Materials & Containers#

Material tracking is at the core of a Manufacturing Execution System (MES). A typical plant will have many different types of materials: WIP, raw materials, semi-finished and finished goods. Materials will change their characteristics during the course of the manufacturing process. Capturing the real-time state of every material and managing their life cycle in the plant is absolutely essential for shop-floor operations. In addition, for traceability purposes, the history of every material must be captured in the system.

In the Critical Manufacturing MES system, a material is a generic hierarchical object with a rich life cycle supported by a very comprehensive set of transactions to track all materials in the shop floor while recording their complete history and genealogy.

Available guides#

Module	Title	Guide	PDF
Materials & Containers	Future Actions	Tutorial
Materials & Containers	Line Material Tracking	Tutorial
Materials & Containers	Material Assembly	Tutorial
Materials & Containers	Material Defects	Tutorial
Materials & Containers	Partial Track-Out	Tutorial
Materials & Containers	Remote Shipping	Tutorial
Materials & Containers	Send-Ahead Run	Tutorial
Materials & Containers	Sub-Material Processing	Tutorial
Materials and Containers	Batch Management Tutorial	Deep Dive	-
Materials and Containers	BOM Tutorial	Deep Dive	-
Materials & Containers: How-To	How to: Add a Material to a Container	How To
Materials & Containers: How-To	How to: Attach Material	How To
Materials & Containers: How-To	How to: Change the Product of a Material	How To
Materials & Containers: How-To	How to: Combine Material	How To
Materials & Containers: How-To	How to: Compose Material	How To
Materials & Containers: How-To	How to: Create a BOM	How To
Materials & Containers: How-To	How to: Create a Container	How To
Materials & Containers: How-To	How to: Create a Material	How To
Materials & Containers: How-To	How to: Create a Product	How To
Materials & Containers: How-To	How to: Create a Product Group	How To
Materials & Containers: How-To	How to: Detach Material	How To
Materials & Containers: How-To	How to: Disassemble an Assembled Material	How To
Materials & Containers: How-To	How to: Empty a Container	How To
Materials & Containers: How-To	How to: Expand/Collapse Material	How To
Materials & Containers: How-To	How to: Grade a Material	How To
Materials & Containers: How-To	How to: Hold a Material	How To
Materials & Containers: How-To	How to: Make Container Available/Unavailable	How To
Materials & Containers: How-To	How to: Manage BOM Items	How To
Materials & Containers: How-To	How to: Manage Container Positions	How To
Materials & Containers: How-To	How to: Manage Product Binning	How To
Materials & Containers: How-To	How to: Manage Product Group Parameters	How To
Materials & Containers: How-To	How to: Manage Shipping Information	How To
Materials & Containers: How-To	How to: Manage Sub-Products	How To
Materials & Containers: How-To	How to: Open Material Deviation	How To
Materials & Containers: How-To	How to: Perform Assemble	How To
Materials & Containers: How-To	How to: Receive Material	How To
Materials & Containers: How-To	How to: Release a Material	How To
Materials & Containers: How-To	How to: Remove Materials from Container	How To
Materials & Containers: How-To	How to: Replace an Assembled Material	How To
Materials & Containers: How-To	How to: Transfer Material Between Containers	How To
Materials and Containers	Smart Barcode Scanning Tutorial	Deep Dive	-

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