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Customer 0001 is configured to select blanks only with manufacturer codes “SOLA”, “ZEIS” and “AO”. Similarly, customer “1” is configured to select blanks only from “SILO”, “KBCO” and “SLC”.
To illustrate, consider a simple SV job as follows:
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The list of possible blanks for this job looks as follows:
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Because this order was entered for customer 3, who has no restrictions as regards the manufacturer, the list includes all applicable blanks available at the lab.
However, the same job, entered for customer 1, gives the following blank selection list:
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Blanks from any manufacturers not in the list for customer 1 are not considered for the job.
As mentioned previously, if a customer is set up such that no blanks are possible, as would be the case with this job for customer 2, blank selection is not possible and the lab will see an error similar to:
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