Line Station Variants (tiasc2520m000)

	Line Station Variants (tiasc2520m000) Use this session to view line-station variants (LSVs). A line-station variant 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. LN determines that the orders are all identical, and makes one LSV. When a new assembly order is generated, LN checks the materials and operations. If the materials and operations are different from exisiting LSVs, a new LSV is created. You cannot maintain the data displayed in this session by double-clicking a line. You must select a line, and then choose one of the options of the appropriate menu. Refer to the field help for the sessions you can start from the appropriate menu. Related topics Line station variants and line station orders Assembly control overview Line Station Variant Holds identical operations and materials that are used at a specific line station for multiple assembly orders. In this manner, the identical operations and materials are stored only once, rather than for each assembly order. When line station variants are used, less data storage is required, and the performance is enhanced. Example You produce cars with various features, including two types of wheels: broad and narrow. In the wheel line station, in which the wheels are fitted, all cars with broad wheels are one line station variant, and cars with narrow wheels are another line station variant, regardless of any other specifications, because the other specifications are not relevant to the wheel line station. Related topics Line station variants and line station orders Line Station The line station to which the line-station variant belongs. Related topics Line station variants and line station orders Assembly Order The assembly order linked to the line-station variant. This field is only shown for order-specific LSVs (those LSVs that exist for only one order, so the order content can be manually changed without affecting other orders or other LSVs). Related topics Line station variants and line station orders Operations Click to start the Line Station Variant - Operations (tiasc2122m000) session for a LSV-Assembly Part. Assembly Parts Click to start the Line Station Variant - Assembly Parts (tiasc2121m000) session. Build Assembly Part Allocation... Click to start the Build Assembly Part Allocation (tiasc7240m000) session. Messages Click to start the Assembly Messages (tiasc0501m000) session.