Summary
To ensure that process manufacturers meet the customer demands, you need to define batch attributes that define customer requirements. After quality check, you must also make sure that the finished goods meet the value or range of values from batch attributes.
When you are setting up batch attributes, remember that the minimum and maximum values are the feasible results for the attribute when an integer or fraction attribute type is selected. Enumerate batch attributes require the setup of the enumerate values on the attribute.
When you are associating an attribute to an item or a customer, you can adjust the min, max, and target values to the item or customer requirements if the attribute type is Fraction or Integer.
Batch attribute groups allow for the association of multiple batch attributes to an item or a customer. You can associate batch attribute data to a batch manually or through the use of quality orders, and you can use batch attribute data to search for inventory that meets customer requirements at sales order reservation.
Using a batch attribute to measure the level of an active ingredient in product batches allows you to calculate the amount of the overall use of ingredients that are used in batch orders. This process is called batch balancing. Active, Compensating, and Filler ingredient quantities are all adjusted based on the potency attribute of the active ingredient. Batch balancing allows Supply Chain Management to automatically calculate and adjust the quantities in a production formula.
The batch attribute values for a specific product batch are recorded during product receipt or reporting as finished from production. Recording of batch attribute values can also be tied to quality inspection by using quality orders.
Batch attribute pricing allows you to price a product batch based on the level of its active ingredient. This method can be used for selling and purchasing product batches.