Miscellaneous Attributes

The Miscellaneous attributes allow you to add additional capabilities to an entity.

Entity Can Store Items

Specifies whether the entity can store items for tracking inventory.

• If selected, Storage Execution and Inventory Transfer tabs appear in the Object Editor, allowing you to configure the storage execution and inventory transfer attributes. For more information, see Configure storage execution and Manage inventory transfer.

• If not selected, the entity cannot store items. When an entity is designated not to store items and track inventory, it cannot store items and track inventory outside the OCO as well.

  Entity Can Schedule Jobs

  Specifies whether the entity can schedule jobs.

  If selected, jobs can be scheduled and assigned to the entity, and a work queue will be maintained.

  Enable Specifications

  Specifies whether the entity can support the use of specifications.

• If selected, the Specifications tab appears in the Object Editor, allowing you to manage the specification attributes. For more information, see Manage specifications.

• If not selected, you cannot use specification values on the entity for external input or output devices.

  Enable PEM Attributes

  Specifies whether the entity can support the PEM functionality: adding production and consumption, logging consumables, capturing production data, capturing equipment data, and capturing personnel data.

  If selected, the PEM Attributes tab appears in the Object Editor, allowing you to configure the PEM attributes. For more information, see Manage Production Event Module attributes.

  Note: PEM attributes should not be used in conjunction with an MES process model.