Working with the Material Inventory
With version 22.4 we introduced our material inventory, featuring the creation of material lots and a stock level overview. The material inventory can be activated via a switch in the admin panel and accessed through the new navigation menu element Inventory.
The material inventory can be activated via a switch in the admin panel. To enable the Inventory go to Home › B3_Migration › Switches and create the switch EnableMaterialInventory
Creating material lots
In order to create material lots, simply access the material inventory page and click Create lot above the inventory lot table.
After opening the lot creation drawer, first select the material for which you intend to create a new material lot. The material dropdown will feature all materials configured in the materials settings - regardless if they are offered or just configured for internal use. Visit the section on material configuration here https://3yourmind.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PD/pages/115016498 .
A material lot will require an internal lot ID, other information are optional.
Attachments such as quality documents or delivery notes provided by the respective material supplier can be uploaded to a material lot after initially creating the lot. To do so, simply edit the lot after creating and upload all desired attachments.
Configured material lots can be assigned to jobs via their https://3yourmind.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PD/pages/1059356793 .
The inventory lot table
The inventory lot table features all created material lots. From the material lot table, all material lots can be edited by clicking the pencil or trashcan icon, which appears when hovering over the desired lots table row.
The inventory features the following columns, filtering, and sorting options:
Column | Description |
|---|---|
Material | Material which the material lot object belongs to. All existing material lots for a material are taken into account to calculate the overall stock level of this material. |
Lot ID | Internal identifier given to the material lot upon lot creation. The Lot ID will be used and displayed when assigning a material lot to any print job for traceability. |
External Lot ID | Additional optional lot ID to reference the lot number provided by suppliers. |
Current stock | Current stock amount of the respective lot, can be updated via edit lot functionality. |
Updated at | Timestamp of the last update made to this material lot. |
Updated by | User who performed the last update to this material lot. |
Created at | Material lot creation timestamp. |
Created by | User who initially created the material lot. |
Attachments | Counter indicating the number of attachments uploaded to this material lot. |