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   <Header>
      <Title>Line station variants and line station orders</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2386557">
         <Level1>Variant</Level1>
         <Level2>line station</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2386562">
         <Level1>Assembly variant</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <AimSection ID="lsv_aim">
      <Paragraph>Using the similarity of order data per line station line station
		variants reduce the data storage and improve performance in the execution
		system. When the order content on a specific line station is the same for
		multiple orders, that content is only stored once. This similar information is
		stored in a line station variant. The assembly orders only have a link to Line
		Station Variants.</Paragraph>
   </AimSection>
   <ExampleSection>
      <SectionTitle>Example</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>You are making cars with
		many different features, including two types of wheels (broad and narrow). For
		the line station where the wheels are fitted, all cars with broad wheels are
		one line station variant, all cars with narrow wheels are another LSV, no
		matter what other specifications they have, because the other specifications
		are not relevant to the wheel line station.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>An LSV can be shared by
		a number of assembly orders. That means that operations and material usage on
		that line station is the same of all of those assembly orders.</Paragraph>
   </ExampleSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Purpose</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>An LSV is a device to
		reduce unnecessary data, and so enhance performance. If you have one thousand
		orders for products, and the operations and materials at the first line station
		of the line are all identical, there is no point in storing identical
		information one thousand times. ERP Enterprise determines that the orders are all
		identical, and makes one LSV. When a new assembly order is generated, ERP Enterprise check the materials
		and operations for the order. If these are the different from exisiting LSVs, a
		new LSV is created.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Sessions</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>You can display LSVs in
		the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2520m000" role="session">Line Station Variants (tiasc2520m000)</Link> session and print them in the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2420m000" role="session">Print Line Station Variants (tiasc2420m000)</Link> session. You can display and update the materials linked to LSVs in the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2121m000" role="session">Line Station Variant - Assembly Parts (tiasc2121m000)</Link> session, and display and update the operations in the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2122m000" role="session">Line Station Variant - Operations (tiasc2122m000)</Link> session (if the LSVs are order specific).</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Order-specific LSVs</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>LSVs are automatically
		generated by ERP Enterprise. If you
		want to alter the operations or components of an LSV, you must make the LSV
		order specific, by carrying out the following procedure:</Paragraph>
      <ProcedureList>
         <ListItem>In the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2510m000" role="session">Assembly Order - Line Station Orders (tiasc2510m000)</Link> session, select the LSV. The <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000311" role="glossary">line station order</Link> must be <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/asc.lsst#frozen" role="option">Frozen</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>On the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu, click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2510m000#make.order.specific" role="command">Make Order Specific</GUIRef>. ERP Enterprise makes a unique line
		  station variant, which you can see in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2510m000" role="session">Assembly Order - Line Station Orders (tiasc2510m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>On the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu, click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2510m000#line.station.variants" role="command">Line Station Variants</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2520m000" role="session">Line Station Variants (tiasc2520m000)</GUIRef> session starts.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Select the LSV.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>On the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu, click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2520m000#operations" role="command">Operations</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2122m000" role="session">Line Station Variant - Operations (tiasc2122m000)</GUIRef> session starts. Modify the
		  operations as required.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>You can modify the
		  assembly parts linked to the operations from the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2122m000" role="session">Line Station Variant - Operations (tiasc2122m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
      </ProcedureList>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Line station order</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>When assembly orders are generated, line station orders are also
		created. A <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000311" role="glossary">line station order</Link> is a production order for an assembly
		line station.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>A line station order can have the following status:</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/asc.lsst#planned" role="option">Planned</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/asc.lsst#frozen" role="option">Frozen</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/asc.lsst#ready.to.start" role="option">Ready to Start</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/asc.lsst#completed" role="option">Completed</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/asc.lsst#closed" role="option">Closed</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>When line station orders are generated, the status is set to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/asc.lsst#planned" role="option">Planned</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
      <GeneralSection ID="clustered_lso">
         <SectionTitle>Clustered line station order</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>Represents all the material requirements for a line station
		  for a day. A CLSO consists of user-defined buckets. The material requirements
		  are combined for each bucket.</Paragraph>
         <Paragraph>In Assembly Control, transactions can be carried out per line
		  station and per period, instead of per order. ERP Enterprise can combine the
		  same materials for a specific period into one material line. After doing so,
		  the cumulated quantity is stored in the CLSO. This accumulation reduces the
		  number of transactions that are necessary, because the transactions are
		  performed for a specific bucket.</Paragraph>
         <Paragraph>CLSOs are used in
		  assembly part allocation and in backflushing to combine materials for a
		  line-station order (for a day).</Paragraph>
         <List>
            <ListTitle>Parameters</ListTitle>
            <ListIntro>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc0100m000#tiasc000.trpr" role="manual">Transaction Processing</GUIRef> parameter determines the use
			 of CLSOs. This parameter is defined in the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc0100m000" role="session">Assembly Control Parameters (tiasc0100m000)</Link> session, and can have the following values:</ListIntro>
            <ListItem>
               <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/asc.trpr#line" role="option">Line Station Based</GUIRef> Only one
			 CLSO is created for each line station each day.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>
               <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/asc.trpr#order" role="option">Order Based</GUIRef> One CLSO is
			 created for each assembly order.</ListItem>
         </List>
         <Paragraph>CLSOs are used in
		  assembly part allocation and in backflushing to combine materials for a line
		  station order. A CLSO covers an entire day, in line-station based transaction
		  processing, or an assembly order, in order-based transaction processing. The
		  data for each time bucket is kept seperate. In line-station based transaction
		  processing, each time bucket results in a separated warehousing order line for
		  the assembly part allocation. In order-based transaction processing, an
		  individual warehouse order is generated for each CLSO.</Paragraph>
         <List>
            <ListIntro>Through the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu you can perform the following
			 actions:</ListIntro>
            <ListItem>Change the status of a
			 CLSO from <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/asc.alst#closed" role="option">Closed</GUIRef> to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/asc.alst#open" role="option">Open</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Start the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc7140m000" role="session">Clustered Line Station Order - Assembly Part Requirements (tiasc7140m000)</Link> session to view the assembly part
			 requirements for each CLSO.</ListItem>
         </List>
      </GeneralSection>
   </GeneralSection>
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      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
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      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
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      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000304" role="manual">Assembly backflushing</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000305" role="manual">Assembly line station utilization</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000306" role="manual">Assembly orders</Link>
      </RelTopic>
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</ManualTopic>