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Under Settings, navigate to Product Settings & Custom Fields
On this page, there is the option to set up fields to customize product details and bill of materials on tech packs and categorize product to ensure it is sent to the appropriate suppliers (ie Development projects for jewelry products are sent to jewelry suppliers).
Product Settings
Adding these fields will help Calico connect brand products to appropriate suppliers. Choose the categories that best describe your products.
The available options are: apparel, jewelry, accessories, footwear, home goods, beauty, other. Make sure to click enter after you are finished typing your category.
Setting up custom product fields, image sections and file sections here, will allow you to create a template for your future tech packs. All fields and sections added here, will be visible every time a new product is created.
Custom Product Fields
Add custom fields either at the product level or in the bill of materials that are specific to the product or materials. These custom fields are unique to your brand and will be added to every product detail or bill of materials. It is not a requirement to fill out these fields but it is very useful.
These custom fields can then be used a source of data that can be tracked on all techpacks and bill of materials and reported upon in the future.
For example, Sample Size can be added as a custom field to your details page, and Stitch type as a custom field to your Bill of Materials. The picture below includes some examples of characteristics that brands may want to set up.
Field type: Select if you would like the inputed information to be text, number, or date.
Field location:
This will determine the custom field will be on the product details or on the bill or materials. Keep in mind, custom fields added to the bill of materials would be included in calculating the cost of a product.
Details: Select details in the Field Location if the custom field you require is at the product level.
BOM: Select Bill of Materials if the custom field will be used when specking materials
Image sections and folder presets
Customize the image tab in products by adding Sections to organize the images. Examples might include: CAD Files, Logo and Artwork Files, Packaging references, and component examples.
Setting up these sections will create a template for the images tab for all future products.
Note: It is not necessary to set up these sections as they can also be done at the product level when building the tech packs.
Preset folders can also be added to sections.
File sections and folder presets
Customize the files tab in products by adding Sections to organize files. Examples might include: Tech Pack files, Logo files, packing files..
Setting up these sections will create a template for the files tab to all future products.
Note: It is also not necessary to set up these sections as they can also be done at the product level when building the tech packs.
When finished, click Save.
Note: if a custom field is deleted in the future, the data stored in that custom field is also deleted.
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