Material Only Operations
Material only operations are created to add non-time related materials to a job. For instance, you might want to add H-Stakes to a Wide Format sign. There is no time involved (ie. you are not inserting a banner into a banner stand), you are just adding the stake to an order.
The most efficient way to do this is to create a Manufactured Material Inventory Item.
Creating the Manufactured Material
Manufactured materials can be bulk uploaded or created directly in the inventory item by clicking the create new item button:
When you create a Manufactured Material, the CODE becomes the inventory item code, and you choose what location the inventory resides in:
Controls for the Manufactured Material
You can choose which operation category it will appear under (ie, quoting category), and when you create a Manufactured Material, it will create a material-only operation automatically:
Like a Raw material, you can choose the calculation method to be used when calculating how much of this material will be brought in to the quote:
Operation Settings and Controls
There are several operation settings and controls that are created when you create a Manufactured Material.
| Identifier | Field/Box | Use Description |
| (a) | Name | The Code (Generated from the Inventory Code) |
| (b) | Description | The name you want the item to appear under in estimating |
| (c) | Notes | Any specific notes you want under this item (i.e.. what it is for, how to use) |
| (d) | Customer Desc Group | The customer description group you want to use |
| (e) | Customer Description | How you want this item to appear to the customer on the quote letter |
| (f) | Job bag order | The order you want this item to appear on the job bag |
| (g) | Operation Type | Either a Job or a Section Operation |
| (h) | The category you want the estimator to see this item under | |
| (i) | The schedule category you want this item to appear under on the production boards | |
| (j) | Which department does this belong to | |
| (k) | The Revenue GL or Nominal code you want assigned to this item | |
| (l) | The Expense GL or Nominal code you want assigned to this item | |
| (m) | The reporting code you want assigned (to pick upon on reports) | |
| (n) | Hide from the Filter | Hide this item from the filters |
| (o) | Turn off the guillotine when using this item | |
| (p) | For Automation integration | |
| (q) | This item is bought from a supplier and will prompt an "outsource" action on the quote | |
| (r) | Show this item on the job bag for production | |
| (s) | Show this item on the quote letter | |
| (t) | Hide this item from production planning | |
| (u) | Activate or Deactivate this item | |
| (v) | To be determined | |
| (w) | This item will be invoiced as per the quote unless it is a timed item | |
| (x) | Add a parameter so you can choose how many (automatically turned on) | |
| (y) | Integrate with production automation (i.e. switch) | |
| (z) | Prompt the user to enter the actual and invoice using this number rather than the quoted number | |
| (aa) | Will show up on the capacity planner |
These items can also be added to component records of operations, but technically, those items should be RAW MATERIALS.
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