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<ManualTopic ID="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/G00085" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>Creating Generic BOMs</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2396172">
         <Level1>Create Generic BOM</Level1>
         <Level2>Create Sales Price List for generic item</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2396177">
         <Level1>Create Assembly Parts Inventory</Level1>
         <Level2>link generic items to assembly lines</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2396182">
         <Level1>Create Constraints by Generic Item</Level1>
         <Level2>link product features to generic item</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2396187">
         <Level1>Product Structure</Level1>
         <Level2>Assembly Line Structure</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2396192">
         <Level1>Assembly Line Structure</Level1>
         <Level2>Product Structure</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <AimSection>
      <Paragraph>Start <GUIRef>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti" role="package">Manufacturing</GUIRef> &gt; <PathPart>Product
		Configuration</PathPart> &gt; <PathPart>Generic Engineering Data</PathPart> &gt; <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcf/tipcf3110m000" role="session">Generic BOMs (tipcf3110m000)</GUIRef>
         </GUIRef>. Use this session to define the <Link href="/baanerp/cf/glossary/glossary#000020" role="glossary">generic BOM</Link> and all its components for a generic item.</Paragraph>
   </AimSection>
   <Note>
      <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>This section is valid only when you use PCF in combination with
		the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc" role="module">Assembly Control</GUIRef> module for product configuration.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>For more information, refer to:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/tipcf" role="manual">Product Configuration (PCF)</Link>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/100011" role="manual">PCF procedures</Link>
         </ListItem>
      </List>
   </Note>
   <Note>
      <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>If the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcf/tipcf0100m000#tipcf000.mlcs" role="manual">Multilevel PCF Choice Structure</GUIRef> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcf/tipcf0100m000" role="session">Product Configuration Parameters (tipcf0100m000)</GUIRef> session is selected, you can
		use extra generic levels in the product structure for a multilevel selection
		structure.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>Changes in the generic BOM are not processed in existing product
		variant structures.</Paragraph>
   </Note>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>Create a <Link href="/baanerp/cf/glossary/glossary#000020" role="glossary">generic BOM</Link> for a <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#GeneriItem_ti" role="glossary">generic item</Link>. A generic BOM is used to define the
		generic product and product engineering structure. Based on this master data
		structure, the <Emphasis>real</Emphasis> end product, called <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#ProducVarian_td" role="glossary">product variant</Link>, can be configured. During the
		configuration, based on the selected features and options, the product variant
		structure is generated. This process is also known as <Emphasis>Solving</Emphasis>, where each product that is going to be assembled
		is <Emphasis>solved</Emphasis> against a master structure.</Paragraph>
      <Important>
         <SectionTitle>Important!</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>If the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl0100s000#tiapl000.icfg" role="manual">Configure by PCF</GUIRef> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl0100s000" role="session">Assembly Planning Parameters (tiapl0100s000)</GUIRef> session is selected, the generic BOM is set
		  up in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcf/tipcf3110m000" role="session">Generic BOMs (tipcf3110m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
         <Paragraph>If the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl0100s000#tiapl000.icfg" role="manual">Configure by PCF</GUIRef> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl0100s000" role="session">Assembly Planning Parameters (tiapl0100s000)</GUIRef> sessionis cleared, the generic BOM is set
		  up in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl2510m000" role="session">Generic Bill of Material (tiapl2510m000)</GUIRef> session. Use this session to define
		  the template data for the generic Bill of Material (BOM) of a generic item.</Paragraph>
      </Important>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Creating sales price lists for generic items</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>Start <GUIRef>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti" role="package">Manufacturing</GUIRef> &gt; <PathPart>Product
		Configuration</PathPart> &gt; <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcf/tipcf4101m000" role="session">Generic Price Lists (tipcf4101m000)</GUIRef>
         </GUIRef>
      </Paragraph>
      <Note>
         <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>This section is valid only when you use PCF in combination
		  with the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc" role="module">Assembly Control</GUIRef> module for product configuration.</Paragraph>
         <List>
            <ListIntro>For more information, refer to:</ListIntro>
            <ListItem>
               <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/tipcf" role="manual">Product Configuration (PCF)</Link>
            </ListItem>
            <ListItem>
               <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/100011" role="manual">PCF procedures</Link>
            </ListItem>
         </List>
         <Paragraph>If you do not use PCF, you can use price books to define the
		  price.</Paragraph>
      </Note>
      <Paragraph>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcf/tipcf4101m000" role="session">Generic Price Lists (tipcf4101m000)</GUIRef> session, define a configuration-based sales price of
		your generic item.</Paragraph>
      <ProcedureList>
         <ListIntro>To create sales price lists for generic items, complete these
		  steps:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>Use the New Group option to enter the generic item. In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcf/tipcf4101m000#tipcf400.kopl" role="manual">Price List Type</GUIRef> field select the option Sales Price
			 List.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>Use the <Emphasis>New</Emphasis> group option to add a new
			 record to the sales price list.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
      </ProcedureList>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Creating assembly BOMs and operations</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/tiapl2520m000" role="session">Assembly BOM and Operations (tiapl2520m000)</GUIRef>
         </GUIRef>. Use this session to view and
		maintain the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000073" role="glossary">assembly parts</Link>, <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000000000000052" role="glossary">operations</Link>, and line stations that are required for a
		specific <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000401" role="glossary">engineering module</Link>.</Paragraph>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Restrictions</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>If the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl0100s000#tiapl000.eapo" role="manual">External Assembly Parts and Operations</GUIRef> check box in
		  the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/apl/tiapl0500m000" role="session">Assembly Planning Parameters (tiapl0500m000)</GUIRef> session is selected, the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000402" role="glossary">flattened</Link> parts and operations are delivered from an
		  external source. Therefore, you cannot change the data in the current session,
		  except when you work in Test Mode. If the check box is cleared, the assembly
		  parts and operations are flattened during the calculation of the assembly part
		  requirements. You can modify data in this session only if your current company
		  is defined as <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000405" role="glossary">master company</Link>.</Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Procedure</SectionTitle>
         <List>
            <ListIntro>After you change the data in this session, you must run the
			 following sessions:</ListIntro>
            <ListItem>Calculate Assembly Part Requirements (tiapl2221m000)</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Refresh and Freeze Assembly Orders (tiapl3203m000)</ListItem>
         </List>
      </GeneralSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Operations independent from assembly parts</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>To define operations which are not linked to a specific
		  assembly part, leave the Assembly Part field empty. ERP Enterprise takes these
		  operations into account when it creates <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000306" role="glossary">line-station variants</Link>.</Paragraph>
         <Paragraph>Select <Emphasis>New</Emphasis> group on the toolbar and enter
		  your engineering module.</Paragraph>
         <Note>
            <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
            <Paragraph>You can define an Assembly BOM line which does not contain
			 an assembly part, but only operation and location data.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>An Assembly BOM line which contains only an assembly part
			 and no operation and location details, is considered as an incomplete assembly
			 BOM line and is not taken into consideration by ERP Enterprise.</Paragraph>
         </Note>
      </GeneralSection>
   </GeneralSection>
</ManualTopic>