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<ManualTopic ID="/baanerp/tp/msproject/user/us000510" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>Bid</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2264402">
         <Level1>Bid</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>The objective of the estimation process is to prepare a
		quotation or bid consisting of the sales price information of deliverables
		(primary structural elements). You can achieve this through the integration
		with Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel. The estimation process is not intended
		to write back data from Word or Excel to LN Project.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>The bid template is divided into the following three
		  parts:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem> 
            <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Bid Document:</GUIRef> The Microsoft Word integration
		  part of the bid. The document generated provides bid details such as business
		  partner, submitted date, sales amount, and bid approval status. It also
		  provides project details, such as invoice method, bank guarantee details,
		  customer reference, and, finally, provides the installment scheme. The template
		  is a good illustration of what you can accomplish. Changes are required to make
		  the template fit the needs of a specific organization, for example, adding the
		  company logo, particularly, if the logo will be used for communications with
		  the prospect/customer.</ListItem>
         <ListItem> 
            <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Bid Scope:</GUIRef> This part of the template provides
		  information about the primary structural elements, in regard to description,
		  parent element. The information is in regard to the various components involved
		  in the final deliverable.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Bid Summary:</GUIRef> The structural elements
		  information, such as description and net sales amount, appears in the
		  spreadsheet available through the integration with Microsoft Excel. The bid
		  summary shows the net sales amounts in the bid sales currency and the available
		  home currencies, each on a separate worksheet.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>In addition, subtotals by primary structure element are also
		calculated, to provide greater insight into the bid structure. The total sales
		amount of the final deliverable calculated here must be the same as the one
		provided in the Microsoft Word document.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
</ManualTopic>