Questions to ask about equipment data

Are there phases that move inventory into or out of a process cell? These could be modeled as material-enabled phases.

Do you have the need for people to manually add or distribute inventory? These could be instruction-based equipment modules and Material Manager can be used to tell them what container to be drawing materials from or moving materials into.

Will your phase logic need to be able to download an identifier for the container that a material addition or distribution is working with? If so, you will want to add the optional Material Manager parameters to that phase.

Will you ever need to specify the exact lot or barcode of some inventory that will be used in a batch? If so, you will want to add the optional Material Manager parameters to that phase.

What are the associations between containers and equipment modules?

What feed type, addition (adding inventory to a batch) or distribution (moving inventory out of a batch) will the equipment module be supporting for each container with which it is associated?