Creating a material record

When adding materials, you must create a general description record of the material before you can define the other attributes of the material.
  1. Right-click
    Materials
     in the Hierarchy pane and select
    New Material
     (or click the
    New
     toolbar button). The
    Create Material
    dialog box opens.
    FTBMM_ED_Create Material
    The following is a list of items in the
    Create Material
     dialog box:
    Item
    Description
    Name
    Unique name assigned to the material
    (required)
    .
    Description
    Detailed description of the material.
    Inventory Key
    Provides an interface for integrating in-house material inventory systems to plant production processes.
    Engineering Units
    The unit of measure being used for this material.
    Type
    The Material Type to which this material belongs (
    required
    ). Defaults to Raw material type.
    Class
    The Material Class to which this material belongs (
    required
    ). Defaults to Ungrouped material class.
    Default Lot State
    All lots derived from this material default to this state.
    Controller ID
    Defaults to the next numeric value in sequence. If necessary, you can change this to a unique number to be used for PCD phase programming.
    Last Edited By
    System name of the user who last changed the material record (
    view-only
    ).
    Last Modified
    Date and time record last modified based on the system date and time (
    view-only
    ).
  2. Type the information in the appropriate boxes to define the material.
  3. Click
    Apply
     to save the information. The
    Edit Material
    dialog box opens.
    FTBMM_ED_General tab
    The
    Edit Material
     dialog box contains the following tabs:
    • Properties:
       A list of custom attributes that are associated with the material. This data is optional information and is not required. (See Configuring material properties for more information.)
    • Lots:
       The information that identifies a particular quantity of a material. A lot holds all of the static information about the lot, such as Lot Identifier, Material Type, State of the lot, Engineering Units, and Controller ID value). (See Configuring material lots for more information.)
    • Containers:
       The definition of some type of storage that holds materials. Some containers hold one material (such as a bin or tank), and others can hold multiple materials (such as a pallet). Containers can be a source for materials (adding materials from the container) or the destination for materials (such as the distribution of a finished product). (See Configuring containers for more information.)
    • Priorities:
       Used to select which container of material you want to use first. For example, a container that has the oldest material must be used before newer materials. In the
      Priorities
       column, the default priority value is
      100
      . The allowed values are 1 to 100, with 1 being the lowest value, which is selected first. You can assign as many priorities per container as needed. If the container with the value of
      1
       runs out of material, the next priority for that container is used. (See Configuring material priorities for more information.)
    • Inventory:
       A view of the material lot distribution. Each row represents a sublot. A sublot is an amount of material in the selected lot that has been distributed to a container. The container, lot, and label are used by the
      FactoryTalk Batch
       Server when searching for a material to bind to a recipe. (See Configure material inventory for more information.)
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