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<Session ID="/baanerp/ti/pcf/tipcf5511m000" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>Product Variant Structure (tipcf5511m000)</Title>
   </Header>
   <HelpTopic>
      <AimSection>
         <Paragraph>Use this session to configure <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#ProducVarian_td" role="glossary">product variants</Link>.</Paragraph>
      </AimSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>To configure product variants that contain purchased
		  configurable items</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>You can configure <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#ProducVarian_td" role="glossary">product variants</Link> that contain purchased <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000440" role="glossary">configurable items</Link>. You can use a <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000440" role="glossary">configurable item</Link> to create a item structure that can hold a configurable purchased
		  sub-assembly. The purchased sub-assembly is issued at the assembly line like
		  other assembly parts.</Paragraph>
         <List>
            <ListIntro>For more information on procuring purchased <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000440" role="glossary">configurable items</Link> in Assembly Control module, refer to</ListIntro>
            <ListItem>
               <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000530" role="manual">Procuring configured items in Assembly Control - Master Data Setup</Link>
            </ListItem>
            <ListItem>
               <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000535" role="manual">Procuring configured items in Assembly Control - BOM setup</Link>
            </ListItem>
            <ListItem>
               <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000540" role="manual">Product variants - Purchased configurable items</Link>
            </ListItem>
         </List>
      </GeneralSection>
      <RelatedTopics>
         <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
         <RelTopic>
            <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/100011" role="manual">PCF procedures</Link>
         </RelTopic>
      </RelatedTopics>
   </HelpTopic>
   <Fields>
      <FieldHelp ID="tipcf510.cpva">
         <Header>
            <Title>Product Variant</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The code that uniquely identifies the <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#ProducVarian_td" role="glossary">product variant</Link>.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>You can configure <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#ProducVarian_td" role="glossary">product variants</Link> that contain purchased <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000440" role="glossary">configurable items</Link>. You can use a <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000440" role="glossary">configurable item</Link> to create a item structure that can hold a configurable purchased
			 sub-assembly. The purchased sub-assembly is issued at the assembly line like
			 other assembly parts.</Paragraph>
            <List>
               <ListIntro>For more information on procuring purchased <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000440" role="glossary">configurable items</Link> in Assembly Control module, refer to</ListIntro>
               <ListItem>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000530" role="manual">Procuring configured items in Assembly Control - Master Data Setup</Link>
               </ListItem>
               <ListItem>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000535" role="manual">Procuring configured items in Assembly Control - BOM setup</Link>
               </ListItem>
               <ListItem>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000540" role="manual">Product variants - Purchased configurable items</Link>
               </ListItem>
            </List>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tipcf510.opts">
         <Header>
            <Title>Option Set</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>Identifies a set with product features and options for a
		generic item within the generic product structure.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tipcf510.item">
         <Header>
            <Title>Item</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#GeneriItem_ti" role="glossary">generic item</Link> in the BOM
		  level.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="bom.level">
         <Header>
            <Title>Level</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>When a product is manufactured, components are assembled into
		subassemblies, and those subassemblies are in turn assembled into the final
		product. The components that go together at each stage are described in a bill
		of material. Each stage is one level in the bill of material.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>The listing of the wheel components is one level in the bill
		  of material. The listing of the subassemblies of the bicycle is the highest
		  level, and is frequently referred to as level zero.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
         <ExampleSection>
            <SectionTitle>Example</SectionTitle>
            <Paragraph>A bicycle has one frame and two wheels. The frame is made of
		  three tubes. The wheels are each made of one rim, one hub, and 35 spokes.</Paragraph>
         </ExampleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tipcf510.mitm">
         <Header>
            <Title>Item</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The code of the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000440" role="glossary">configurable item</Link>.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tipcf510.pono">
         <Header>
            <Title>Pos</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The position number of the component in the <Link href="/baanerp/cf/glossary/glossary#000020" role="glossary">generic BOM</Link>, which allows
		  unequivocal recognition of the generic bill of material. This number is
		  comparable to the position number in the production bill of material. In a
		  generic bill of material, however, several variants can be defined for each
		  position number.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>By default, the ERP Enterprise shows the last
			 position number used, plus 10; in other words, in the sequence 10, 20, 30, and
			 so on. The numbering of positions is unrestricted. You must adopt these default
			 values so that the intermediate numbers can be used to insert components. If,
			 in retrospect, a component must be inserted between components 10 and 20, you
			 can enter the component on position number 15.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tipcf510.sern">
         <Header>
            <Title>Seq.</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The sequence number indicates that several versions of the
		  component for each position number can exist.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>For product
			 variants, enter the sequence number within a position number of the generic
			 bill of material. This sequence number can also be left empty.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="item.srce">
         <Header>
            <Title>Default Supply Source</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The source that supplies an item by default. An item can be
		supplied by using purchase orders, production orders, assembly orders, or
		warehousing orders.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>The default supply source determines what type of order is
		  used to supply the item, but in general, you can override the default and
		  specify an alternate source.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>This field can be used to determine what
			 type of supply order ERP Enterprise must create if you enter a sales order for this item and the item's <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000330" role="glossary">inventory on hand</Link> is not sufficient.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
         <SimpleSection>
            <List>
               <ListItemHead> 
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/srce#shopfloor" role="option">Shop Floor</GUIRef>
               </ListItemHead>
               <ListItem>The item is obtained by creating a <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000022" role="glossary">production order</Link>.</ListItem>
               <ListItemHead> 
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/srce#assembly" role="option">Assembly</GUIRef>
               </ListItemHead>
               <ListItem>The item is obtained by creating an <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000319" role="glossary">assembly order</Link>.</ListItem>
               <ListItemHead> 
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/srce#purchase" role="option">Purchase</GUIRef>
               </ListItemHead>
               <ListItem>The item is obtained by creating a <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#PurchaOrders_td" role="glossary">purchase order</Link>.</ListItem>
            </List>
         </SimpleSection>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>If the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000006" role="glossary">item type</Link> is <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/kitm#manufacture" role="option">Manufactured</GUIRef> or <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/kitm#generic" role="option">Generic</GUIRef>,
			 this field can be <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/srce#shopfloor" role="option">Shop Floor</GUIRef> or <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/srce#assembly" role="option">Assembly</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>If the item type is <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/kitm#engineering" role="option">Engineering Module</GUIRef>, this field is <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/srce#assembly" role="option">Assembly</GUIRef> and cannot be changed.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>If the item type is <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/kitm#purchase" role="option">Purchased</GUIRef>, this field is <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/srce#purchase" role="option">Purchase</GUIRef> and cannot be changed.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
   </Fields>
</Session>