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   <Header>
      <Title>Printing Exchangeable Configurations</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2041129">
         <Level1>Printing</Level1>
         <Level2>exchangeable configurations</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2041134">
         <Level1>Exchangeable Configurations</Level1>
         <Level2>printing</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>An item is exchangeable
		with another item at a particular point on the assembly line, if at that point
		the two items have the same specifications. During the exchange, the physical
		products are exchanged. This means that the WIP that was assigned to one
		assembly order is now linked to the other assembly order. In LN, the serial numbers
		and as-built structures of the assembly orders are exchanged.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>How to use exchangeable configurations</SectionTitle>
      <ProcedureList>
         <ListIntro>An exchange occurs according to these steps:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>Define the
			 exchangeable configurations, using a code, in Line Assembly Control (LAC). The
			 code is linked to a line segment. Options are linked to the exchangeable
			 configurations.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>If you want to exchange two orders, LN first checks whether
			 the configurations are exchangeable, that is, whether the options combinations
			 of these orders are the same.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>When an assembly
			 order on the specified line segment has the same options as those options
			 linked to the exchangeable configurations, the order can be exchanged with
			 another assembly order (also with the same options as those options linked to
			 the exchangeable configurations) on this segment. Any orders with the same
			 options that are linked to the exchangeable configurations can be exchanged on
			 this line segment.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>Then, if the configurations are exchangeable, LN checks whether the
			 order content of the orders is the same up to this point</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>LN first checks if the two assembly orders that
			 you want to switch have the same exchangeable configurations. Two assembly
			 orders can only be qualified as exchangeable if the options that are linked to
			 the exchangeable configuration are the same. This does not mean that the
			 assembly orders that have those options are the same up until the specified
			 line segment. If the orders do not have the same exchangeable configurations, LN stops the process and
			 the exchange does not occur. If the orders do have the same exchangeable
			 configurations, LN checks
			 the actual assembly order content up to the point of exchange. If the order
			 content is the same, LN performs the exchange. By first matching these exchangeable configurations, you
			 can be reasonably sure that the assembly orders are identical before going to
			 the extra time and effort of comparing the actual order content.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>If also the order content is the same, the exchange is
			 performed.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>LN can also exchange assembly orders in a
			 buffer or at a line station. To exchange orders in a buffer can prevent
			 bottlenecks from occurring when an order is scheduled to exit the buffer at a
			 point when the necessary materials are not available. The configurations of two
			 assembly orders that are identical at this point in time can be switched, so
			 the orders emerge at the time when the necessary materials are available. To
			 exchange assembly orders on a line station involves supplying assembly lines
			 and main assembly lines.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
      </ProcedureList>
   </GeneralSection>
   <ExampleSection>
      <SectionTitle>Example</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>You produce doors on the
		supplying line.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>On this line, you have a
		spare door that does not flow into the main assembly line order. On your main
		line, you produce a product that uses doors in the end product.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>However, a door is
		damaged, and cannot be used.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>Now you can substitute
		the spare door from your supplying assembly line for the door that has been
		damaged in the main assembly line, and delete the spare door from the supplying
		line.</Paragraph>
   </ExampleSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000306" role="manual">Assembly orders</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>