Factory GuideMaterials Catalog

Materials Catalog

Your materials catalog is the foundation of accurate environmental scoring. Register the raw materials you source from your suppliers so you can link them to production requests.

Adding a material

Navigate to Products and select the Materials tab. Click Add material.

For each material, provide:

  • Name — e.g., “Organic Cotton Jersey 180gsm”
  • Type — Cotton (organic), Polyester (recycled), etc.
  • Supplier — which of your suppliers provides this material
  • Origin country — where the material comes from
  • Certification — GOTS, OEKO-TEX, BCI, etc.
  • Environmental data — CO2/kg, water/kg, energy/kg

Linking materials to production requests

When you receive a production request from a brand, Step 2 lets you connect your real materials to the brand’s product specification. For example:

Brand requests: 95% organic cotton You link: “Organic Cotton Jersey from Bursa Fabric Mills (Turkey, GOTS certified)”

This connection is saved and reused for future batches of the same product.

Template reuse

The second time you receive a request for the same product, your material links are pre-filled from the previous batch. Just confirm or update quantities and dates — no need to re-enter material data.

Editing and archiving materials

Click any material row to edit its details. If you stop sourcing a material, click Archive to remove it from active selection without deleting historical data linked to previous batches.