Introduction
Product Groups are a high-level grouping based on a comparable way of making them. Product Groups are used in Process, contain substance information, chemical/physical properties, hazard information, GHS data…
Product Groups are the central element of analysis and composing in Makersite. While we have more than 30000 pre-made Product Groups in Makersite, it might be of interest for you to generate your own product categories.
Overview
Generate a 'Blue Ball Pen' product group
Generate a process from the composer
Enter relevant information
Save and enter the Product Group
Step 1
Navigate from the dashboard to the 'Compose' view, then select 'Product Group' from the grid.
Step 2
The data entry pop-up will open. Now go through and enter the data.
Please see some example information in the screenshot below.
Additionally, Images and a My Drive folder can be added to the product group.
The 'Folder Name' entry will suggest existing folders as you type, or if you type a new folder name into the field, it will be created in the My Drive/Mysite/Datasets/Product Groups folder.
Note: The fields 'Name', 'Unit of measure', 'Description' and 'Product category' are mandatory.
The 'Product Category' is based on the UNSPCS Product codes. More information can be found here: https://www.unspsc.org/
Step 3
After pressing save the Product Datasheet page will open.
Changing to the 'Compose' page of the Product Datasheet will allow you to edit your newly created Product Group, and additional information to it.
Clicking on the blue 'Add more Attributes' button in the lower right corner, opens a pop-up where you can select from additional built in attributes to add to your Product model.
Manage Product Group Exemptions
Exemptions are related to specific substances. Makersite automatically detects potential compliance issues and shows the complicit substances under Exemptions on a Product Group. If you see no data or outdated data, select Re-Calculate in the toolbar.
Note that Exemptions will only be visible if the substance composition of your Product Group is known. If it isn't, you need to import an IPC/FMD file first.
Select a Product Group in Makersite.
Select Compose.
Select Exemptions. You can now see a list of compliance issues for which exemptions are required for this product to be compliant with active RSLs known to Makersite. With the proper access rights, you can define additional exemptions on your own, based on the Exemption Statements of a given RSL.
When you mark the Product Group as exempt from a given RSL, Makersite will take that into account when preparing a final compliance report.
Column | Description |
Action | Actions you are allowed to perform on this exemption |
Regulation | Regulation your product currently breaks |
Substance/Group | Substance or Substance Group causing incompliance |
Reason | Reason for exemption. You can add a statement defined on the RSL level or skip it at your responsibility. |
CAS No | CAS number identifying the problematic substance |
Match type |
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Limit [%] | Limit normally allowed by the RSL |
Exempt | Yes/No. If Yes is selected, this substance is exempt from compliance calculations for this Product Group. |
Declared concentration [%] | Use this field to declare the substance concentration manually and override Makersite calculations. |
Notes | Anything you want to add |
Manage Product Group Regulatory Statements
Regulatory Statements on a Product Group can be used to set the status of this Product Group against a particular RSL.
Select a Product Group in Makersite.
Select Compose.
Select Regulatory Statements. These are used to explicitly declare product compliance (or non-compliance) in accordance with Regulatory Declarations of a given RSL. If the RSL has no Regulatory Declarations, you can still declare the product as compliant using the generic statements provided by Makersite. Please note that you bear responsibility for any errors when manually declaring the Product Group to be compliant against an RSL.
Column | Description |
Action | Actions you are allowed to perform |
Regulation | RSL on which we're declaring a statement |
Statement | Statement we're making regarding the status of this Product Group agains a particular RSL. If statements are defined on the RSL level, you can use these statements, otherwise you can use the Makersite generic statements. |
Valid from/to | Statement validity period |
Compliance status | This should match the compliance status defined on the RSL for a particular statement. |
Responsible | Responsible person identifier - typically an e-mail |
Notes | Anything you want to add |