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Define Products and Materials
01 · Projects and Product Families02 · Create and Update Materials in Item Master03 · Create Products and Variants04 · Build the Bill of Materials05 · Activate a BOM Version06 · Track Serial, Lot, and Mixed Materials in Item Master
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  • Sell on marketplace
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  • Transport management system - TMS
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  • Clienteling
  • Mobile-checkout
  • Retail operating system
  • Reliance Retail x Zebra
  • AutRi — planogram compliance
  • Retail Jarvis — experience sensing
  • RetailVista — geospatial intelligence

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  • AI agent builder - Kaily
  • AI image editor - Pixelbin
  • AR & VR solutions - Glam AR
  • Workflow automation - Boltic
  • AI photoshoot - Snap

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  • Commerce APIs
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  • Forge
  • Product lifecycle management - PLM

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  • Commerce for SMBs
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Cookbooks/Forge MES Cookbook/Define Products and Materials

Define Products and Materials

Organise products, create components and variants, build BOMs, and choose the correct material tracking approach.

Follow this journey in order

01 · Projects and Product Families

Use the recommended hierarchy to keep products, reporting, and future growth organised. Covers: project, product family, product, variant.

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02 · Create and Update Materials in Item Master

Create material and part records in Item Master, update allowed details, and open their inventory tracking history.

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03 · Create Products and Variants

Create finished-product definitions and decide when Variants are useful. Covers: create product, choose product family, add optional variants.

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04 · Build the Bill of Materials

Define exactly which Components and quantities are required to build the Product. Covers: select product, add components, set quantities.

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05 · Activate a BOM Version

Move the reviewed BOM from draft to the active production version required by Routing. Covers: open draft bom, review items, release and lock.

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06 · Track Serial, Lot, and Mixed Materials in Item Master

Receive and trace Item Master materials by lot, serial, quantity, or a mixed tracking model. Covers: lot-tracked input, serialised input.

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Why this journey matters

Organise products, create components and variants, build BOMs, and choose the correct material tracking approach.

Follow the pages in order for a first implementation. Experienced teams can open a specific page when validating or troubleshooting an existing process.