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Background documentationMaterial Group Maintenance

 

You use this activity to assign materials of the same characteristics to a material group.

This activity also allows you to do the following:

  • Specify transfer settings for material groups on the Transfer tab page

  • Enter custom data values (see Custom Data)

Fields

The following tables describe fields requiring explanation:

Main Tab

Field

Description

Validation Mask Group

The mask group for this material

You can define mask groups in Validation Mask Maintenance.

Filter on Material

Allows you to search for materials

Note Note

You can use this field if you know the full or partial name of the material you want to assign to the material group. You can use SQL wildcard characters % and _ to filter your search. You can leave this field blank and retrieve all the materials defined for the site.

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Transfer Tab

Field

Description

Default

The default transfer type for this material or material group

Note Note

NO_TRANSFER is not permitted as the default transfer type.

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Transfer Type

The transfer type for this material or material group

SFC_SPAN: This SFC number began manufacturing at one location and will be moved to another location for additional processing.

SFC_CONSUME: This SFC number has completed its manufacturing processes and will be consumed as a subassembly in a top-level assembly.

NO_TRANSFER: This SFC number will not be transferred.

Note that a transfer type can be defined for a destination site only once.

Receive

Selected: You can receive the transfer type record manually through the SFC Receipt activity.

Deselected: You can receive the transfer type record automatically.

Destination Site

The destination site into which an SFC number can be transferred

Note Note

NO_TRANSFER does not have a destination site.

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Export Template

The export template used for the SFC number transfer

Note Note

If NO_SFC_DATA is selected, the system transfers the SFC number with no SFC number data records.

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Message Type

The message type that occurs on a destination site after the SFC number has been transferred

For more information, see Site-to-Site Transfers.