🗂️ Categories

Categories allow you to group and organize items and components into clear, manageable families.
They help Fabritec understand what type of materials or structures you are producing and support more accurate planning, routing, and reporting.

Using Categories correctly ensures:

Clean organization of all imported items

Accurate application of Routes

Clear capacity calculations

Better analytics across buildings and phases

Faster filtering and searching in all project screens

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What Are Categories?

A Category is a group of related steel items, such as Built-up beams, Hot Rolled profiles, Trusses, or Purlins.
Every item you import into Fabritec belongs to one Category.

Categories are used throughout the system to:

Apply the correct Routes

Calculate monthly production capacity

Organize BOM items

Structure reports and dashboards

Distinguish between item types in production and QC

Typical examples include:

Built-up

Hot Rolled

Trusses

Purlins

Cold Forming

📂 Where to Find Categories

Navigate to:

Production Setup → Categories

The Categories page shows:

Name

Weight Capacity (per month)

Actions (Edit / Delete)

You can also:

Export categories to Excel or PDF

Search or filter by any column

➕ Add a New Category

Click New Category to open the creation window.

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Fill in the following fields:

1️⃣ Name (Required)

The name of the category you want to create.

Examples:

Built-up

Hot Rolled

Trusses

Purlins

Cold Forming

Keep names simple and consistent with your factory standards.

2️⃣ Capacity per Month in Weight (Optional)

Defines how much tonnage your factory can produce per month for this category.

This helps with:

Planning

Load balancing

Resource allocation

Production forecasting

Examples:

Built-up: 600 tons/month

Hot Rolled: 1200 tons/month

Units follow your company measurement settings (kg / t / lb).
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3️⃣ Description (Optional)

Short explanation of what the category includes.

Examples:

Built-up: fabricated beams, columns, frames

Hot Rolled: standard profiles such as I-beams and channels

Trusses: roof trusses and space frames

Adding descriptions helps all users distinguish categories clearly.

📝 Editing or Deleting a Category

In the Actions column:

✏️ Edit → Modify name, capacity, or description

🗑️ Delete → Remove the category

⚠️ Categories cannot be deleted if they are linked to existing BOM items or Routes.

⭐ Best Practices

Use clear, consistent naming for all Categories

Set realistic monthly capacity for better planning accuracy

Group similar item types together

Keep the number of categories manageable

Add descriptions to help new team members understand each group

Ensure every imported item belongs to the correct Category

Routes – Assigning workflows to your categories

Production Stages – Steps used inside routes

WorkStations – Machines and labour stations used to process items

Phase Explorer – Where categories are used to organize imported items

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🗂️ Categories

📂 Where to Find Categories

➕ Add a New Category

1️⃣ Name (Required)

2️⃣ Capacity per Month in Weight (Optional)

3️⃣ Description (Optional)

📝 Editing or Deleting a Category

⭐ Best Practices

🔗 Related Articles