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alias: user-guide-dispatch-material
description: "Assigning materials to resources manages processing and reservations for efficient workflows"
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# Dispatch Material

:lock: Material.**Dispatch**

## Overview

This operation is used to assign a **Material** to be processed at a certain **Resource**. It acts as a **Material** reservation for a given **Resource**. A **Resource** can be any **Resource** - physical or virtual. This transaction is available for multiple **Materials** from the Resource and Step View.

!!! smart-barcode "Supports Smart Barcodes"
    You can use [[smart-barcode-scanning]] to perform this operation.

## Setup

To enable the dispatch of a **Material** to a **Resource** it is necessary to:

1. Have a **Resource** of Processing Type Process with a **Service** associated and enabled in the same **Facility** of the **Material**. The **Resource** must be dispatchable.
2. The **Material** required Service (the Service Context defined at the Step level) at its current **Step** must match the **Service** defined in 1.

!!! note
	The Service must be enabled globally, and the Material must be dispatchable.

## Preconditions

{% include-markdown 'includes/preconditions/dispatch_material.md' %}

## Preconditions for Bulk

* In addition to the preconditions mentioned above, all **Materials** must:

      * Be at the same **Facility**.
      * Be dispatched to the same **Resource** and **Lane**.
      * Have the Track Positions property in the Resource set to `false`, or have both the Track Positions and the Auto Generate Positions properties set to `true`.

## Sequence of Steps

The **Material** can be dispatched from the perspective of the **Resource** or from the perspective of the **Material**.

### Perspective of the Material

This step is used to select the **Resource** for which to dispatch the **Material**.

1. Optionally, review the **Material** details by expanding the Material section.
2. In the Available Resources list, choose a **Resource** to dispatch the **Material** to.
3. If the **Material** Required Setup is different from Not Required, the system will display a visual indicator, and filter (SETUP READY), so you can select **Resources** that do not need a setup before processing:

	![Screenshot showing the visual indicator and filter for selecting resources after material setup is complete.](images/dispatch_material_setup.png)

4. In the Resource Details section, review the information related to the chosen **Resource**.
5. If the **Resource** has Lanes configured, select a valid Lane of the **Resource**.
6. In the Resource Order, choose the Queue Order for the **Material**: First or Last, whether a LIFO (**L**ast-**I**n, **F**irst-**O**ut) or a FIFO (**F**irst-**I**n, **F**irst-**O**ut) logic is desired, respectively. FIFO is chosen by default.
7. If the **Resource** does not auto-manages its positions, it is necessary to specify the position of the **Material** (if the Resource capacity is expressed in **Materials**) or the position(s) of the Material **Container(s)** (if the Resource capacity is expressed in **Containers**) in the **Resource**. The position(s) reflects a physical location.
8. Optionally, add a Comment.
9. Select **Dispatch** to complete the operation:

	![Screenshot showing a UI with "Dispatch" highlighted as part of the material selection process.](images/dispatch_material.png)

### Perspective of the Resource

This step is used to select a **Material** to dispatch in the current **Resource**.

1. Optionally, review the **Resource** details by expanding the Resource section.
2. If the **Resource** has Lanes configured (Is Multilane Active enabled), select a valid Lane of the **Resource**, and then select **Next**.
3. Select the **Material** to be dispatched.
4. If the **Resource** Setup Mode is different from Not Required, the system will display a visual indicator, and filter, so you can select **Materials** that do not need a setup before processing:

	![Screenshot showing a system display indicating Resource Setup Mode and filtering options for selecting materials.](images/dispatch_material_resource_setup.png)

	In this filter you can also select to only see Setup Ready **Materials**:

	![Screenshot showing a filter selection interface for materials, specifically the "Setup Ready" option.](images/dispatch_material_resource_setup_filter.png)

5. In the Material Details section, review the information related to the chosen **Material**.
6. In the Resource Order, choose the Queue Order for the **Material**: First or Last, whether a LIFO (**L**ast-**I**n, **F**irst-**O**ut) or a FIFO (**F**irst-**I**n, **F**irst-**O**ut) logic is desired, respectively. FIFO is chosen by default.
7. If the **Resource** does not auto-manages its positions, it is necessary to specify the position of the **Material** (if the Resource capacity is expressed in **Materials**) or the position(s) of the Material **Container(s)** (if the Resource capacity is expressed in **Containers**) in the **Resource**. The position(s) reflects a physical location.
8. Optionally, add a Comment.
9. Select **Dispatch** to complete the operation:

	![Screenshot showing a dispatch material resource selection interface.](images/dispatch_material_resource.png)

!!! note
	If the Material is In Store, it will be automatically retrieved from store.