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   <Header>
      <Title>Critical items</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2416297">
         <Level1>Items</Level1>
         <Level2>critical</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2416302">
         <Level1>planning</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>An item that you define
		as critical is one that can cause a bottleneck in a production process, such as
		an item with a long or uncertain lead time.</Paragraph>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>How to define a critical item</SectionTitle>
         <List>
            <ListIntro/>
            <ListItem>Create an item in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd0101s000" role="session">Item - General (tcibd0101s000)</GUIRef> session. You can also create the item using <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000088" role="manual">Engineering data management summary</Link>.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Define the item as a <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#PlanItems_ti" role="glossary">plan item</Link> in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000" role="session">Items - Planning (cprpd1100m000)</GUIRef> session. You can zoom to the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000" role="session">Items - Planning (cprpd1100m000)</GUIRef> session from the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd0101s000" role="session">Item - General (tcibd0101s000)</GUIRef> session. You must define an item as a plan item,
			 before you can define it as a critical item. Note the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#PlanLevel_ti" role="glossary">plan level</Link> of the plan item. You must use the same plan
			 level for the critical item.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd2500m000" role="session">Items - Ordering (tcibd2500m000)</GUIRef> session, select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd2100s000#tcibd200.crmp" role="manual">Critical in Planning</GUIRef> check box.</ListItem>
         </List>
         <Paragraph>A critical item can be
		  either manufactured or purchased.</Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>How to use a critical item</SectionTitle>
         <List>
            <ListIntro>To define relationships between plan items and critical
			 items:</ListIntro>
            <ListItem>Use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd3120m000" role="session">Bill of Critical Materials (cprpd3120m000)</GUIRef> session to define the relationship
			 structure. The structure is similar to that of a <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000125" role="manual">Structure of a multilevel BOM</Link>.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Generate the
			 structure (that is, the critical bill of material) in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd3220m000" role="session">Generate Bill of Critical Materials (cprpd3220m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
         </List>
      </GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>You can print the
		relationships you have defined in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd3420m000" role="session">Print Bill of Critical Materials (cprpd3420m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>You can use <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000059" role="glossary">master planning</Link> to plan the requirements of critical
		items.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000105" role="manual">Aggregated planning</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000020" role="manual">Master planning, an overview</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000149" role="manual">Plan levels and product families</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>