General

Select the General tab.

Material Type and Material Type Description

Enter a code for the material type that you want to define and provide a description.

Summary Material Type

Select a value from UDC table 31B/SM that specifies the parent material type. You can group similar material types under a summary material type. Values are:

C: Culture

CN: Concentrate

F: Fortified Wine

G: Grapes

J: Juice

L: Lees and Scrap

M: Must

S: Spirit

W: Wine

Material Type UOM (material type unit of measure)

Select weight or volume as the unit of measure that is associated with a material type. This selection is critical because a lot's unit of measure will always be expressed in terms of the material type unit of measure. Values are stored in UDC table 31B/MU. Values are:

Area

Volume

Weight

Material Type Status

Assign a status to the material type. Only active material types can be assigned to lots.

Fermentation Flag

Identify whether the material type is undergoing fermentation. For volume units of measure, the system uses this field to determine whether a tank white fermentation or storage capacity is used for capacity validation.

Tax Class

Select the tax class for the material type. Material types may fall into different tax classes based on alcoholic content. The tax classes are used for legal reporting. Values are:

Fermenting Grapes

Distilling Materials

Fermenting Grapes

Fermenting Juice

Grape Concentrate

These values are stored in the Material Type Tax Class UDC table (31B/TX).

Upper and Lower Alcohol Limit

Identify acceptable levels of alcohol for a particular material type.

Material Type Comments

Enter free-form text. This field is typically used to provide a reason for a change.