Compose Material (Quantities)#

Material.Compose

Overview#

This operation is used to compose a Material, thus increasing its quantity, by incorporating quantities from other Materials. It can be seen as a lightweight Merge/Assemble Material.

An example of its application can be seen in the solar ingot fabrication. An ingot of a certain weight is the result of the composition of different Materials with different weights and with different Products. A big difference from Combine Material is that the Target Material quantity is increased with the computed quantities of the Source Materials.

As a naming convention, the Materials from which quantity is taken are called Source Materials, and the Material receiving the quantity is called Target Material. The transferred quantity from each Source Material is called Composed Quantity.

It records the history of this composition and it is shown in the Material Genealogy.

Setup#

No special setup is required other than to meet the preconditions of the transaction.

Preconditions#

• Source and Target Materials are Active.
• Source and Target Materials are not On Hold and are not In Transit.
• Source and Target Materials must be in the same Facility.
• Source Materials must not have expired or an Expiration Date has not been defined.

• Composed Primary Quantity must be between 0 and the Source Material Primary Quantity; Composed Secondary Quantity must be 0 and the Source Material Secondary Quantity (if a Secondary Quantity is defined for the Source Step).

  Note

  The Composed Quantity can only be decimal if the Is Decimal Quantity Allowed property is set to true in the Step and the Product Discrete property is false.

• For each Source Material, the primary units are either:

  • the same as the Target Material (conversion factor = 1) or;
  • defined in the Product Unit Conversion Factors.
• If the Target Material resides in a Container with Capacity Validation Mode property defined as Units; the position of the Container must be able to accommodate the new Target Material Quantity.
• Top-Most of Source and Target Materials must not have Current BOM Version.
• Top-Most of Source and Target Materials must have different Top-Mosts.
• The Top-Most Source and the Top-Most Target Materials must have the Current Transfer Material property set to null.
• The Source Material Products must not be blocked, or if blocked, the Source Materials property Override Product Block must be true.
• The Source Materials must not have any open defects (Open Defect Count is 0).

Sequence of Steps#

Step 1#

1. Select a Material that complies with the preconditions.
2. Select the Quantities button, accessible through the More button on the top ribbon.

Step 2#

1. Verify the Material information.

2. Choose the Materials to compose by selecting the icon. For each Material, specify the Primary and, if defined, the Secondary Quantities. It is also possible to remove the Materials by selecting the icon. To perform the transaction, it is necessary to select at least one Source Material.

   Note

   The final Primary and Secondary Quantities (if defined) are automatically updated to reflect the Composed Quantities.

3. Optionally, enter a comment.

4. Select Compose to complete the operation.