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<ManualTopic ID="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/G00060" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>Creating Operations</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2395066">
         <Level1>Create Operations</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2395069">
         <Level1>Validate Assembly Lines</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2395072">
         <Level1>Define Assembly Line Assignment</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2395075">
         <Level1>Line Segments</Level1>
         <Level2>process engineering</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2395080">
         <Level1>Process Engineering</Level1>
         <Level2>line segments</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2395085">
         <Level1>Product Structure</Level1>
         <Level2>Assembly Line Structure</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2395090">
         <Level1>Assembly Line Structure</Level1>
         <Level2>Product Structure</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <AimSection>
      <Paragraph>Start <GUIRef>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti" role="package">Manufacturing</GUIRef> &gt;   &gt; <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl" role="module">Assembly Planning</GUIRef> &gt; <PathPart>Engineering</PathPart> &gt; <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl1500m000" role="session">Operations (tiapl1500m000)</GUIRef>
         </GUIRef>. Use this session to define the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000000000000052" role="glossary">operations</Link> that are used to assemble the item on the
		line. If the operations are not defined in ERP Enterprise, but delivered by
		an external source, you cannot change the operations, but only display these
		operations.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>The session is enabled for data entry through the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl1100s000" role="session">Operation Details (tiapl1100s000)</GUIRef> session, if the following conditions
		  apply:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>Your current company is defined as the master company in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl0100s000" role="session">Assembly Planning Parameters (tiapl0100s000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl0100s000#tiapl000.eapo" role="manual">External Assembly Parts and Operations</GUIRef> check box is
			 cleared, or the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl0100s000#tiapl000.tstm" role="manual">Test Mode</GUIRef> check box is selected in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl0100s000" role="session">Assembly Planning Parameters (tiapl0100s000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
      </List>
   </AimSection>
   <Note>
      <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>A station of type <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/rou.stty#line.station" role="option">Line Station</GUIRef> which is linked to the assembly line requires at least one
		operation. A station of type <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/rou.stty#buffer" role="option">Buffer</GUIRef> cannot have operations.</Paragraph>
   </Note>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Linking operations to line stations</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>Start <GUIRef>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti" role="package">Manufacturing</GUIRef> &gt;   &gt; <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl" role="module">Assembly Planning</GUIRef> &gt; <PathPart>Engineering</PathPart> &gt; <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl1500m000" role="session">Operations (tiapl1500m000)</GUIRef>
         </GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>Operations are one of a series of steps in a routing that are
		carried out successively to produce an item. Operations are assigned to
		line-stations.</Paragraph>
      <GeneralSection>
         <Paragraph>Use this session to specify the line stations where the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000000000000052" role="glossary">operations</Link> are carried out, together with the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000084" role="glossary">effective date</Link>, location, and man occupation of the operations.</Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <ProcedureList>
            <ListIntro>To link operations to line stations, complete the following
			 steps:</ListIntro>
            <ListItem>
               <Paragraph>Select the first operation that you have defined. Click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl1500m000#tiapl1510m000" role="command">Operation Assignments</GUIRef> on the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu. The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl1510m000" role="session">Operation Assignments (tiapl1510m000)</GUIRef> session starts.</Paragraph>
            </ListItem>
            <ListItem>
               <Paragraph>Link the operation to the line station. Set the effective
				date and the expiry date. Set the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl1510m000#tiapl110.exsq" role="manual">Execution Sequence</GUIRef>, the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl1510m000#tiapl110.mnoc" role="manual">Man Occupation</GUIRef>, and the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl1510m000#tiapl110.mcoc" role="manual">Machine Occupation</GUIRef> which are used when the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc0100m000#tiasc000.trpr" role="manual">Transaction Processing</GUIRef> parameter is <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/asc.trpr#order" role="option">Order Based</GUIRef> when calculating man/machine hours during
				backflushing.</Paragraph>
            </ListItem>
         </ProcedureList>
         <Note>
            <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
            <Paragraph>If the assembly order operation assignments are changed, you
			 must run the Refresh and Freeze Assembly Orders (tiapl3203m000) session to
			 process the changes.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>The purpose of an assembly assignment is to balance the
			 resources over the line stations in a manner that optimizes line performance.
			 Assignments are used to define process characteristics such as cycle time, man
			 occupation, and machine occupation. Several process characteristics can be
			 defined by using assignments. Process characteristics that are applicable to
			 the entire assembly line are defined on the line-level assignment. Process
			 characteristics applied at the line-station level and are defined for other
			 assignments, which are defined by line station and linked to the line-level
			 assignments. When the line-level assignment is active, all line-station
			 assignments that are linked to it are effective.</Paragraph>
         </Note>
      </GeneralSection>
   </GeneralSection>
</ManualTopic>