Item Specifications and Attributes

Item specifications are groups of attributes that determine item characteristics such as item cost or lead time. You set these attributes when you define or update items.

From the Specifications tab on the Edit Item or Create Item pages, you can navigate through attribute groups to access and modify item attributes.

The types of attributes that are accessible from the specifications tab include the following:

• Operational attributes: These are organized into the following specification groups:

  • Asset Management

  • Costing

  • General Planning

  • Inventory

  • Invoicing

  • Lead Times

  • MRP and MPS Planning

  • Order Management

  • Physical Attributes

  • Main

  • Overview

  • Process Manufacturing

  • Purchasing

  • Receiving

  • Service

  • Structures

  • Web Store

  • Work in Progress

• User-defined attributes: These can be accessed through links on the Specifications tab.

• Transactional attributes: These can be viewed for a specific date.

There are particular relationships enforced between some of the item attributes: These relationships fall into two groups:

• Required attributes: You must enter values for certain attributes if some related attributes have values

• Interdependent attributes: You can enter only certain values depending on other attribute values. For example, Planning Method must be Not Planned if Pick Components is set to Yes. These interdependencies may be between attributes within the same specification group or between attributes in different specification groups.