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   <Header>
      <Title>Defining Sequence Parameters for Line Segments</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2381238">
         <Level1>Define Sequence Parameters for Line segments</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2381241">
         <Level1>Define Option Combinations</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2381244">
         <Level1>Calculate cost prices and actualize cost component structures</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2381247">
         <Level1>Create Generic BOM</Level1>
         <Level2>Create Sales Price List for generic item</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2381252">
         <Level1>Create Assembly Parts Inventory</Level1>
         <Level2>link generic items to assembly lines</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2381257">
         <Level1>Create Constraints by Generic Item</Level1>
         <Level2>link product features to generic item</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2381262">
         <Level1>Product Structure</Level1>
         <Level2>Assembly Line Structure</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2381267">
         <Level1>Assembly Line Structure</Level1>
         <Level2>Product Structure</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <AimSection>
      <Paragraph>Start <GUIRef>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti" role="package">Manufacturing</GUIRef> &gt;   &gt; <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc" role="module">Assembly Control</GUIRef> &gt; <PathPart>Line
		Segments</PathPart> &gt; <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asl/tiasl1540m000" role="session">Line Segments (tiasl1540m000)</GUIRef>
         </GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>Use this session to maintain and display the
		remixing/sequencing parameters for a user. The parameters are displayed per
		segment.</Paragraph>
   </AimSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>These parameters are required when you run the sequencing
		engine. The parameters are linked to a line segment and are user dependent.
		Only the user who runs the sequencing engine can select the sequence parameters
		that are defined by the same user.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>These are important remix/sequence parameters:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>
               <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Local</GUIRef>
            </Paragraph>
            <List>
               <ListItem>
                  <Paragraph>Number of Local Runs</Paragraph>
                  <Paragraph>The number of times ERP Enterprise carries out a
				  calculation to determine the best sequence in the line segment.</Paragraph>
               </ListItem>
               <ListItem>
                  <Paragraph>Local Maximum Swap Distance</Paragraph>
                  <Paragraph>The maximum number of positions between orders that you
				  swap in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asl/tiasl4200m000" role="session">Simulate and Create Line Sequences (tiasl4200m000)</GUIRef> session. If you increase the swap distance, the quality improves because more
				  swaps are possible. If you increase the swap distance, each sequencing
				  simulation run takes longer.</Paragraph>
               </ListItem>
               <ListItem>
                  <Paragraph>Local Run Count</Paragraph>
                  <Paragraph>The maximum number of attempted swaps per sequencing
				  run. ERP Enterprise checks to see
				  whether this number has been exceeded after each series of swaps, determined by
				  the maximum swap difference and number of orders. When the value of this field
				  has been exceeded, one sequencing run has been completed.</Paragraph>
               </ListItem>
               <ListItem>
                  <Paragraph>Local Non-improvement Count</Paragraph>
                  <Paragraph>The number of times that ERP Enterprise swaps orders in the
				  selected segment without any improvement to the cost before stopping the
				  sequencing run.</Paragraph>
               </ListItem>
            </List>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>
               <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Global</GUIRef>
            </Paragraph>
            <List>
               <ListItem>
                  <Paragraph>Number of Global Runs</Paragraph>
                  <Paragraph>The number of times ERP Enterprise carries out a
				  calculation to determine the best sequence order in the line segment. In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asl/tiasl3220m000" role="session">Remix Line Mix (tiasl3220m000)</GUIRef> session, this parameter is taken into consideration to
				  determine the number of times the process of remixing must be carried out to
				  arrive at a better line mix.</Paragraph>
               </ListItem>
               <ListItem>
                  <Paragraph>Global Maximum Swap Distance</Paragraph>
                  <Paragraph>The maximum number of positions between orders that you
				  swap in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asl/tiasl4200m000" role="session">Simulate and Create Line Sequences (tiasl4200m000)</GUIRef> session. If you increase the swap distance, the quality improves because more
				  swaps are possible. If you increase the swap distance, each sequencing
				  simulation run takes longer.</Paragraph>
               </ListItem>
               <ListItem>
                  <Paragraph>Global Run Count</Paragraph>
                  <Paragraph>The maximum number of attempted swaps per sequencing
				  run. ERP Enterprise checks to see
				  whether this number has been exceeded after each series of swaps, determined by
				  the maximum swap difference and number of orders. When the value of this field
				  has been exceeded, one sequencing run has been completed.</Paragraph>
                  <Paragraph>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asl/tiasl3220m000" role="session">Remix Line Mix (tiasl3220m000)</GUIRef> session, this parameter is taken into consideration.
