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   <Header>
      <Title>Using Line Segment - Exchangeable Configurations</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2364107">
         <Level1>Exchanging</Level1>
         <Level2>line segment - exchangeable configurations</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2364112">
         <Level1>Line Segment - Exchangeable Configurations</Level1>
         <Level2>exchanging</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>How to use exchangeable configurations</SectionTitle>
      <ProcedureList>
         <ListIntro>An exchange occurs according to the following steps. These
		  steps are explained in the paragraphs that follow.</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Define exchangeable configurations.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>If you want to exchange two orders, ERP Enterprise first checks whether
		  the configurations are exchangeable, that is, whether the options combinations
		  of these orders are the same.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Then, if the configurations are exchangeable, ERP Enterprise checks whether the
		  order content of the orders is the same up to this point.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>If also the order content is the same, the exchange is
		  performed.</ListItem>
      </ProcedureList>
      <Paragraph>Define the exhangeable
		configurations, using a code, in Line Assembly Control (LAC). The code is
		linked to a line segment. Options are linked to the exchangeable
		configurations.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>When an assembly order
		on the specified line segment has the same options as those options linked to
		the exchangeable configurations, the order is exchanged with another assembly
		order (also with the same options as those options linked to the exchangeable
		configurations) on this segment. Any orders with the same options that are
		linked to the exchangeable configurations can be exchanged on this line
		segment.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>ERP Enterprise first checks if the two
		assembly orders that you want to switch have the same exchangeable
		configurations. Two assembly orders can only be qualified as exchangeable if
		the options that are linked to the exchangeable configuration are the same.
		This does not mean that the assembly orders that have those options are the
		same up until the specified line segment. If the orders do not have the same
		exchangeable configurations, ERP Enterprise stops the process and the exchange does not occur. If the orders
		do have the same exchangeable configurations, ERP Enterprise checks the actual
		assembly order content up to the point of exchange. If the order content is the
		same, ERP Enterprise performs the
		exchange. By first matching these exchangeable configurations, you can be
		reasonably sure that the assembly orders are identical before going to the
		extra time and effort of comparing the actual order content.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>ERP Enterprise can also exchange assembly
		orders in a buffer or at a line station. To exchange orders in a buffer can
		prevent bottlenecks from occuring when an order is scheduled to exit the buffer
		at a point when the necessary materials are not available. The configurations
		of two assembly orders that are identical at this point in time can be
		switched, so the orders emerge at the time when the necessary materials are
		available. To exchange assembly orders on a line station involves supplying
		assembly lines and main assembly lines.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <ExampleSection>
      <SectionTitle>Example</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>You produce doors on the
		supplying line. On this line, you have a spare door that does not flow into the
		main assembly line order. On your main line, you produce a product that uses
		doors in the end product. However, a door is damaged an cannot be used. Now you
		can substitute the spare door from your supplying assembly line for the door
		that has been damaged in the main assembly line, and delete the spare door from
		the supplying line.</Paragraph>
   </ExampleSection>
   <Note>
      <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>If a configuration is
		exchangable, you can swap it with the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/asl/tiasl4240m000" role="session">Exchange Configurations (tiasl4240m000)</Link> session (from the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu).</Paragraph>
   </Note>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000306" role="manual">Assembly orders</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>