate Assembly Part Requirements. <GUIRef href="/baanerp.integration.long" role="package">Infor Integration</GUIRef> is used to retrieve the assembly order allocation status
				  from <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc" role="module">Assembly Control</GUIRef>,
				  and is used to transfer assembly part requirements to LN.</ListItem>
                  <ListItem>Create Line Station Variants. The Create Assembly Orders
				  procedure and the Refresh and Freeze Assembly Orders procedure can create line
				  station variants in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc" role="module">Assembly Control</GUIRef>, for which they can use <GUIRef href="/baanerp.integration.long" role="package">Infor Integration</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
                  <ListItem>Create Assembly Orders. The actual creation of assembly
				  orders in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc" role="module">Assembly Control</GUIRef> can use <GUIRef href="/baanerp.integration.long" role="package">Infor Integration</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
                  <ListItem>Refresh and Freeze Assembly Orders. <GUIRef href="/baanerp.integration.long" role="package">Infor Integration</GUIRef> is used to retrieve assembly order information from <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc" role="module">Assembly Control</GUIRef>, and is
				  used to perform the actual refresh and freeze of the assembly orders in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc" role="module">Assembly Control</GUIRef>. The
				  information retrieved from <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc" role="module">Assembly Control</GUIRef> is the start times and freeze status of
				  the segments, and the sequence information of the assembly order.</ListItem>
               </List>
            </SimpleSection>
            <Note>
               <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
               <Paragraph>Switch Company is a function in LN to switch between
				companies.</Paragraph>
            </Note>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="tiapl000.eapo">
            <Header>
               <Title>External Assembly Parts and Operations</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, an external source
			 delivers the flattened assembly parts and operations to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl" role="module" Update="No">Assembly Planning</GUIRef>.</FuncDesc>
            <SimpleSection>
               <Paragraph>If this check box is cleared, the assembly parts and
				operations are flattened during the calculation of the assembly part
				requirements.</Paragraph>
            </SimpleSection>
         </FieldHelp>
      </FieldGroup>
      <FieldGroup>
         <Title>Configuration</Title>
         <FieldHelp ID="tiapl000.ngpv">
            <Header>
               <Title>Product Variant Number Group</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#NumberGroup_tc" role="glossary">number group</Link> that is used to generate product variant
			 numbers, which are used in the Generate Product Variants process.</FuncDesc>
            <SimpleSection>
               <List>
                  <ListIntro>The following conditions apply to the number group you
				  select:</ListIntro>
                  <ListItem>The series must not already be in use.</ListItem>
                  <ListItem>The series length must be zero.</ListItem>
                  <ListItem>The number group must not already be in use.</ListItem>
                  <ListItem>The number group must be dedicated to production.</ListItem>
                  <ListItem>The first free number must be greater than the highest
				  product variant number.</ListItem>
               </List>
            </SimpleSection>
            <RelatedTopics>
               <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
               <RelTopic>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000004" role="manual">To use number groups and series</Link>
               </RelTopic>
            </RelatedTopics>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="tiapl000.icfg">
            <Header>
               <Title>Configure by PCF</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, generic items with <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000003" role="glossary">order system</Link> FAS are configured in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcf" role="module">Product Configuration</GUIRef> module, based on the <Link href="/baanerp/cf/glossary/glossary#000020" role="glossary">generic BOM</Link> defined in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcf" role="module">Product Configuration</GUIRef>.
