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   <Header>
      <Title>Unit effectivity in EDM</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2387787">
         <Level1>Unit effectivity and EDM</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2387790">
         <Level1>Engineering data management</Level1>
         <Level2>effectivity units</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <AimSection>
      <Paragraph>To set up and use <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000306" role="glossary">unit effectivity</Link> in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/edm" role="module">Engineering Data Management</GUIRef> you must use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/uef" role="module">Unit Effectivity</GUIRef> module
		in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc" role="package">Common</GUIRef>. To set up
		data, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000301" role="manual">To set up unit effectivity</Link>.</Paragraph>
   </AimSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <ProcedureList>
         <ListIntro>To use unit effectivity when engineering an item, carry out
		  the following steps:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Define the engineering bill of material (EBOM) in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/edm/tiedm1110m000" role="session">Engineering BOM (tiedm1110m000)</GUIRef> session. To link exceptions to a BOM line, select the
		  BOM line and click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/edm/tiedm1110m000#engg.eff.statement" role="command">Exceptions</GUIRef> from the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu. The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/uef/tcuef0105m000" role="session">Exceptions (tcuef0105m000)</GUIRef> session is started. If the end item is already
		  defined, you can use effectivity units of the end item. Otherwise, use
		  effectivity units of engineering items.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>The purpose of exceptions in an EBOM is to engineer a generic
		  design. This means that when the design is finished, all exceptions must be
		  copied to the PBOM. Use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/edm/tiedm1110m000#tiedm1210m000" role="command">Copy Engineering BOM</GUIRef> session to copy the EBOM and
		  its linked exceptions to the PBOM. During the copy process, ERP Enterprise provides the user with
		  the possibility to replace the engineering item in the item – effectivity
		  series with a general end item. To do so, ERP Enterprise starts the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/uef/tcuef0201m000" role="session">Relink Item - Effectivity Series (tcuef0201m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>At a certain point of time, a general end item must be defined.
		  This is the item that is used on the sales order line. For reasons of
		  clearness, you must link the item – effectivity series that is still linked to
		  the engineering item to the end item. Use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/uef/tcuef0201m000" role="session">Relink Item - Effectivity Series (tcuef0201m000)</GUIRef> session to relink the effectivity
		  series from the engineering item to the end item. You can start this session
		  from the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu
		  in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/uef/tcuef0101m000" role="session">Items - Effectivity Series (tcuef0101m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
      </ProcedureList>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Finalizing Engineering Data</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>If you copy an E-BOM to a <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#ProducBom_ti" role="glossary">PBOM</Link> by using the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/edm/tiedm3240m000" role="session">Finalize Engineering Data (tiedm3240m000)</GUIRef> session, ERP Enterprise proceeds as follows.
		If the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd0101s000#tcibd001.uefs" role="formfield">Unit Effective Supply</Link> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd0501m000" role="session">Items - General (tcibd0501m000)</GUIRef> session is selected for the end item, ERP Enterprise does not copy the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000304" role="glossary">effectivity statements</Link>.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000300" role="manual">Overview of unit effectivity</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000301" role="manual">To set up unit effectivity</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000355" role="manual">Exceptions in unit effectivity</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000303" role="manual">Interchangeability of effectivity units</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000088" role="manual">Engineering data management summary</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>