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.