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<ManualTopic ID="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/op000120" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>Item data structure</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e177206">
         <Level1>Item data</Level1>
         <Level2>structure</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e177211">
         <Level1>Structure</Level1>
         <Level2>item data</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>You can further differentiate between items at various
		  suppliers:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Locations (warehouses),</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Purpose (planning, purchase)</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Origin (supplier, warehouse)</ListItem>
      </List>
      <ExampleSection>
         <SectionTitle>Example</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>An item is supplied by two different suppliers.</Paragraph>
         <Paragraph>Supplier A ships in lots of 100 pieces because the packing of
		  the item determines so.</Paragraph>
         <Paragraph>Supplier B ships the goods in units of 60 pieces.</Paragraph>
         <Paragraph>You can define specific parameters for each
		  supplier.</Paragraph>
         <List>
            <ListIntro>You can use the following sessions to define these
			 characteristics:</ListIntro>
            <ListItem>
               <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000" role="session">Items - Planning (cprpd1100m000)</GUIRef>
            </ListItem>
            <ListItem>
               <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2210m000" role="session">Check Item Data by Warehouse (whwmd2210m000)</GUIRef>
            </ListItem>
            <ListItem>
               <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0530m000" role="session">Item Supplier Plan (cpvmi0530m000)</GUIRef>
            </ListItem>
         </List>
      </ExampleSection>
      <Paragraph>These sessions define entities that have an n-to-1 relationship
		with the general item data.</Paragraph>
      <Figure space-and-orientation="indented-estimated">
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                   SRC="../images/tr_graph_op_ids.png"
                   alt="[...]"/>
         <FigCaption>Item data structure</FigCaption>
      </Figure>
   </GeneralSection>
</ManualTopic>