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Resource Information and Configuration
Material Model
Material Model
Materials are the substances or components that are used to make something else. A material can be a finished product in its own right, or an unprocessed raw material.
Material Classes
A material class is a grouping of common properties that can be applied to material resources.

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Resource Information and Configuration
- Resource Information and Configuration
- Material Model
  - Material Model
    Materials are the substances or components that are used to make something else. A material can be a finished product in its own right, or an unprocessed raw material.
    - Add properties or parameters to a resource
    - Make a material property a template for a material lot property
    - Add a material class to a material definition
    - Use custom property types in the material model
    - Material Classes
      A material class is a grouping of common properties that can be applied to material resources.
      - Material Classes Details
        The Details tab offers general information about the selected material class.
      - Material Classes Properties
        The Properties tab allows you to add, modify, and delete properties that are specific to the selected material class.
    - Material Definitions
      A material definition describes supplies or materials with unique characteristics. Definitions offer a specific defined material to be used in a production process in the creation of a final product.
    - Material Lots and Sublots
      A lot or a sublot is a quantity of a material definition and is associated with an equipment resource. Lots can be viewed in the Inventory View of an associated material definition or associated equipment instance. The Inventory View is lot-based and sublots are visible only under their associated lot.
- Material Inventory
- Equipment Model
- Production Model
- Events Model
- Event View
- Actuals
- Property Groups and Aspects

Material Classes

A material class is a grouping of common properties that can be applied to material resources.

Material classes can be directly associated with work process segments only. When you associate a work process segment with a work definition segment, the associated material class, and its properties, are made available to the work definition segment, and then to any work definitions that the work definition segment is associated with. A material class is distinguished from other classes through its properties, name, and description.

You can create a material class for paint. The class defines the paint by its individual components that need to be mixed together. To define paint as a material class, include all the corresponding elements for the paint that are needed, other than the color. By not including the color, the class can now be used with different colors of paint. The color itself is then defined by the material definition, process segment, or product segment.