• Materials Editor 
  • The Materials Editor provides a graphical interface to the Materials Database. All materials that are to be used during the creation of recipes must be defined in this database.
  • The Materials Database consists of Ingredients (raw materials), Intermediates (premixes, and products requiring additional processing, e.g., Work-In-Process (WIP)), By-Products, Finished Goods and Other materials (packaging items).
  • The Materials Editor is used to define a list of materials that will be used by the recipe. The Materials Database is used by the Recipe Manager in the construction of recipes. Only materials in the Materials Database can be used in recipes.
  • When new materials are received, the material information can be entered into the Materials Database by plant personnel.

Note: The Materials Editor is not an inventory management system, but should complement existing systems.

• Materials Management Overview
  • Materials Types:
    • Ingredients (sometimes referred to as raw materials)
    • Intermediates
    • By-Products
    • Finished Goods
    • Other materials, such as packaging items
  • Materials Editor Functions:
    • Material Database is used by the Recipe Manager in the construction of recipes
    • Only materials in the Materials Database can be used in recipes
    • Characteristics can be assigned
    • Batch Manager automatically logs material production (Outputs) to history
    • Materials Editor is not an inventory management system
• Materials Editor Operation
  • The Materials Editor consists of three different display dialog boxes:
    • Materials Status is only for viewing the name, unit of measure, and characteristics of all materials defined in the database
    • Materials Editor is used to define and edit materials in the database
    • Material Location Assignment Editor is used to assign unit storage locations and production tracking information to materials in the database

• Material Definition

  • Each material defined in the material database can consist of an identification code, material
    name, material description, unit of measure, high and low deviations, and characteristics.