			 You must select options when you enter a sales order line.</FuncDesc>
            <SimpleSection>
               <Paragraph>If this check box is cleared, generic items with order system FAS are
				configured in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl" role="module">Assembly Planning</GUIRef> module. You cannot use options and features to configure the
				item, but you can use <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000306" role="glossary">unit effectivity</Link>.</Paragraph>
            </SimpleSection>
            <SimpleSection>
               <Paragraph>To view whether product variant was configured with <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcf" role="module">Product Configuration</GUIRef>,
				view the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl3500m000#tiapl300.cpcf" role="manual">Configured by PCF</GUIRef> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl3500m000" role="session">Product Variants (tiapl3500m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
            </SimpleSection>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="tiapl000.arfo">
            <Header>
               <Title>Allow Reconfiguration if Orders are Frozen</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, a product variant can be reconfigured when the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2100s000#tiasc200.asst" role="manual">Assembly Order Status</GUIRef> is <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/asc.asst#planned" role="option">Planned</GUIRef> or <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/asc.asst#sequenced" role="option">Sequenced</GUIRef>. The purchase configurable items can be
			 reconfigured in the product variant, even if the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2100s000#tiasc200.asst" role="manual">Assembly Order Status</GUIRef> is <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/asc.lsst#frozen" role="option">Frozen</GUIRef>.</FuncDesc>
            <Note>
               <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
               <Paragraph>The item can be reconfigured, only when the line station
				orders which have the item as an assembly part are not started.</Paragraph>
            </Note>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="tiapl000.smsc">
            <Header>
               <Title>Sell Multiples of Same Configuration</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, you can enter an <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000072" role="glossary">assembly item</Link> on a <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#SlsOrderLns_td" role="glossary">sales order line</Link> with an order quantity greater than one.</FuncDesc>
            <SimpleSection>
               <Paragraph>The entire quantity of the order line will be of the same <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#ProducVarian_td" role="glossary">product variant</Link>. If the order quantity on the sales
				order line is greater than one, LN uses multiple <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000319" role="glossary">assembly orders</Link> to produce the items, because an assembly order always has an
				order quantity of one (1).</Paragraph>
            </SimpleSection>
            <RelatedTopics>
               <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
               <RelTopic>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000516" role="manual">To sell multiples of product variants for assembly</Link>
               </RelTopic>
            </RelatedTopics>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="tiapl000.epvs">
            <Header>
               <Title>External Product Variant Structure</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, the generic BOM
			 relations between the generic end item and the engineering modules are
			 delivered to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl" role="module" Update="No">Assembly Planning</GUIRef> from an external source. LN provides no
			 functionality to copy this information to the product variant structure.</FuncDesc>
            <SimpleSection>
               <Paragraph>If this check box is cleared, the generic BOM relations
				between the generic end item and the engineering modules are copied from the
				generic BOM into the order-specific BOM when you run the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl3210m000" role="session">Generate Product Variant Structures (tiapl3210m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
            </SimpleSection>
            <Note>
               <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
               <List>
                  <ListIntro>The product variant structure defines two types of
				  relations:</ListIntro>
                  <ListItem>The relation between generic items and generic sub-items.
				  These relations are always copied when the product variant structure is
				  created, which is upon order entry, when the created product variant is saved.
				  Note that these relations can occur on several levels, not only directly below
				  the end item.</ListItem>
                  <ListItem>The relation between generic items and engineering
				  modules. Only these relations are affected by the current parameter.</ListItem>
               </List>
            </Note>
            <SimpleSection>
               <List>
                  <ListIntro>Refer to the Help on the following sessions for more
				  information on the generic BOM and the order-specific BOM:</ListIntro>
                  <ListItem>
                     <Link href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl2510m000" role="session">Generic Bill of Material (tiapl2510m000)</Link>
                  </ListItem>
                  <ListItem>
                     <Link href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl3510m000" role="session">
                        <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl3510m000" role="session">Product Variant Structures (tiapl3510m000)</GUIRef>
                     </Link>
                  </ListItem>
               </List>
               <List>
                  <ListIntro>The following procedures can also solve the product
				  variant structures for engineering modules, when they require these product
				  variant structures:</ListIntro>
                  <ListItem>
                     <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl2221m000" role="session">Calculate Assembly Part Requirements (tiapl2221m000)</GUIRef>
                  </ListItem>
                  <ListItem>
                     <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl3201m000" role="session">Generate Assembly Orders (tiapl3201m000)</GUIRef>
                  </ListItem>
                  <ListItem>
                     <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl3203m000" role="session">Refresh and Freeze Assembly Orders (tiapl3203m000)</GUIRef>
                  </ListItem>
               </List>
            </SimpleSection>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="tiapl000.dmtf">
            <Header>
