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<ManualTopic ID="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000545" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>Length of ASN Number</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2992707">
         <Level1>Number Length - VDA Standards</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <AimSection>
      <Paragraph>ERP Enterprise allows you to limit the length of generated shipment and load numbers and,
		therefore, the length of the ASN number. This feature makes it possible to
		satisfy requirements/standards of specific branches of industry, such as the
		VDA standard which limits the length of the ASN number to a maximum of 8
		characters. VDA (Verband der Automobilindustry) is a German organization which
		serves the interests of the automobile industry.</Paragraph>
   </AimSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <ExampleSection>
         <SectionTitle>Example</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>The example below illustrates how a load/shipment number is
		  generated.</Paragraph>
         <TABLE width="60%" border="4" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="6" borderstyle="default"
                space-and-orientation="indented-estimated">
            <TBODY noTR="6">
               <TR no="1" isLast="false">
                  <TD colspan="2" width="412" rowspan="1">Length Series = 3</TD>
               </TR>
               <TR no="2" isLast="false">
                  <TD colspan="2" width="412" rowspan="1">Series = AAA</TD>
               </TR>
               <TR no="3" isLast="false">
                  <TD colspan="2" width="412" rowspan="1">First Free
				  Number = 23</TD>
               </TR>
               <TR no="4" isLast="false">
                  <TD width="141" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Load Length / Shipment Length =
				  9</TD>
                  <TD width="257" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Number = AAA000023</TD>
               </TR>
               <TR no="5" isLast="false">
                  <TD width="141" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Load
				  Length / Shipment Length = 8</TD>
                  <TD width="257" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Number =
				  AAA00023</TD>
               </TR>
               <TR no="6" isLast="true">
                  <TD width="141" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Load Length / Shipment Length = 6</TD>
                  <TD width="257" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Number = AAA023</TD>
               </TR>
            </TBODY>
         </TABLE>
      </ExampleSection>
      <Paragraph>When ERP Enterprise creates loads and shipments in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm" role="package">Freight</GUIRef>, ERP Enterprise applies the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh0100m000#whinh000.llng" role="manual">Load Length</GUIRef> and <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh0100m000#whinh000.slng" role="manual">Shipment Length</GUIRef> defined in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh0100m000" role="session">Inventory Handling Parameters (whinh0100m000)</GUIRef> session of <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh" role="package">Warehousing</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
      <Note>
         <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>When <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm" role="package">Freight</GUIRef> is implemented as stand-alone application and no <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh" role="package">Warehousing</GUIRef> parameters are present, ERP Enterprise makes use of the actual length of the load and shipment
		  fields.</Paragraph>
      </Note>
   </GeneralSection>
</ManualTopic>