Maintain Attributes

Purpose

Material attributes are used to define the characteristics of a material. The material's characteristics can be used to determine the degree of difficulty and cost of changeovers and setups.

Prerequisites

An organization must be created, but does not have to be fully configured.

Material Types

Material types define the required attributes that should be entered for a given material. See Maintain Material Types for more information.

Steps

Click on the menu path Setup>Materials.
This is the Materials page.
Click on Material Attributes to go to the Material Attributes page.
To create a new attribute, click on Create.
To edit an Attribute, click Edit under the right “Actions” column.
Creating or editing an Attribute opens up windows with nearly the same entries:
- Name: The name of the attribute.
- Type: The attribute type, chosen from the following options:
  - Number: For numerical quantity attributes.
  - Text: For text value attributes.
  - Contaminants: For attributes with asymmetric changeovers. Adding a contaminant requires no or little changeover, but removing a contaminant requires a long and expensive changeover. For more about this, Maintain Changeovers.
  - Picklist: For attributes that generally have one of a set of values. Adds the following entries to the window:
    - Allow other values: If unchecked, limits attribute values to those created here.
    - Specify Colors: If checked, allows user to specify what color is for the value when the schedule is color-coded by the attribute.
    - Value Entry: Enter the value of the picklist option here. Click Add List Option to add a new option to the picklist. Reorder options by clicking and dragging the . Delete the option by clicking .
To delete an existing Attribute, click under the right “Actions” column.