               <Title>Demand Time Fence</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The number of days for which the product variant structure is
			 determined, and the assembly part requirements are calculated.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="tiapl000.plnc">
            <Header>
               <Title>Scenario</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000007" role="glossary">scenario</Link> you want to use to calculate the assembly part
			 requirements. The plan periods of this scenario are used to create the segment
			 schedules and to send the assembly part requirements to LN</FuncDesc>
            <SimpleSection>
               <Paragraph>From this field, you can zoom to the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd4100m000" role="session">Scenarios (cprpd4100m000)</Link> session, where you can select
				or create a scenario.</Paragraph>
            </SimpleSection>
            <Note>
               <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
               <Paragraph>You can only select a scenario that is defined in the
				master company.</Paragraph>
            </Note>
            <RelatedTopics>
               <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
               <RelTopic>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000044" role="manual">Scenarios in Enterprise Planning</Link>
               </RelTopic>
            </RelatedTopics>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="tiapl000.plrd">
            <Header>
               <Title>Scenario Reference Date</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The reference date of the scenario that is used in the last
			 calculation of the assembly part requirements.</FuncDesc>
            <Note>
               <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
               <List>
                  <ListItem>If you select another scenario, this field is emptied.</ListItem>
                  <ListItem>The reference data is only a date. No time indication is
				  used.</ListItem>
               </List>
            </Note>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="tiapl000.aprd">
            <Header>
               <Title>Assembly Parts Requirements Directory</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The directory to which the files are written that are the
			 result of calculating the assembly part requirements for product variants in
			 the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl0101s000" role="session">
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl0101s000" role="session">Company - Bus Component (tiapl0101s000)</GUIRef>
               </Link> session.</FuncDesc>
            <SimpleSection>
               <Paragraph>The files that are stored in this directory are read by <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
            </SimpleSection>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="tiapl000.ofuv">
            <Header>
               <Title>Allow Assembly Orders for Unsold Product Variants</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, and an assembly order
			 with a status other than <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/asc.asst#closed" role="option">Closed</GUIRef> is available for a <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#ProducVarian_td" role="glossary">product variant</Link>, the product variant can
			 be unlinked on the sales order/quotation line.</FuncDesc>
            <SimpleSection>
               <Paragraph>If this check box is cleared, and an assembly order is
				available for a product variant, the product variant cannot be unlinked on the
				sales order/quotation line.</Paragraph>
            </SimpleSection>
            <Note>
               <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
               <Paragraph>If a product variant is unlinked, only the reference to
				the sales order/quotation is removed. The product variant can be reused by
				another sales order/quotation.</Paragraph>
            </Note>
            <RelatedTopics>
               <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
               <RelTopic>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000520" role="manual">Product variants in Sales</Link>
               </RelTopic>
            </RelatedTopics>
         </FieldHelp>
      </FieldGroup>
      <FieldGroup>
         <Title>Miscellaneous</Title>
         <FieldHelp ID="tiapl000.tstm">
            <Header>
               <Title>Test Mode</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl" role="module">Assembly Planning</GUIRef> module
			 operates in test mode. In test mode, you can maintain data that is otherwise
			 maintained by external packages.</FuncDesc>
            <SimpleSection>
               <List>
                  <ListIntro>If the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl0100s000#tiapl000.eapo" role="manual">External Assembly Parts and Operations</GUIRef> check box is
				  selected, the following data is maintained externally:</ListIntro>
                  <ListItem>
                     <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000000000000052" role="glossary">Operations</Link>, displayed in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl1500m000" role="session">Operations (tiapl1500m000)</GUIRef> session</ListItem>
                  <ListItem>Operation assignments, displayed in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl1510m000" role="session">Operation Assignments (tiapl1510m000)</GUIRef> session</ListItem>
               </List>
               <List>
                  <ListIntro>If the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl0100s000#tiapl000.epvs" role="manual">External Product Variant Structure</GUIRef> check box is
				  selected, the following data is maintained externally:</ListIntro>
                  <ListItem>
                     <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000400" role="glossary">Product variant structures</Link>, displayed in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl3510m000" role="session">Product Variant Structures (tiapl3510m000)</GUIRef> session</ListItem>
               </List>
               <Paragraph>In these cases, you cannot maintain this data from within LN, unless you operate
				in test mode.</Paragraph>
               <List>
                  <ListIntro>Further more, when <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl0100s000#tiapl000.tstm" role="manual">Test Mode</GUIRef> check box is selected:</ListIntro>
                  <ListItem>You can also run the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/cpr/ticpr0215m000" role="session">Actualize Assembly Line Costing Data (ticpr0215m000)</GUIRef> session for a manually chosen
				  effective date.</ListItem>
                  <ListItem>You can maintain exchangeable configurations manually in
				  the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asl/tiasl2530m000" role="session">Line Segment - Exchangeable Configurations (tiasl2530m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
               </List>
            </SimpleSection>
         </FieldHelp>
      </FieldGroup>
   </Fields>
</Session>