				  The parameter represents the maximum number of attempted swaps per reximing
				  run.</Paragraph>
               </ListItem>
               <ListItem>
                  <Paragraph>Global Non-improvement Count</Paragraph>
                  <Paragraph>The number of times that ERP Enterprise swaps orders in the
				  selected segment without any improvement to the cost before stopping the
				  sequencing run.</Paragraph>
                  <Paragraph>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asl/tiasl3220m000" role="session">Remix Line Mix (tiasl3220m000)</GUIRef> session, this parameter is taken into consideration.
				  This parameter represents the number of times the orders are swapped in the
				  selected segment without any improvement to the cost before stopping the
				  remixing run.</Paragraph>
               </ListItem>
            </List>
         </ListItem>
      </List>
      <ProcedureList>
         <ListIntro>To define sequence parameters for line segments, complete the
		  steps below.</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>Click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asl/tiasl1540m000#sync.remix.seq.parameters" role="command">Remix/Sequence Parameters</GUIRef> on the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asl/tiasl1540m000" role="session">Line Segments (tiasl1540m000)</GUIRef> session. The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asl/tiasl4110m000" role="session">Remix/Sequence Parameters (tiasl4110m000)</GUIRef> session starts.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>You cannot start this session from the menu
			 browser.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>Check that you are logged as a user. Only the user who runs
			 the sequencing engine can select the sequence parameters that are defined by
			 the same user. Select <Emphasis>New</Emphasis> on the toolbar to enter sequence
			 parameters for the line segment.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
      </ProcedureList>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>The following are sequencing options available in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asl/tiasl4200m000" role="session">Simulate and Create Line Sequences (tiasl4200m000)</GUIRef> session:</ListIntro>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/asl.method#local" role="option">Local Improvement</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>If this check box is selected, ERP Enterprise optimizes the sequence for the segment selected
		  in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asl/tiasl4200m000#pivot.segment" role="manual">Pivot Segment</GUIRef> field. You can select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asl/tiasl4200m000#neighbour.check" role="manual">Neighbor Checking</GUIRef> check box to optimize the sequence
		  for a segment.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asl/tiasl4200m000#neighbour.check" role="manual">Neighbor Checking</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>If this check box is selected, ERP Enterprise takes account of the segments immediately before
		  and after the specified segments during the optimization process. This process
		  gives rise to a sequence that is translatable to the neighbor segments, which
		  means that the sequence changes are feasible. You can select this check box
		  only if the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/asl.method#local" role="option">Local Improvement</GUIRef> check box is selected. If the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/asl.method#global" role="option">Global Improvement</GUIRef> check box is selected, ERP Enterprise automatically
		  selects the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asl/tiasl4200m000#neighbour.check" role="manual">Neighbor Checking</GUIRef> check box.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/asl.method#global" role="option">Global Improvement</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>If this check box is selected, ERP Enterprise optimizes the sequence for all the segments that
		  you select in this session.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>The following are offsetting options available in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asl/tiasl4200m000" role="session">Simulate and Create Line Sequences (tiasl4200m000)</GUIRef> session:</ListIntro>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/asl.offs#backlog" role="option">Backlog</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>If this check box is selected, ERP Enterprise takes a backlog into account when it calculates
		  offset. Therefore, the first order is planned at the beginning of the period
		  you specify in this session.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/asl.offs#act.times" role="option">Actual Times</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>If this check box is selected, ERP Enterprise calculates the offset. ERP Enterprise takes into account
		  when the last order was reported completed on the last line station of a
		  segment. Next time you run this session to replan a line sequence, ERP Enterprise takes the
		  difference between the planned end time and actual end time into account.</ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
</ManualTopic>