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   <Header>
      <Title>The Dynamic Enterprise Modeler's structure</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2274621">
         <Level1>Dynamic Enterprise Modeler</Level1>
         <Level2>structure</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2274626">
         <Level1>Structure</Level1>
         <Level2>Dynamic Enterprise Modeler</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>The DEM contains the following building blocks:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/brg/tgbrg1299m000#tgbrg1299mDF6" role="groupbox">Master Data</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/brg/tgbrg1200m000#tgbrg1200mDF2" role="groupbox">Repository 1</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/brg/tgbrg1200m000#tgbrg010.epjms" role="groupbox">Enterprise Structure Models</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/brg/tgbrg1200m000#tgbrg300.brfms" role="groupbox">Business Models</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/brg/tgbrg1200m000#tgbrg.erm" role="groupbox">Data Models</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>To build an enterprise model according to the concept of the
		Dynamic Enterprise Modeler, the building blocks must be used in a certain
		order.</Paragraph>
      <Note>
         <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>Before an enterprise structure model or business model can be
		  created, the necessary master and repository data must be defined.</Paragraph>
      </Note>
      <Paragraph>The first step is to define a version, in the master data, that
		will serve as the current modeling version. Here, the model items, enterprise
		structure model, and business models can be created.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>The model items used to create business models must be defined
		in the repository. This data includes business control diagrams, business
		functions, business processes, and rules.</Paragraph>
      <Figure space-and-orientation="indented-estimated">
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                   SRC="../images/tr_graph_dem_em.png"
                   alt="[...]"/>
         <FigCaption>Enterprise Model</FigCaption>
      </Figure>
      <Paragraph>The second step is to create enterprise structure models and
		define one model as the operational enterprise structure model. This enterprise
		structure model reflects your current organization. An enterprise structure
		model is a geographical representation of the different sites in a multi-site
		environment, and is used to create the multi-site setup for the ERP Enterprise applications.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>Every site is represented by an enterprise unit, which supports
		the concept that you can divide a logistical company over multiple
		countries.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>An enterprise unit is a group of entities used in the ERP Enterprise system.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>Entities can be departments, work centers, warehouses, and
		projects. Also, a business model can be linked to an enterprise unit. At run
		time, the operational enterprise-structure model is used by the applications to
		determine prices and currencies when goods are transferred from one enterprise
		unit to another.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>The third step is to acquire one or more reference models that
		represent the best-practice situation of organizations with a particular
		organization typology. Each reference model consists of a business control
		model, a business function model, and a business process model.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>These models describe the primary processes, business functions,
		and the working order of the activities needed to fulfill the business
		functions. The business function models and business process models of the
		reference models are built by copying functions and processes from the
		repository.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>The fourth step is to create the project models that represent
		the situation of one specific organization. Project models are similar to
		reference models, except they are specific to one organization. In project
		models, you can define business function variants that represent different ways
		to accomplish a business function. For these variants, optimization
		relationships can be defined; these represent the recommended paths that must
		be followed when switching from one work method to a more efficient
		method.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>The business function models and business process models of
		  the project models can be built in the following two ways:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>You can copy business functions and business processes from the
		  repository in which these model items were created.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>You can modify business functions and business processes based
		  upon one or more acquired reference models.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>The last step is to create a data model that gives information
		about the physical/logical data model of the ERP Enterprise package combination
		to which the enterprise model you have created applies. It describes the
		permanent storage components on multiple abstraction levels and aims to show
		the meaning and relevance of data for a company.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>The relationships between the components of the Dynamic
		  Enterprise Modeler.</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Lines 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 show the described order</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Line 5 shows an option you use if a newly created project
		  model describes the best-practice situation within a certain organization
		  typology so accurately that the project model can be used as a reference model
		  in the future.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Figure space-and-orientation="indented-estimated">
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                   SRC="../images/tr_graph_dem_flow.png"
                   alt="[...]"/>
         <FigCaption>The flow between the building blocks in the DEM</FigCaption>
      </Figure>
   </GeneralSection>
</ManualTopic>