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<ManualTopic ID="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/tiedm" xml:lang="en" TopicType="Overview">
   <Header>
      <Title>Engineering Data Management (EDM)</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2100067">
         <Level1>Engineering Data Management (EDM)</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <AimSection>
      <Paragraph>You can use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/edm" role="module">Engineering Data Management</GUIRef> module to create and modify data for items in development,
		and change that data into actual production data.</Paragraph>
   </AimSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>Engineering data mainly consists of:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem> 
            <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#EngineItem_ti" role="glossary">Engineering items (E-items)</Link>.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Engineering item <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#Revision_ti" role="glossary">revisions</Link>.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Engineering BOMs
		  (EBOMs).</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Relationships between
		  engineering items and manufactured items.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>You can either copy
		individual engineering items to actual items, or carry out multiple changes
		simultaneously using <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000326" role="glossary">mass BOM changes (MBCs)</Link>.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>The following online manual topics are available:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem> 
            <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000088" role="manual">Engineering data management summary</Link>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem> 
            <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000114" role="manual">Engineering items</Link>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem> 
            <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000117" role="manual">Engineering BOMs</Link>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000107" role="manual">Changing EBOMs - Manual procedure</Link>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000118" role="manual">Changing EBOMs - Automatic procedure</Link>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000121" role="manual">Changing EBOMs - Semi-automatic procedure</Link>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem> 
            <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000115" role="manual">Copying E-items to items</Link>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem> 
            <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000116" role="manual">Finalizing engineering data</Link>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem> 
            <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000311" role="manual">Unit effectivity in EDM</Link>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem> 
            <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000119" role="manual">Import CAD application data with the Exchange module</Link>
         </ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
</ManualTopic>